Ken Kay, President

1. Why are 21st Century Skills so important? Nevada Administrator Online Forum Ken Kay, President

2. Overview • Why are 21st century skills so important? • Who is the Partnership? • What is the Framework for 21st Century Learning? • What should my school or district do?

3. How the demand for skills has changed Economy-wide measures of routine and non-routine task input (US) Mean task input as percentiles of the 1960 task distribution (Levy and Murnane)

4. Why 21st Century Skills? • What skills are most important for job success when hiring a High School graduate?

5. “I'm calling on our nation's governors and state education chiefs to develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity.” President Barack Obama, 3/10/09, in an address to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

6. Overview • Why are 21st century skills so important? • Who is the Partnership? • What is the Framework for 21st Century Learning? • What should my school or district do?

7. P21 Members

8. P21 State Leadership Initiative Current State Partners • Arizona • Illinois • Iowa • Kansas • Louisiana • Maine • Massachusetts • Nevada • New Jersey • North Carolina • Ohio • South Dakota • West Virginia • Wisconsin

9. Overview • Why are 21st century skills so important? • Who is the Partnership? • What is the Framework for 21st Century Learning? • What should my school or district do?

10. 21st Century Skills Framework

11. 21st Century Skills Framework • 21st Century Themes • Global Awareness • Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurship Literacy • Civic Literacy • Health Literacy • Environmental Literacy • Core Subjects • Economics • English • Government • Arts • History • Geography • Reading or Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • World Languages • Civics

12. 21st Century Skills Framework • Learning & Innovation Skills • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Creativity & Innovation • Communication & Collaboration

13. 21st Century Skills Framework • Information, Media & • Technology Skills • Information Literacy • Media Literacy • ICT (Information, Communications & Technology) Literacy

14. 21st Century Skills Framework • Life & Career Skills • Flexibility & Adaptability • Initiative & Self-Direction • Social & Cross-Cultural Skills • Productivity & Accountability • Leadership & Responsibility

15. Overview • Why are 21st century skills so important? • Who is the Partnership? • What is the Framework for 21st Century Learning? • What should my school or district do?

16. What should my school or district do? • Decide upon the 21st century skills that every student should have when they graduate from your district. • Get broad stakeholder “buy-in.” • Use an advisory group. • Prioritize the most important ones • (i.e. critical thinking). • Be “purposeful” and “intentional” about these outcomes. • Have teachers create rubrics for these outcomes.

17. What should my school or district do? Catalina Foothills School District Tucson, AZ www.cfsd16.org

18. What should my school or district do? http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/

19. What should my school or district do? 2. Take a school/district self-assessment on 21st century skills. www.21stcenturyskills.org/mileguide

20. What should my school or district do? Assess readiness and progress in terms of: • Student Knowledge and Skills • Education Support Systems • Education Leadership • Policymaking • Partnering • Continuous Improvement and Strategic Planning www.21stcenturyskills.org/mileguide

21. What should my school or district do? 3. Embed 21st century skills into core subjects. • Use the Core Content Maps for: • English • Social Studies • Geography • Science • Arts (2010)

22. What should my school or district do? 4. Professional development • Focus on what it looks like in the classroom. Teach 21: www.wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/ P21/Pearson videos: www.pearson21.com (Click on “In Practice”)

23. What should my school or district do? 4. Professional development (continued) • Create, share and participate in growing a shared resource library. Route 21: An online sharing and community resource www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21

24. What should my school or district do? 4. Professional development (continued) • Read, then discuss and develop shared strategies. 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times by Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com

25. What should my school or district do? 5. Be sure you have a broad range of assessments (formative and summative) that measure true 21st century skills. (e.g. PISA, CWRA, W.V., N.C. assessment for genetics, New Tech model, senior projects, e-portfolios)

26. 21st Century Skills Framework 6. Implement across all education support systems.

27. What should my school or district do? 6. Implement across all education support systems. (continued) • Implementation Guides • Brief, user-friendly guides for each of the P21 support systems: • Curriculum & Instruction • Assessment • Standards • Professional Development • Learning Environments

28. What should my school or district do? 7. Be innovative. (e.g. East Syracuse-Minoa High School)

29. Conclusion Are our students ready for the new global economy?

30. Conclusion Are your students: • Critical thinkers? • Problem solvers? • Good communicators? • Good collaborators? • Information and technology literate? • Innovative and creative? • Globally competent? • Financially and environmentally literate?

31. Contact Us 177 North Church Ave. Suite 305 Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 623-2466 www.21stcenturyskills.org Twitter: P21CentSkills and kenkayp21