This document outlines a series of workshops on foreign language skills for the 21st century classroom held between September 2011 and April 2012. It provides the schedule for the 14 workshops, each focusing on a different life and career skill area like creativity, critical thinking, communication, and leadership. The workshops were a collaboration between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.

1. Foreign Languages in the
21st Century Classroom
A Series of Workshops from the
Department of International and Second
Language Studies at the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock and
the Arkansas Department of Higher
Education
September 2011-April 2012

2. 2011-2012 Grant Schedule
• AM & PM - 9/12 - Sessions 1 & 2 – Introduction to the Partnership
for the 21st Century Skills and the FL Skills Map
• AM - 10/10 Session 3 – LIS – Creativity and Innovation
• PM - 10/10 Session 4 – LIS – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• AM - 10/31 Session 5 – LIS – Communication and Collaboration
• PM - 10/31 Session 6 -- IMT – Information Literacy
• AM – 12/5 Session 7 – IMT -- Media Literacy
• PM – 12/5 Session 8 – IMT – Technology Literacy
• AM - 1/30 Session 9 – share/evaluation/report on fall Skills Map
activities by participants
• PM - 1/30 Session 10 – LCS – Flexibility and Adaptability
• AM - 2/27 Session 12 – LCS – Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
• PM - 2/27 Session 11 – LCS – initiative and Self–Direction
• AM – 4/2 Session 13 – LCS – Productivity and Accountability
• PM – 4/2 Session 14 – LCS – Leadership and Responsibility
• AM & PM - 4/26 - Sessions 15 & 16 – share/evaluation/report on
spring Skills Map activities by participants 2

3. Today’s Schedule
8:30-9:30 – Breakfast, Conversation, and
Housekeeping, Introduction of Toni
Theisen, evaluator, Book distribution
9:30-10:30 – Productivity and Accountability
10:30-10:45 – Break
10:45-11:45 – Create Samples (N & I)
11:45-12:30 – Working Lunch
12:30-1:30 – Leadership and Responsibility
1:30- 1:45 – Break
1:45-2:45 – Create Samples (N & I)
2:45-3:00 Summary: OH, AHA!, OMG! 3

4. Your New Book

5. Your New Book
• As the 21st century unfolds, the pace of change
in the world is accelerating while education in
the United States remains stagnant.
• Every level of the education system will have to
undergo massive changes. Teachers and
administrators must lead this cultural shift, which
is perhaps as important and massive as the
industrial revolution.
• Students will need a combination of cognitive
skills (skills students will need to succeed
academically) and conative skills (skills students
will need to succeed interpersonally) necessary
for the 21st century.

6. Your New Book
• Marzano and Heflebower suggest three
cognitive skills (1. analyzing and utilizing
information, 2. addressing complex
problems and issues, and 3. creating
patterns and mental models) and two conative
skills (1. understanding and controlling
oneself and 2. understanding and interacting
with others).
– “The intrapersonal and interpersonal skills of understanding
and controlling oneself and understanding and interacting
with others in the 21st century will require students to
combine their factual knowledge about topics, such as
effective communication techniques, with their assessment
of how they are feeling (their emotional responses, for
example) and choose the most appropriate course of action.”

7. Productivity and
Accountability
Dr. Tracy Bishop 7

8. Productivity and Accountability
Students as productive and
accountable learners take
responsibility for their own learning by
actively working to increase their
language proficiency and cultural
knowledge.
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11. Life and Career Skills
• Today’s life and work environments
require far more than thinking skills
and content knowledge. The ability
to navigate the complex life and
work environments in the globally
competitive information age requires
students to pay rigorous attention to
developing adequate life and career
skills.
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12. LIFE AND CAREER SKILLS
- FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY
- INITIATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTION
- SOCIAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL SKILLS
- PRODUCTIVITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY
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13. Productivity
• Productivity is prioritizing, planning,
and applying knowledge and skills
to make decisions that create
quality results in an ever-changing
environment. Individuals and teams
demonstrate initiative, self-direction,
and personal responsibility to add
value to the world around them.
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14. TACKLING PRODUCTIVITY: A
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2VJwplieno
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15. Accountability
• Individuals demonstrate
accountability through efficient time
management, appropriate resource
allocation, personal integrity, and
self-monitoring to meet the
demands of productivity. Individuals
and teams recognize the
interconnectedness of their actions
at all levels.
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16. TACKLING ACCOUNTABILITY:
A VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXXSNaIW30A&feature=y
outube_gdata_player
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17. Twenty-first century
productivity and accountability
reflection:
• ability to acquire new learning on
one’s own
• application of appropriate processes
and tools to facilitate task
completion
• self-sufficiency as required in a
complex environment
• identification of available
opportunities 17

