Helping 21 st Century Teachers Transform their Practice – But How?

1. Helping 21st Century Teachers Transform their Practice – But How? PLP Presentation May 24, 2010

2. Our Direction What should 21st Century Learning look like in our District?

3. Leslie Conery-ISTE Deputy CEO Understanding the Global Marketplace:Expanding Your Reach

4. Process • Identify what is needed to implement 21st century learning in our district. • Define 21st Century Learning • Identify how teachers can enhance their lessons and focus on improving practice using 21st century models • Align 21st century learning with other district initiatives and district goals • Communicate to key stakeholders

5. Define

6. Partnership for 21st Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php

7. http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htmhttp://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm

8. MGSD 21st Century Skills • Problem-Solving • Communication • Collaboration • Critical Thinking • Creativity • Multicultural Competence

9. Focus on Reflective Practice Questions & Dispositions

10. Dispositions The learning behaviors, attitudes and habits of mind that create a readiness to learn.

11. MG 21st Century Group Goals • 1. Develop a working understanding of the nature of 21st Century skills which can be shared with teachers so they can integrate those skills into their lessons and curriculum. 2. Develop a method or process that will guide teachers in infusing their lessons and curriculum with 21st century skills as we have defined them, including appropriate technology. • Demonstrate to district-wide stakeholders the critical nature of 21st Century skills for student achievement, success at work, participation in a democracy, and a rewarding life.

12. Skills & D I S P O S I T I O N S

13. Critical Thinking • Questions that demonstrate what it is to think critically: • Because of what reasons? • How do you know? • What are your presuppositions?

14. Dispositions for Critical Thinking: • analyzing/synthesizing • making connections • imagining possibilities • questioning • focus • open-mindedness

15. Collaborate

16. Steps in the Process • 1. Raised awareness of MG 21st Century skills and dispositions at: • 21st Century Steering Committee Meeting • Staff Meetings • Building Committees • Trusted Colleagues

17. How Can We Help Teachers Use It? Seek a lesson development process guided by 21st Century Skills Use a peer support process like Critical Friends to improve instructional practice and learning Develop strategies to make the support process pervasive and systemic throughout the district.

18. The Critical Friend • asks provocative questions. • provides data to be examined through another lens. • offers critiques of a person’s work as a friend. • is an advocate for the success of that work.

19. Goals for Critical Friends Implementation • Adapt a collaborative reflection model for MG • Conduct a workshop where participants learn how to facilitate the model • Pilot the practice in MG buildings beginning in fall

20. Communicate

21. Professional Learning 21st Century Learning School Improvement Digital Age Literacy Learning for All in Monona Grove

22. Align with District Goals and Initiatives How can we demonstrate effectiveness in meeting district goals? How can we find linkage between District College Readiness ACT Model and 21st century learning? http://www.act.org/standard/ How can we make connections between RTI, data driven decision making, and instructional coaching? How can we align with the Baldrige Model? (School Board and administrative Initiative) How can we use this as part of a district Systems Thinking Process? How can this best be communicated with district stakeholders?