The document discusses the roles and traits of 21st century teachers. It identifies teachers as collaborators, adapters, visionaries, leaders, risk-takers, communicators, and learners. Specific traits of 21st century teachers include being able to adapt curriculum creatively, communicate using technology, collaborate using tools to motivate students, lead technology integration, continuously learn and model behaviors. The document emphasizes skills like critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity, and digital literacy as important for 21st century learners.

2. The 21st century
teachers perform
various roles which are
very different from the
traditional or classic
educator

3. 21st
Century
Teacher
Collaborator
Model
Adaptor
Visionary
Leader
Risk
Taker
Communicator
Learner

4. TRAITS CHARACTERSTICS
Adaptor
- Able to adapt the curriculum
and the requirements in
innovative and creative ways
Communicator
- Is fluent in tools and
technologies for
communication and
collaboration
Collaborator
- Able to use collaboration tools
to enhance and motivate
learners to share, contribute,
adapt and invent
Leader - Able to lead in the process of
ICT integration

5. TRAITS CHARACTERISTICS
Learner - Able to continue learning and absorb
experiences and knowledge and
endeavor to stay current
Model - Able to exemplify model behaviors;
model tolerance, global awareness and
reflective practice
Risk Taker -able to take risks and surrenders
oneself to students’ knowledge, able to
trust his/her students
Visionary -Able to see across the disciplines and
through the curricula
-Able to use energizing tools and web
technologies
-- able to see ideas and use these in
his/her classes
By: Andrew Churches

6. These are the teaching skills we need to
include:
 Information, media literacy, and
communication skills
 Thinking and problem-solving
 Interpersonal, collaborative and self-
direction skills
 Global awareness
 Economic and business literacy including
entrepreneurial skills
 Civic literacy

7.  Group work and social skills play vital
roles in the functioning of a globalized
economy.
 The students need to learn through
collaborative learning projects.
 Stress on problem-solving and critical
thinking is really vital in the teaching –
learning process.
 Social responsibility and integrating
community-based projects into the
curriculum enhance/enrich student awareness
of life beyond schools

8. Seven
Survival
Skills
Critical
Thinking &
Problem
Solving
Collaboration
Across
Networks &
Learning by
Influence
Agility &
Adaptability
Initiative &
Entrepreneuria
lism
Effective
Oral
Communica
tion
Accessing &
Analyzing
Information
Curiosity &
Imagination
Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap

9.  Today’s learners are called
DIGITAL LEARNERS
 Today’s teachers are called
DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS

10. The P21 Century learning consists of core
subjects and themes which revolve around
these 3 core skills:
Learning & Innovation
Skills (The 4C’s)
Life and Career Skills Information-Media and
Technology Skills
 Critical thinking
and Problem Solving
 Creativity and
Innovation
 Communication
 Collaboration
 Flexibility and
Adaptability
 Initiative and Self-
Direction
 Social and Cross-
Cultural interaction
 Productivity and
Accountability
 Leadership and
Responsibility
 Information
literacy
 media Literacy
 ICT Literacy

11. Life & career
Skills
Learning &
Innovation Skills
Information,
Media &
Technology
Skills
Core subjects &
21st Century
Themes
Standards & Assessments
Curriculum & Instruction
Professional Development
Learning Environments
P21 Framework for 21st Century Learning

12. As one of the BEST Future Teachers, I
Pledge / Commit

13. Quiz 2
I. Identify the traits of the 21st century
teacher
1.to enhance and motivate learners
to share, contribute, adapt and
invent
2. able to lead in the process of ICT
integration
3. able to see ideas and use these in
his/her classes

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4. Able to continue learning and
absorb experiences and knowledge and
endeavor to stay current
5. Able to adapt the curriculum and
the requirements in innovative
and creative ways