18. Twenty-first century
productivity and
accountability reflection:
• motivation and commitment to
achieve
• assuming leadership roles
• building on prior learning and
experience to apply knowledge and
skills in a variety of contexts
• self-confidence and self-respect
Iowa Department of Education
http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20
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19. Manage Projects
• Set and meet goals, even in the face
of obstacles and competing pressure
• Prioritize, plan and manage work to
achieve the intended result
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20. Produce Results
• Demonstrate additional attributes associated with
producing high quality products including the abilities
to:
• Work positively and ethically
• Manage time and projects effectively
• Multi-task
• Participate actively, as well as be reliable and punctual
• Present oneself professionally and with proper etiquette
• Collaborate and cooperate effectively with teams
• Respect and appreciate team diversity
• Be accountable for results
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/266
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22. Leadership and Responsibility
Prof.
Rosalie Cheatham
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23. Leadership and
Responsibility
• Students as responsible leaders
leverage their linguistic and
cross-cultural skills to inspire
others to be fair, accepting, open,
and understanding within and
beyond the local community.
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24. Hallmarks of these Criteria
• Using interpersonal and problem-
solving skills to influence and guide
others toward a goal
• Leveraging strengths of others to
accomplish a common goal
• Demonstrating integrity and ethical
behavior
• Acting responsibly with the interests of
the larger community in mind
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26. Intermediate Range
In cooperation with an outside charitable
agency, students sponsor a school class in a
stricken area by raising money to send
necessary supplies such as school materials
and books, and by sending cards, letters
and school supplies to affected student on a
regular basis. Whole class communication
could also occasionally be recorded or
videotaped, or conducted live over the
Internet.
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27. Challenges for Teachers
• For the future, we’ll need to think
differently: to be flexible, to think across
borders, make connections and see
opportunities. These things aren’t
incidental to education, but at the heart
of it.
• How we develop our unique talents is
both a personal matter for individuals
and a huge national issue.
Ken Robinson
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30. “…young people today are 40 percent
less likely to leave their home state than
prior generations. In the most startling
behavioral change among young people
since Marlon Brando started mumbling,
an increasing number don't even bother
to get drivers licenses.”
"Generation Y Bother"
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31. “I am worried that an aversion to risk has crept
into the psyches of our young people. Perhaps it's
from overprotective parents who drive their Little
Leaguers to first base in the minivan. Or maybe
it's a lingering cloud of hopelessness despite the
"hope and change" bumper stickers. But it's not
healthy.
And governments make matters worse by setting
up roadblocks. Almost one in four jobs requires a
permit from a state agency. And most are not
brain surgery! Heck, they're not even tree surgery.
Say you want to move to Alabama to become a
manicurist, you'll first need 750 hours of training.”
Todd Buchholz NPR 3/28/12
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33. Our Challenge
• How do we create leaders for 2020?
• What type of leaders do we want / need?
• What does responsibility mean in this era?
" Leadership is the art of getting someone else to
do something you want done because he wants to
do it.”
Dwight Eisenhower
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34. For Consideration…
• Honest — Display sincerity, integrity, and candor in all your
actions. Deceptive behavior will not inspire trust.
• Competent — Base your actions on reason and moral
principles. Do not make decisions based on childlike emotional
desires or feelings.
• Forward-looking — Set goals and have a vision of the future.
The vision must be owned throughout the organization. Effective
leaders envision what they want and how to get it. They
habitually pick priorities stemming from their basic values.
• Inspiring — Display confidence in all that you do. By showing
endurance in mental, physical, and spiritual stamina, you will
inspire others to reach for new heights. Take charge when
necessary.
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35. And…
Intelligent — Read, study, and seek challenging assignments.
Fair-minded — Show fair treatment to all people. Prejudice is the
enemy of justice. Display empathy by being sensitive to the
feelings, values, interests, and well-being of others.
Broad-minded — Seek out diversity.
Courageous — Have the perseverance to accomplish a goal,
regardless of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Display a
confident calmness when under stress.
Straightforward — Use sound judgment to make a good decisions
at the right time.
Imaginative — Make timely and appropriate changes in your
thinking, plans, and methods. Show creativity by thinking of new
and better goals, ideas, and solutions to problems. Be innovative!
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36. It’s Time for You to …
Lead and
to be
Responsible
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