partnership for 21st century skills: preparation for college, career and citizenship
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Michelle Herczog, Ed.D.Consultant III, History-Social Science
Division of Curriculum and Instructional ServicesLos Angeles County Office of Education
Partnership for 21st Century Skills:
Preparation for College, Career and Citizenship
What are the 2-3 biggest
changes in society in the
last 25-30 years?
List 2-3 skills incontent areas
that students need to
address theseChanges.
Looking at the skills you listed, how intentional is your school/district in helping students develop these skills within content areas?
Source: PISA, 2000, 2003 Courtesy of Cisco Systems
30th
25th
20th
15th
10th
5th
1st
2000 2000 2000 20032003 2003 2003
OECDRanking
Ranking of G8 countries:
10th grade math & problem solving
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
MathScience ReadingProblem Solving
24th
18th
24th
14th
18th
15th 15th
Why 21st Century Skills?
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How the demand for skills has changed
Of the high school students that you recently hired, what were their deficiencies?
Written Communication 81%Leadership 73%Work Ethic 70%Critical Thinking & Problem Solving 70%
Self-Direction 58%
Source: Are They Really Ready to Work? (2006) The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, P21, and SHRM
Workforce Needs
What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years?
Critical Thinking 78%I.T. 77%Health and Wellness 76%Collaboration 74%Creativity and Innovation 74%
Personal Financial Responsibility 72%
Source: Are They Really Ready to Work? (2006) The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, P21, and SHRM
Workforce Needs
21st Century Children
• Every child in the U.S. needs 21st century knowledge and skills to succeed as effective citizens, workers and leaders.
• There is a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they need in typical 21st century communities and workplaces.
• To successfully face rigorous higher education coursework, career challenges and a globally competitive workforce, U.S. schools must align classroom environments with real world environments
OUR COUNTRY IS COMPETING IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY THAT DEMANDS
INNOVATION;
OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM MUST KEEP UP.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills MISSION STATEMENT
Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center of U.S.
K-12 education by building collaborative partnerships among education, business,
community and government leaders.
An Overview of the Partnership For 21st Century Skills Initiative
P21 Members
21st Century Skills Framework
21st Century Skills Framework
• 21st Century Themes– Global Awareness– Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurship Literacy– Civic Literacy– Health Literacy
• Information, Media & Technology Skills– Information Literacy– Media Literacy– ICT Literacy
• Life & Career Skills– Flexibility & Adaptability– Initiative & Self-Direction– Social & Cross-Cultural Skills– Productivity & Accountability– Leadership & Responsibility
21st Century Skills Framework
• Learning & Innovation Skills - The “4 C’s” – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving– Communication– Collaboration– Creativity and Innovation.
• Just as the 3R’s serve as an umbrella for all core subjects, so the 4C’s serve for all other 21st Century skills
21st Century Interdisciplinary Themes
Global Awareness
Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
Health Literacy
Environmental Literacy
Civic Literacy
21st Century Skills Framework
21st Century Support Systems
• 21st Century Standards – Build understanding across and among core subjects as well as 21st
Century interdisciplinary themes – Emphasize deep understanding rather than shallow knowledge – Engage students with real world data, tools and experts they will
encounter in college, on the job, and in life– Allow for multiple measures of mastery
• Assessment of 21st Century Skills – A balance of assessments, including high-quality standardized testing
along with effective formative and summative classroom assessments – Useful feedback on student performance embedded into everyday
learning – Formative and summative assessments measuring mastery of 21st Century
skills – Development of student portfolios demonstrating mastery of 21st Century
skills
21st Century Curriculum and Instruction – Opportunities for applying 21st Century skills across
content areas and for competency-based approaches to learning
– Innovative learning methods integrating the use of technologies, problem-based approaches and higher order thinking skills
– Integration of community resources beyond school walls
21st Century Support Systems
21st Century Learning Environments – Create learning practices, human support and physical environments
that support teaching and learning of 21st Century skill outcomes – Support professional learning communities that enable educators to
collaborate, share best practices and integrate 21st Century skills into classroom practice
– Enable students to learn in relevant, real world 21st Century contexts– Allow equitable access to quality learning tools, technologies and
resources – Provide 21st Century architectural and interior designs for group,
team and individual learning – Support community and international involvement in learning, both
face-to-face and online
21st Century Support Systems
21st Century Professional Development – Integrates 21st Century skills, tools and teaching strategies into classroom
practice — and identify activities that can be restructured– Balances direct instruction with project-oriented teaching methods – Illustrates how deeper subject mastery can enhance the learning of the 4C’s – Enables professional learning communities that model 21st Century skills– Cultivates identification of student learning styles, intelligences, strengths &
weaknesses – Helps teachers use various strategies to reach diverse students and support
differentiated teaching and learning – Supports the continuous evaluation of students’ 21st Century skills
development– Encourages knowledge sharing among communities of practitioners, using face-
to-face, virtual and blended communication models – Uses a scalable and sustainable model of professional development
21st Century Support Systems
• Arizona• Illinois• Iowa• Kansas• Kentucky• Louisiana• Maine• Massachusetts• Nevada • New Jersey • North Carolina• South Carolina• Ohio• South Dakota• West Virginia• Wisconsin
Current State Partners
P21 State Leadership Initiative
Kansas Department of Education
Leading Examples
Defining the 21st century student.
