21st century Learners: A K-12 Systems Perspective on The Road to Rigor for I-SS Dr. Bryan H. Setser Chief Quality Offi

1. 21st century Learners: A K-12 Systems Perspective on The Road to Rigor for I-SSDr. Bryan H. Setser Chief Quality OfficerExecutive Director for High School ReformParent of an AIG Student

2. Got Rigor? Three Big Ideas: By the end of the evening you will be able to define and understand the concept of rigor as it relates to students teachers, and parents of AIG children Have mental models to recognize rigor in classrooms, at home, and on the world stage Become an advocate and a participant regarding rigor as it relates to global competition and the skills needed for 21st century learners and leaders

3. Rigor or Rigor mortis? Sticky dots for the three questions Table talk on what is Rigor Report outs Why Rigor? The embedded mental model of hard work

5. What is Rigor? Rigor Definition - Academic rigor is based on expectations established for students and staff that ensure that students demonstrate a thorough, in-depth mastery of challenging and complex curricular concepts. In every subject, at every grade level, instruction and learning must include commitment to a knowledge core and the application of that knowledge core to solve complex real-world problems. Futurist Joel Barker Examples http://www.joelbarker.com/ New Paradigms for Rigor

6. Start Working End Working Longevity

8. 1964 IBM System / 360 Mainframe

9. Innovative Rigor: SPOT - technology from the atom up (nanotechnology) Microsoft Citizen Fossil Sunco

13. Why Rigor Reform in Education? There are results that matter for graduates in the 21st Century and those results are different from and go beyond traditional metrics and �traditional notions� of schools Improving schools requires the nation to redefine rigor to encompass not just mastery of core academic subjects, but also mastery of 21st century skills and content The results that matter � 21st century skills integrated with core academic subjects � should be the �design specs� for schools that are truly effective for students and the nation Source: NC State Board of Education 2006

14. Regarding International Rigor �If you look at India, China, and Russia� even if you discount 90 percent of the people there as uneducated farmers�you still end up with about 300 million people who are educated. That�s bigger than the U.S. work force.� The World Is Flat - A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Friedman)

15. Facing the Facts Nearly 40 percent of high school graduates feel inadequately prepared for college or the workforce (American Diploma Project Data, 2005). About 1/3 of students do not graduate after four years of high school (ETS, 2005). 2005 Math PISA world exam, US ranked 24th out of 29th of countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 48% of US patents granted in 2004 were to citizens of other countries More college graduates in India speak English than the US has college graduates (China, Inc. by Ted Fishman) The 21st century skill of writing is assessed by 80% of the fastest growing US industries. However, more than 75% of US graduates are not proficient in writing (NAEP, 2003). Fewer than 1 in 10 adults believe students are significantly challenged in high school (Ready for the World Report on High School Reform, ETS, 2005).

16. Rigor in the Workforce� 20th Century Obedience Conformity Listening Repetition Efficiency-Quantity Family Owned Company 8 hour workday Localized workforce Predominately white male managers Centralized management 21st Century Initiative Creativity Variety of communication skills Activism Efficiency-Quality Corporate Owned Companies Flexible scheduling Global workforce Multi-ethnic and gender managers Decentralized management

17. In a survey of 20,000 CEO�s, the following were their top ten picks of the most important qualities of effective, productive employees 10. Creative (15%) 9. Initiative (16%) 8. Humor (16%) 7. Self-motivated (22%) 6. Intelligent (26%) 5. Hard working (27%) 4. Curious (35%) 3. Honest (36%) 2. Team oriented (38%) 1. ETHICAL (49%)

18. What Does Rigor Look Like in Classrooms?

27. What do Rigorously Relevant Teachers do? Set learning goals Deliver a well organized course Engage students and themselves Build student skills Score well on testing Ask how to achieve their goals? Answer the five questions Effectively communicate Engage the players � students, parents, teacher Foster a positive dynamic Hold themselves and students accountable

28. Rigorous teachers move the focus to the student Can�t just set them free � Environment for success - structure, skills, tools, timetable Give them increasing responsibility for learning Increase the rigor and relevance Help students to internalize their progress Art, music,& PE are exemplars � kids see gains Don�t take away the ball

29. Ask not� just what you can do to solve the problem, but what solving the problem can do for you - Setser How do you harness the power of relevance to enhance rigor as a parent and teacher of a gifted child? Do you want your child to just take math tests or choose the best investment option? Do you want them to know the facts about history or design a museum exhibit? Do you want a poster prepared on a cereal box or do you want to satisfy a design client based on a real world project rubric? Do you want them to write an essay or pursue a published piece?

30. Talking Points for AIG Parents Rigor National Pride, NCLB, and the 21st Century Learner The challenge of the learning stretch for AIG students; visits, exposure, and service participation School to work; school to college; learning leaders Relevance Do you want your AIG child to be able to Read, Write, Think, Speak, and Do? Everybody loves Rigor until Pre-Calculus Find what they have a lasting and passionate interest in and pour all of your resources into that dream Relationships Community mentors, professional contacts, internships, networking, real world experience, bilingual learners, and four buckets From Rigor to Vigor Participate and get involved - HS Task Force Handouts ?

31. Resources and References Dr. Setser�s Contact info and resources http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/quality/index.htm http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/curriculum/high/index.htm Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth http://cty.jhu.edu/research/biblio.html 21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/ Bill Gates Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Education/ Dr. William Dagget�s Research on Rigor and Reform http://www.daggett.com/ National Middle School Association http://www.nmsa.org/ National Association of Elementary School Principals http://www.naesp.org/

32. Rigor Retained Consensogram Part II Plus/Delta Issue bin follow-up for the Group Q & A