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1. 21st Century Lessons
An Introduction to 21st Century Lessons,
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American Federation of Teachers.

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4. 21st CENTURY LESSONS
“No teacher should have to plan alone.”

5. Does Danica Build Her Own Racecar?
* Races 150-160 times a year
* Drives a new car – every time.
* Goes home every night and builds the car
* By herself
* With limited resources and experience

6. A 19th Century Work Model

7. 19th Century Work Model
● Working in isolation
● Limited tools and resources
● Sometimes varying levels of
background knowledge or
experience w/particular topic

8. Advocates for Choice of
Planning Models
● “No Teacher Should Have To Plan Alone.”
● Culture, tradition and policy for us to
maintain the old model - without asking
why?

9. A 21st Century Model
of Teacher Collaboration
● Full units - not lesson plans
● Designed by expert colleagues
● Designers work in teams
● Aligned to Common Core
● Embedded with best practices
● Rigorous peer review
● Modifiable
● Free, free , free!!

10. What We Should Expect of “Free Stuff?”
● Super high quality
● Engage students
● Improve student
achievement
● Support professional
growth
● Support teachers with the
new evaluation process

11. COMMON CORE ALIGNMENT
● Hired Directors and Lesson Designers
● Teams of designers studying and analyzing CCSS
● On-going discussion around most challenging
concepts to teach
● Consensus on what content would be covered in
full units
● On-going feedback loop
● Tech support

12. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
PRODUCT...
21stCenturyLessons.org
http://www.21stcenturylessons.org

13. Download Numbers
● Our lessons have been downloaded over
86,000 times since February 2013
● Daily average last week was 600 DLs/per day
● Our view-to-download ratio is 1:1 on SML.
Under 3 to 1 on BL.
● Strong ratio is about 7 to 1.

14. Directors:
Kathy Aldred - Co-Chair of the Boston Teachers Union Professional Issues Committee
Ted Chambers - Co-director of 21st Century Lessons
Tracy Young - Staffing Director of 21st Century Lessons
Leslie Ryan Miller - Director of the Boston Public Schools Office of
Teacher Development and Advancement
Wendy Welch - Curriculum Director (Social Studies and English)
Carla Zils – Curriculum Director (Math)
Shane Ulrich– Technology Director
Marcy Ostberg – Technology Evaluator
21st Century Lessons
The people…
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15. WHERE YOU CAN FIND US...
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