North CarolinaState Board of Education Policy:
Future-Ready Students
for the 21st Centuryhttp://www.dpi.state.nc.us/state_board/
How is the Framework being used?
Example of State Programs
How is the Framework being used?
Aligning with workforce development.
• Massachusetts
How is the Framework being used?
• West Virginia• Wisconsin• New Jersey• New York• P21 Paper on 21st Century Skills and
Standards
Embedding 21st Century Skillsinto state standards:
New Jersey’s World Class Standards
How is the Framework being used?
• West Virginia/Teach 21• North Carolina Teaching Standards• P21 paper on 21st Century Skills and Professional
Development
Embedding into professional development.
Teach 21: www.wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/
Focus on what it looks like in the classroom.
West Virginia
How is the Framework being used?
• PISA• CWRA• New Tech Model• E-portfolios• N.C. Assessment of Genetics • P21 Paper on 21st Century Skills and Assessment
Embedding into assessment.
North Carolina’s ACRE Project
North Carolina's Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort - also known as ACRE - is the state's comprehensive initiative to redefine the Standard Course of Study for K-12 students, the student testing program and the school accountability model. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/
Leading Models:There are leading models around the country that embrace 21st century readiness:• New Tech• Envision Schools• IB• Expeditionary Learning• Asia Society• Career Academies
Leading Examples
High Tech High – Culture (Pearson)
POLICY MUST BE THECATALYST FOR CHANGE.
MOMENTUM ISN’T SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT LOCAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS CREATING THE RIGHT POLICIES.
Role of Partnership
• Catalyze the movement• Collaborate with interested parties• Provide resources/reports/expertise• Offer guidance/advice• Gather and promote best practices and quality
models• Encourage member activity• Build advocates at all levels• Host events such as P21 Summit
The 21st Century Coalition
for California
www.p21california.com
21st Century Coalition for California
Why we need it in
California TODAY!
21st Century Coalition for California
Dropout
EpidemicPublic Health
Environmental
Challenges
Financial Crisis
Achievement Gaps
A Call to Action!
• Establish broad consensus for a new vision for 21st Century Learning for ALL California students.
• Engage all stakeholders to incorporate 21st Century Learning into education reform plans for California.
• Align educational standards, frameworks, assessment, and accountability systems to support 21st Century Learning.
• Work with employees, policy committees, appointees and stakeholders to infuse this vision into the work of California.
21st Century Coalition for California
21st Century Coalition for California
Los Amigos of Orange County
21st Century Coalition for California
Individual Endorsers• Michael Matsuda, President, North Orange County Community College District Board
of Trustees• Michelle M. Herczog, Consultant III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles County Office
of Education; Past President California Council for the Social Studies; National Council for the Social Studies Board of Directors
• Jon Gundry, Interim Superintendent, Los Angeles County Office of Education• Darline P. Robles, Professor, Clinical Education, University of Southern California• Jackie Goldberg, former Assembly Education Chair• Jose F. Moreno, President, Anaheim City School Board• Jan Domene, retired President National PTA• Fred Navarro, Assistant Superintendent, Ed Division, Anaheim Union High School
District• KimOanh Nguyen-Lam, Director, Cal State University Strategic Language Initiative• Rob Gaudette, California League of Middle Schools Teacher of the Year• Kelly Gallagher, California English Teacher of the Year and author of "Readicide”• Janice Billings, Executive Director for ACSA Region 17; retired superintendent• John Mergendoller, Executive Director, Buck Institute
Senate Bill 402 Introduced by State Senator Lou Correa
(1) Focus on integrating 21st century skills including critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation skills as a competency-based approach to learning in all academic core content areas, including English language arts, mathematics, history-social science, science, visual and performing arts, and world languages.
(2) Promote interdisciplinary approaches that integrate the use of supportive technologies, inquiry and problem-based approaches, and higher order thinking skills that provide contexts for pupils to apply learning in relevant, real world scenarios to prepare pupils for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.
Stay Connected!
21st Century Coalition for California:
www.p21california.com
Partnership for 21st Century Skills:
www.21stcenturyskills.org
Contact Information:
Michelle M. Herczog, Ed.D.Consultant III, History-Social Science
Division of Curriculum and Instructional ServicesLos Angeles County Office of Education
Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu562-922-6908
Herczog_Michelle@yahoo.com
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