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Preparing Indiana Students for the 21st Century

Preparing Indiana Students for the 21st Century. Ken Kay, President Partnership for 21 st Century Skills Indiana Education Roundtable Indianapolis, IN May 24, 2007. Overview. Why are 21 st Century Skills so important? What is the framework for 21 st Century Skills?

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Preparing Indiana Students for the 21st Century

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  1. Preparing Indiana Students for the 21st Century Ken Kay, President Partnership for 21st Century Skills Indiana Education Roundtable Indianapolis, IN May 24, 2007

  2. Overview • Why are 21st Century Skills so • important? • What is the framework for 21st • Century Skills? • What can Indiana do?

  3. Who is the Partnership?

  4. Overview Current P21 Initiatives 1. P21 Partnership States 2. High School Reform Report 3. Partnership with C.C.S.S.O. - Assessment - Communications (P.R. Toolkit) - State Consortium (SCASS .21) 4. Workforce Readiness Survey (released October, 2006) 5. New Directions for Youth Development: The Case for 21st Century Learning (released November, 2006)

  5. Why are 21st Century Skills so Important? 4 Reasons

  6. Why 21st Century Skills? Indiana students are now competing in the new global economy. (They are already in a “flat” world.)

  7. Why 21st Century Skills? “This is a story about the big public conversation the nation is not having about education… whether an entire generation of kids will fail to make the grade in the global economy because they can’t think their way through abstract problems, work in teams, distinguish good information from bad, or speak a language other than English.” How to Build a Student for the 21st Century, TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006

  8. Why 21st Century Skills? 2. The U.S. is falling behind.

  9. 1st 1st 2nd 5th 3rd 10th 4th 15th 5th 6th 20th 7th 25th 8th 30th Why 21st Century Skills? OECD Ranking Ranking of G8 countries: 10th grade math & problem solving Problem Solving Reading Science Math 14th 15th 15th 18th 18th 24th 24th 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 2003 Source: PISA, 2000, 2003Courtesy of Cisco Systems

  10. Why 21st Century Skills? 3. The nature of work is changing.

  11. Why 21st Century Skills? How many of your Parents & Grandparents had only one or two jobs in their lifetimes?

  12. Why 21st Century Skills? How many jobs will a young person have today between age 18-38? …10.2 jobs SOURCE: Number of Jobs Held, Labor Market Activity, and Earnings Growth Among Younger Baby Boomers: Recent Results From a Longitudinal Survey Summary, US Dept. of Labor, 2004

  13. Why 21st Century Skills? 4. Requirements of the workforce are changing.

  14. Why 21st Century Skills? Workforce Survey: “Are They Really Ready to Work?” Released October 2, 2006, by The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and the Society for Human Resource Management groups.

  15. Why 21st Century Skills? • What skills are most important for job success when hiring a High School graduate?

  16. Why 21st Century Skills? • Of the High School Students that you recently hired, what were their deficiencies?

  17. Why 21st Century Skills? • What applied skills and basic knowledge are most important for those you will hire with a four-year college diploma?

  18. Why 21st Century Skills? • Of the four-year graduates you recently hired, how do they rate? Deficient Excellent

  19. Why 21st Century Skills? • What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years?

  20. What is the Framework for 21st Century Skills?

  21. 21st Century Skills Framework 20th Century Education Model Core Subjects Assessment

  22. 21st Century Skills Framework

  23. 21st Century Skills Framework Core Subjects - English • Reading or Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • Foreign Languages • Civics • Government • Economics • Arts • History • Geography

  24. 21st Century Skills Framework • Thinking and Learning Skills • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills • Creativity & Innovation Skills • Communication & Information Skills • Collaboration Skills • (These skills are critical in a flat world.)

  25. 21st Century Skills Framework • ICT Literacy • Information and communications technology (ICT) literacy is the ability to use technology to accomplish thinking and learning skills: • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills • Creativity & Innovation Skills • Communication & Information Skills • Collaboration Skills

  26. 21st Century Skills Framework • Life Skills • Leadership • Ethics • Accountability • Adaptability • Personal Productivity • Personal Responsibility • People Skills • Self Direction • Social Responsibility

  27. 21st Century Skills Framework 21st Century Content • Global Awareness • Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurship Literacy • Civic Literacy • Health & Wellness Awareness

  28. What’s New about 21st Century Skills? New Understanding of Coverage New Areas of Emphasis

  29. What can Indiana do? 5 Strategies

  30. What can Indiana do? 1. Focus on 21st Century Skill outcomes.

  31. What can Indiana do? 2. Upgrade Professional Development • Create a teacher professional development strategy for 21st Century Skills. • Examples: • Lawrence Township (Indiana) • North Carolina • West Virginia

  32. What can Indiana do? 3. Imbed 21st Century Skills in core subjects • Use the ICT Literacy Maps for: • Math • Science • English • Geography • Social Studies (Fall, 2007)

  33. What can Indiana do? 21st Century Model Geographic Content Analytic Thinking Geography Global Positioning Software

  34. What can Indiana do? 4. Upgrade Assessments • Use a full range of assessments, including high-stakes, classroom assessments, senior projects and student portfolios to measure • 21st Century Skills. • Examples: • John Bransford • College Readiness and Work Audit (CRWA)

  35. What can Indiana do? 5. Develop a Consensus • Develop a consensus among the key stakeholders on the 21st Century Skills needed by Indiana students. • Examples: • New Tech High • Lawrence Township (Indiana)

  36. Conclusion “There is remarkable consensus among educators and business and policy leaders on one key conclusion: we need to bring what we teach and how we teach into the 21st Century.” TIME Magazine, December 18, 2006

  37. Conclusion • Every student in Indiana must be: • A critical thinker • A problem solver • An innovator • An effective communicator • An effective collaborator • A self-directed learner • Information and media literate • Globally aware • Civically engaged • Financially and economically literate

  38. Conclusion These skills should become the “design specs” of a 21st Century education in Indiana.

  39. Contact Us Let us know how we can help. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills 177 North Church Avenue, Suite 305 Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 623-2466 www.21stcenturyskills.org

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