The document provides an overview of a report and MILE Guide for 21st century skills created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. It defines what 21st century skills are through six elements: core subjects, learning skills, 21st century tools, 21st century context, 21st century content, and assessment. It then describes what the MILE Guide is and how it can be used to benchmark progress in learning and teaching, leading and managing, and partnering. Finally, it outlines nine steps organizations can take to build momentum in incorporating 21st century skills.

1. A Report and MILE Guide for
21st Century Skills
LEARNING FORTHE 21st CENTURY

2. Introduction
Introduction to the Partnership
Why are 21st century skills important?
What are 21st century skills?
What is the MILE Guide for 21st century skills?
What Nine Steps can you take to build momentum?
Today

3. introduction
to
the partnership for
21st century skills

4. AOL
Apple
Cable in the Classroom
Cisco Systems
Dell
Microsoft
NEA
SAP
founding members
introduction to the partnership

5. US. Department of Education
Appalachian Technology in Education
Consortium (ATEC)
strategicpartners
introduction to the partnership
keypartners
ISTE
COSN
SETDA
Tech Corps

6. mission
introduction to the partnership
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a public-
private partnership organized to create an overall
vision of how 21st century skills can be
incorporated into K-12 education.

7. objectives
introduction to the partnership
Define a framework and create a common language for
understanding and promoting 21st Century Skills
Demonstrate how 21st Century Skills integrate with and
reinforce basic skills
Provide education leaders with tools, examples and
strategies for action
Build consensus in the public and private sectors with
public education campaign to promote 21st Century
Skills

8. methodology
introduction to the partnership
Request for Information
(RFI)
Research
Focus Groups
Outreach to Organizations
Outreach to Individuals
with Expertise in 21st
Century Skills
National Forum on 21st
Century Skills

9. why are
21st century skills
important?

10. students
whyare 21st centuryskillsimportant?
Today’s education faces irrelevance unless
we bridge the gap between how students
live and how students learn.

11. workforce
whyare 21st centuryskillsimportant?
“The average person will change jobs nine
times by the time he or she is 32.”Elaine Chao,
U.S. Secretary of Labor

12. Relationship to nochild left behind
•Emphasizes student achievement and requires
assessments in core subjects.
•Skills are to be integrated in core subjects
•Requires that every student be technologically
literate by 8th grade
•States, schools and districts can incorporate a
broad vision of 21st century skills into their NCLB
framework
whyare 21st centuryskillsimportant?

13. what are
21st century skills?

14. Currentnationaldebate
whatare 21st centuryskills?

15. six elements of 21st century learning
whatare 21st centuryskills?
• Emphasize core subjects
• Emphasize learning skills
• Use 21st century tools to develop learning skills
• Teach and learn in a 21st century context
• Teach and learn 21st century content
• Use 21st century assessment that measure 21st
century skills

16. partnershipmodel
whatare 21st centuryskills?

17. Core subject
21st centurytools Learning
skils
21st centurycontext 21st centurycontent assessment
Element 1: core subjects
Core academic subjects remain
the foundation of a good
education

18. learning skills
Information and
Communication
Skills
•Communication Skills
•Information and Media Literacy Skills
Thinking and
Problem-Solving
Skills
• Problem Identification, Formulation and
Solution
•Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity
•Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking
Interpersonal
and
Self-Direction
Skills
•Self-Direction
•Accountability and Adaptability
•Social Responsibility
•Interpersonal and Collaboration
21st centurytools coresubjects 21st centurycontext 21st centurycontent assessment
Element 2: learning skills

19. 21st century tools
Information and Communication
Technologies, such as Computers,
Networking and other Technologies
Audio, Video, and Other Media and
Multimedia Tools
learningskills coresubjects 21st centurycontext 21st centurycontent assessment
Element 3: 21ST centurytools

20. EmphasizeICT LITERACY
using 21st century tools to performlearning skills
Learningskills 21st centurytools coresubjects 21st centurycontext 21st centurycontent assessment
Element 2+3 = ICT LITERACY
The Partnership will focus on ICT Literacy
for its Year 2 Report

