Partnership for 21st Century Skills

2012 Best Practice Award

Presented to the KSBEAugust 2012

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Founded in 2002 by the USDE and 8 corporate and organization partners.

The Partnership is a national  organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student.

The Partnership consists of 34 corporate & organization partners and 17 State partners.

Kansas became a State Partner in 2008.

www.21stcenturyskills.org www,p21.org

P21 State Partners & Corporate Members17 Partner States

KANSAS BEST PRACTICE AWARDS

Feb 2008 Board Motions: Integration of Career and Academics2008

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2012 KANSAS BEST PRACTICE AWARD

Kansas Accreditation Model Milestones

• Five Areas of Focus– Relationships: Staff, Students, Families, Community– Responsive Culture: Leadership, Early Childhood,

School Climate, Nutrition & Wellness, Innovation– Rigor: College & Career Readiness, Career &

Technical Education, Professional Learning, Resources, Data

– Relevance: Curriculum, Instruction, Student Engagement, Technology

– Results: Multiple Measures including Assessments

• Three Areas of Performance– Implementation: What it takes for a District to begin

growing in each specific category.

– Transitioning: The District is showing growth in this category, but is not yet at the exceptional level.

– Modeling: What a District would look like to be performing exceptionally in this category, and would be a model for other districts to follow.

College & Career Readiness• 21st Century Knowledge and skills that are embedded in high quality

Academic and Career, Technical Education programs.• Assess individual student interests and needs, and customize an

individual learning plan based on students interests and needs.• Rigorous college and career ready standards and curriculum that

allows students to enter and to advance in College and Career fields.

• The opportunity to: earn post-secondary recognized certificates; to be a concentrator for a Career Pathway; and earn post-secondary credit.

• Flexible learning environment with strong comprehensive connections between school, business, community and post-secondary.

• Educational, career and civic exploration programs so students can navigate the world beyond high school.

• 2012 was last “AYP” for QPA

• Affect of waiver on 2013 QPA still under development

• 2013 possibly use 4 new annual measurable objectives (AMOs) to measure student performance (“P” in QPA)

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Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA)

Board Recommendation• A school’s 2012-13 Accreditation status is not affected by

the ESEA waiver.• The 2012 QPA Summary Report has each school’s

2012-13 QPA status, based on the 2011 AYP targets.• Any school, during the 2012-13 school year with a new

Accreditation status (on watch, on improvement), will not be required to submit a new plan to the state.

• No peer review or improvement plan is required, but districts are highly encouraged to examine data and make plans for improvement based on data.

• A recommendation will be brought to the board on how the 4 new AMO’s will be used in accrediting schools beginning with the 2013 assessments.

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