A Brief History of Education and a 21st Century Needs Assessment

1. A Brief History of Education and a 21st Century Needs Assessment

2. CAVE SCHOOL Prehistoric Educational Needs Assessment

3. Education At The Beginning of Time Learning Assessment Achievement

4. Trades Medieval Times Apprenticeships Mastercraftsmen

5. The Enlightenment Corrupt World Reason Civilized Society

6. The Industrial Revolution

7. The 1950’s Fear of Annihilation The Cold War Space Race Leave It to Beaver

8. The 70’s and 80’s “Free To Be You and Me” Approach

9. The 70’s & 80’s For Real Localized Curriculum Independent Instruction Arbitrary Assessment Generation X “A Nation At Risk”

10. The Standards Movement

11. The Standards Movement Movement Administrator Teacher

12. High Stakes Testing In Theory Standards Curriculum & Instruction Testing Achievement Gap Achievement % = Learning

13. High Stakes Testing in Practice Widening Learning Gap Broad Curriculum Cumulative Testing Narrow Learning Narrowing Achievement Gap Greater Accountability

14. NCLB Are children our mutual focus or are they caught in between? Teachers

15. Are we giving our students 21st Century skills?

16. What are 21st Century skills? Link to movie clip

17. 20th Century Skills & Attitudes Echo Lake Elementary 21st Century Skills & Attitudes Group Activity: “The Hourglass Nebula”

18. Let’s turn the hourglass on its head! Student Learning Student Achievement

19. How do we bring 21st Century skills/attitudes into a standards based classroom? Student Learning Not bringing standards to kids but bringing kids to standards Student Achievement

20. Look Familiar? Learning Assessment Achievement

21. Teacher-centered instruction TO Learner-centered environment • Single sense stimulation TO Multiisensory stimulation • Single path progression TO Multipath progression • Single media TO Multimedia; Hypermedia • Isolated work TO Collaborative work • Information delivery TO Information exchange, publication, creation • Passive learning TO Exploration/inquiry/DOING • Technology Application TO Technology Integration • Factual/literal thinking TO Critical thinking, informed decision-making • Reactive response TO Proactive/planned action • Artificial context TO Authentic, real world context • Multi-disciplinary knowledge TO Inter-disciplinary synthesis • Writing Product TO Writing Process • Left Brain TO WHOLE Brain • “Standards only” TO “Standards are lonely” Moving Towards a 21st Century Classroom

22. Comprehensive Improvement Plan Standards Based & 21st Century Learning (Short Term Targets & Long Term Sustainability Goals) Authentic Assessment and SOL Tests to direct insturction Data: Measurable Student Growth