P21 and the Arts: A Map Towards the Acquisition of Twenty-first Century Learning Skills

1. P21 and the Arts: A Map Towards the Acquisition of Twenty-first Century Learning Skills AEP Forum Denver, October 22-23, 2010 Presented by Jim Palmarini, EdTA Susan McGreevy-Nichols, NDEO Scott C. Shuler, MENC F. Robert Sabol, NAEA Michael Blakeslee, MENC

2. The map was created by six arts education service organizations: • MENC: The National Association for Music Education • National Dance Educators Organization • National Arts Educators Association • American Alliance for Theatre & Education • Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) • National Dance Association

3. With the support of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills • P21 is the leading advocate of 21st century workforce readiness for every student. • They provide tools and resources for U.S. education, with particular attention toward fusing the three Rs and the 4Cs. • Member leadership states currently include Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and West Virginia • Significant recent news: Key Kay, P21 executive director, retired and P21 and CCSSO have formed a “strategic management relationship” under which CCSSO will provide financial and human resources as well as house P21 employees Learn more about the Partnership at http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

4. Find the Arts Skills Map, along with other core subject skills maps in English, Social Studies, Math, Science, and Geography,at http://p21.org

5. What is the Arts Map? • Thirteen social and workforce skills, with an equal number of lesson examples and their outcomes from the four disciplines of dance, music, visual arts, and theatre at grades 4, 8, and 12. • A demonstration of how the 4Cs can be fused into the 3Rs in arts and other subject classrooms. The four Cs are...

6. The four Cs • Creativity • Critical thinking and problem solving • Communication • Collaboration As the three Rs serve as an umbrella for other subjects, the four Cs do the same for our arts map skills

7. Critical think and problem solving Communication Collaboration Creativity Innovation Information literacy Media literacy Information, Communication, and Technology literacy Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-direction Social and Cross-cultural Skills The 21st Century Learning Skills, as defined in our P21 Arts Map:

8. Some examples that speak louder than words....

11. Why an arts map? Because: • The arts are a core subject area under ESEA. • The arts teach social and workforce skills as well, if not better, than the other core subject areas. • In this era of testing, accountability, and tight budgets, the arts need to better articulate evidence of their value in the everyday curriculum beyond their discrete worth as an academic discipline.

12. “Business leaders and visionary thinkers concerned about preparation of students for the future know that the ability to be creative–a key 21st Century Skill– is native to the arts and is one of the primary processes learned through arts education. The examples in this Skills Map illustrate how the arts promote work habits that cultivate curiosity, imagination, creativity, and evaluation skills.” From the Arts Skill Map Introduction

13. “The arts play an important role in providing American students a well-rounded education and can help them “become tenacious, team-oriented problem solvers who are confident and able to think creatively.” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, in an August 13 letter to school and community leaders

14. Other factors • Widespread endorsement of the recently released Common Core Standards in math and English and the growing STEM movement signal a strong commitment of resources toward tested subject areas, potentially at the expense of the arts • The changing face of the new Congress may prompt renewed and/or different demands for education reform that may further erode the Federal and state commitment to arts education. .

15. What the data and reports say.. • A 2010 IBM poll of 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the number 1 leadership competency of the future. • A 2002 NGA report noted that creative thinking, problem solving, and communication skills contribute significantly to students’ workplace success. • The Conference Board’s 2007 Ready to Innovate report noted that school superintendents and corporate executives overwhelming agree that creativity and arts training is increasingly important in the workplace. • Tough Times, Tough Choices, the 2006 report from the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, pointed to arts training as an essential skill for the future workforce. And this....

16. 2010 Critical Skills Survey The American Management Association, in conjunction with P21, surveyed 2,115 managers and other executives about the needs of the 21st century workforce.

17. AMA slide1

18. AMA slide 2

19. The writing process • Representatives of the six organizations had one in-person meeting in October, 2009; all other work was conducted in online webinars or by phone conference. • Each organization appointed one or two writers to craft sample student outcome/examples across three grade levels (4, 8, 12) in thirteen skills, with equal representation in each of the four arts—music, theatre, dance, and visual arts. • The draft of the map was vetted in a four-week online review process; 155 individuals and organizations responded. • The final draft was submitted to P21 for review in June, 2010; writers re-crafted some of the examples, based on P21 feedback. • The map was released at a July 15 Capitol Hill briefing attended by writers and other representatives from each organization, as well as four students—one for each discipline—that spoke on the value of their arts experience to their daily and academic lives.

20. Our students say it best...

21. Student video testimony

22. The audience for the map • Corporate leaders • Educators • Arts advocates • Administrators • Policymakers • Funders • Parents • Other arts education stakeholders

23. The potential impact • Ensure the continued inclusion of the arts as a core subject under ESEA. • Influence core teaching standards, assessment models, and pre-professional training of arts educators. • Supply a new perspective for a re-envisioning of the National Standards for Arts Education. • Become part of the dialogue of all arts education stakeholders in future education reform efforts on national, state, and local levels.

24. The elements of the map • Skills and their definitions • Sample student outcomes and examples • Interdisciplinary themes • Supporting structures

28. Arts Map Supporting Structures • 21st Century Standards • Assessments • Curriculum and Instruction • Professional Development • Learning Environments www.aep-arts.org PowerPoint presentation\Supporting Structures.pdf

33. Critical think and problem solving Communication Collaboration Creativity Innovation Information literacy Media literacy Information, Communication, and Technology literacy Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-direction Social and Cross-cultural Skills Pick a skill, write an example

34. Or suggest a new skill and create both an example and an outcome

35. What can we do? • Three possibilities: • Work collaboratively to more widely disseminate the existing map to all stakeholders. • Formally present one established (or new) skill and example to an administrator as part of a make-the-case effort and introduction to the P21 arts map. • Or...

36. Create, organize, and publicizea wiki-type environment arts social/workforce skills page in which anyone could post arts-specific skills examples.

37. A final thought... “All work is art. All art is work.” A frequent pronouncement of Jim’s 10th grade shop teacher who also taught drama, art, and driver’s ed

38. Considering some other map skills....

43. The Arts Map is not: • A curriculum—it suggests what could be, not necessarily what is happening in classroom practice. • A comprehensive list of social and workforce skills and outcomes—it is intended to be a starting point. • Intended to supplant teaching practice at the expense of artistic skill and knowledge.

44. The framework for 21st Century Learning