21. Emphasize21st Century Content
GlobalAwareness
•Use 21st century skills to understand and address
global issues
•Collaboration with other cultures and languages
Financial, Economic andBusiness
Literacy
•Understanding the role of the economy all the way
down to personal financial choices.
•Ability to adapt with the nation’s economic environment
using 21st century skills
CivicLiteracy
•Knowing how to be an informed and participatory
citizen.
•Using 21st century skills to responsibly exercise rights
and responsibilities at local, state, national and global
levels.
21st centurytools learningskills coresubjects 21st centurycontext assessment
Element 4: 21st centurycontent

22. Emphasize21st Century Context
 Make content relevant to students lives
 Take the students out to the world
 Bring the world into the classroom
 Creating opportunities for students to
interact with each other, with teachers and
with other knowledgeable adults in
authentic learning experiences
21st centurytools learningskills coresubjects 21st centurycontent assessment
Element 5: 21st century context

23. 21st Century Assessment
We must measure both core subjects and 21st
century skills
Standardized tests must be balanced
appropriately with classroom assessments to
measure the full range of students skills
Classroom assessment must be strengthened
and integrated with instructional process to
reinforce learning
21st centurytools learningskills coresubjects 21st centurycontext 21st centurycontent
Element 6: assessment

24. what is
the MILE GUIDE
for
21st century skills?

25. Who contributed?
How did we collect the information?
What did we do with the information?
Results? The MILE Guide
The MILE Guide

26. how tousethemile guide :
Convene all stakeholders
Focus on each column/category
Find the corresponding level that represents your schools
efforts
Compare your level to the 21st century vision
Use findings to develop plans for improvement
whatis the MILEguide?

27. The MILEguide can help you:
whatis the MILEguide?
Set benchmarks and goals
Apply for grants
Determine funding priorities
Create assessment tools

28. Mile Guide online
MILE GUIDE:online
MilestonesforImprovingLearningand Educationin the21st Century

29. Mile Guide Online
MILE GUIDE:online
MilestonesforImprovingLearningand Educationin the21st Century

30. Learning and teaching
whatis the MILEguide?
LEARNING AND TEACHING
Core
Subjects
21st
Century
Context
21st
Century
Content
Learning
Skills
Learning
Tools
Assessment Pedagogy Professional
Development
Early
Stage
Transitional
Stage
21st Century

31. Leading and Managing
whatis the MILEguide?
LEADING AND MANAGING
Vision Equitable
Educational
Opportunity
Planning
and
Allocating
Resources
Infrastructure
and System
Integration
Knowledge
and Skills
Policy
making
Accountability
Early
Stage
Transitional
Stage
21st Century

32. Partnering
whatis the MILEguide?
PARTNERING
Parents Community Higher Education and
Teacher Preparation
Content
Providers
Business
Early
Stage
Transition
al Stage
21st
Century

33. keystakeholdersin the public sector
Federal Policymakers
State Policymakers
Local Policymakers
whatis the MILEguide?

34. keystakeholdersin the privatesector
Businesses
Families and Parents
whatis the MILEguide?

35. Key stakeholdersin Education
K-12 Education Leaders
Higher Education
Schools of Education
Researchers
Youth-Serving Organizations
Content Providers
Professional Development
Organizations
whatis the MILEguide?

36. what nine steps
can you take
to build momentum?

37. nine steps to build momentum
Embrace a powerful vision of public education that includes
21st century skills
Align leadership, management, and resources with
educational goals
Assess where schools are now
Identify the 21st century skills to focus on
Develop a professional development plan for 21st century
skills

38. nine steps to build momentum(continued…)
Make sure students have equitable access to a 21st century
education
Begin developing assessments to measure student
progress in 21st century skills
Collaborate with outside partners
Plan collectively and strategically for the future

39. Partnershipfor21st CenturySkills
www.21stcenturyskills.org