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Preparing Every Ohio Student for the 21 st Century: The Role of P-16 Education Ken Kay, President Partnership for 21 st Century Skills STEMM/21 st Century Skills Summit Cleveland, Ohio February 27, 2008

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Page 1: Preparing Every Ohio Student for the 21 st Century: The Role of P-16 Education Ken Kay, President Partnership for 21 st Century Skills STEMM/21 st Century

Preparing Every Ohio Student for the 21st Century: The Role of P-16 Education

Ken Kay, President

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

STEMM/21st Century Skills Summit

Cleveland, Ohio

February 27, 2008

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• Why are 21st Century Skills so important?

• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?

• What should Ohio do?

Overview

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• Why are 21st century skills so important?

• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?

• What should Ohio do?

Overview

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New Job Skills

Global Citizenship

New Contexts

Why are 21st century skills so important?

Voter Attitudes

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Why are 21st century skills so important?

There are new 21st Century

Contexts

Global Competition

Global Cooperation

Information Growth

More Jobs & Careers

Service Economy

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Global Competition: ●Global Awareness

●Self-Direction

Global Cooperation:

●Global Awareness

●Collaboration

●Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy

Information Growth:●Information Literacy

●Critical Thinking

●Problem Solving

More Jobs & Careers:●Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

●Innovation & Improvement

●Flexibility & Adaptability

Growing

Service Economy:

●Communication Skills

●Life and Career Awareness Skills

New Context Skills Required

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New Job Skills

Global Citizenship

New Contexts

Why are 21st century skills so important?

Voter Attitudes

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The requirements of the workforce

are changing

Why are 21st century skills so important?

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• What skills are most important for job success when hiring a high school graduate?

Work Ethic 80%

Collaboration 75%

Good Communication 70%

Social Responsibility 63%

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving 58%

Why are 21st century skills so important?

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• 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%

Why are 21st century skills so important?

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• What applied skills and basic knowledge are most important for those you will hire with a four-year college diploma?

Oral Communication 95.4%

Collaboration 94.4%

Professional/Work Ethic 93.8%

Written Communication 93.1%

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving 93.1%

Why are 21st century skills so important?

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• Of the four-year graduates you recently hired, how do they rate?

63.4

56.4

64.6

67.3

65.4

9.0

27.8

18.6

8.1

9.8

16.8Professional/Work Ethic

27.6Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

15.8Written Communication

24.6Collaboration

24.8Oral Communication

Deficient ExcellentAdequate

Why are 21st century skills so important?

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• What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years?

Critical Thinking 78%

I.T. 77%

Health & Wellness 76%

Collaboration 74%

Innovation 74%

Personal Financial Responsibility 72%

Why are 21st century skills so important?

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New Job Skills

Global Citizenship

New Contexts

Why are 21st century skills so important?

Voter Attitudes

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Why are 21st century skills so important?

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The things students need

to learn in school todayare different than what they were

20 years ago.

Voter Attitudes toward 21st Century Skills

80%

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21st century skills are

important for schools to

teach.

Voter Attitudes toward 21st Century Skills

88%

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Teaching and learning 21st century skills

are very important to our country’s

future economy.

Voter Attitudes toward 21st Century Skills

99%

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• Why are 21st century skills so important?

• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?

• What should Ohio do?

Overview

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P21 Members

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20th Century Education Model

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21st Century Skills Framework

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21st Century Skills Framework

Core Subjects- Economics- English- Government - Arts- History- Geography- Reading or Language- Arts- Mathematics- Science- World Languages- Civics

21st Century Themes- Global Awareness- Financial, Economic, Business & Entrepreneurship Literacy- Civic Literacy- Health Literacy

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Learning & Innovation Skills

• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

• Creativity & Innovation

• Communication & Collaboration

21st Century Skills Framework

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21st Century Skills Framework

Information, Media & Technology Skills

• Information Literacy

• Media Literacy

• ICT (Information, Communications &

Technology) Literacy

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21st Century Skills Framework

Life & Career Skills

• Flexibility & Adaptability

• Initiative & Self-Direction

• Social & Cross-Cultural Skills

• Productivity & Accountability

• Leadership & Responsibility

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Route 21

How do I learn more about 21st century skills?

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Route 21

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Route 21

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Route 21

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Route 21

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• Why are 21st century skills so important?

• What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?

• What should Ohio do?

Overview

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1. Develop a stakeholder consensus on what skills P-16 education

should focus on to prepare young people for the 21st century.

What should Ohio do?

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2.Embed 21st Century Skills into Ohio state standards for P-16 education.

What should Ohio do?

(e.g. West Virginia)

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3. Embed 21st Century Skills into professional development and teacher preparation for P-16

education.

(e.g. West Virginia, Lawrence Township/Indianapolis, North Carolina)

What should Ohio do?

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4. Embed 21st century skills into the assessments used in P-16

education in Ohio.

What should Ohio do?

(e.g. North Carolina Science Assessment, new Tech High,

CWRA, PISA.)

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Are our students ready for the new global economy?

Conclusion

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Conclusion

Are our students critical thinkers and problem solvers?

Are our students globally aware?

Are our students self-directed?

Are our students good collaborators?

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Are our students information and technology literate?

Are our students flexible and adaptable?

Are our students innovative?

Are our students effective communicators?

Conclusion

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These skills should become the “design specs” for 21st

century education.

Conclusion

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