The document discusses the need for schools to improve student performance in 21st century skills so students can succeed in college, career, and life. It recommends several steps schools should take, including developing teacher professional development focused on 21st century skills, integrating these skills into teacher certification programs, and creating school leadership teams to implement 21st century skills curriculum district-wide. The document also discusses the importance of investing in technology, developing online learning communities, and integrating 21st century skills into teaching standards.

1. Improving Performance

2. The goal for every school is to raise student achievement through change. Goal

3. Example: Get a college degree in your area of interest Get a satisfying, well paying job Live a happy life with the people you love Change Change is needed to improve student performance in the 21st Century Skills so they will succeed in College Career Life

4. Are school helping students become Critical thinkers? Information and technology literate? Problem solvers? Good communicators? Good collaborators? Innovative and creative? Questions

5. What steps should schools take in order to prepare students to be successful in the 21st century? Develop teacher professional development programs that focus on 21st century skills instruction. Example: Iowa’s Authentic Intellectual Work - an initiative to improve teaching and learning through professional development

6. Integrate 21st century skills into teacher preparation and certification. Example; -AACTE (American Assoc. of Colleges for Teacher Education) writing specific steps and recommendations that will help guide the creation of 21st century schools of education.

7. Create school leadership teams to integrate 21st centrury skills into the curriculum. The team members need to be trained and then pass on their expertise to the other teachers in the district. Example - At Catalina Foothills School District in Tucson, AZ, the assistant superintendent works with the leadership team to implement their programs throughout the school.

8. Schools Need to Invest in Information Communications Technologies Example: Iowa Virtual Reality Education Pathway Showcase - Schools & Partners (Rockwell Collins, John Deere, Iowa Dept of Economic Development. An innovative plan for bringin g Virtual Reality programming and learning experiences to K-12 schools and students.

9. Develop professional learning communities around specific 21st century skills. Use online learning communities University of Northern Iowa uses Blackboard Learning in their Instructional Technology graduate program.

10. 5. Integrate 21st century skills into teaching standards. EXAMPLE The Iowa Core Curriculum have written Essential Concepts and/or Skills for Civic literacy Employability skills Finincial literacy Health literacy Technolgoy literacy

11. 6. Create a web site with lesson plans that deliver effective 21st century instruction to the students. Iowa AEA Online - http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/ Teach 21 - http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21 Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkinity.org/

12. What are the 21st Century Skills? Mastery of Core Subjects English, reading, world languages, arts, math, economics, science, geography, history, government and civics 21st century skills bridge the knowledge, skills, and dispotitions of students from the core academic areas to real life application.

13. 21st century Themes Global Awareness Financial, Economic, Business & Entrpreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy

14. 3 Learning & Innovation Skills Creativity and innovation Critical thinking and problem solving Communication and collaboration Focusing on worthwhile goals

15. 4 Information, Media, & Technology skills Exhibit a range of functional skills in Information Literacy Media Literacy ICT (Infromation, Communications and Technology) Literacy

16. 5. Life and Career Skills Flexibility and adaptability Initiative and self-direction Social and cross-cultural skills Productivity and accountability Efficiency vs. Effectiveness Leadership and responsibility

17. How can educators reach the goal? Educators need to integrate 21st century skills into daily instruction Technology Ex. Project Child

18. What types of 21 st century technology tools can educators use?

19. Why should teachers create a Learning Community? Appeals to students Provides a challenge Relevance and authenticity Humor Holds attention Intellectually engaging Connects with learners’ interests Multiple forms of representation

20. Tapping the expertise within a school through coaching, mentoring, and team teaching Personal experience with Co-teaching

21. Support educators in their role of facilitators of learning Colleagues Mentors AEA