21st Century Learning Environments

Then

Now

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21st Century Skills and School Wide Culture

• Learning and innovation skills include the "4C's"
• Critical Thinking
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity

Structures

Structures

• NSD Core Values
• School Wide Positive Behavior Intervention Support (SWPBIS)
• Student Leadership
• PeaceBuilder School
• Peace Patrol
• Ongoing Training

Promoting 21st Century Skills...

• Student Leadership
• Student Council
• Peace Patrol
• PeaceBuilder School
• =Positive School Wide Culture

School Culture

• Norms, values, traditions
• Beliefs of teachers, students and principal of school
• Shapes what young people think and how they act

How do they work together?

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Change Perspective:

Education is not the learning of fact but training of mind to think.
-Albert Einstein

Opportunities

Collective Responsibility

Collective Responsibility

• Each level- Federal, State, local government, districts, schools, teachers parents
• Held accountable for investment, accountability, monitoring
• To produce high-quality learning opportunities for each and every child
• Equity in student outcomes

English Language Learners

Collaboration and Integration

Promote Creativity

Address Global Achievement Gap

• Gap between what even our best schools teach vs. the skills all students need to be successful

Preparing for the Future

• Preparing students to succeed and prosper in an increasingly global economy

21st Century Jobs

• We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist...using technology that haven't yet been invented...in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet. - Karl Fisch

Curriculum and Assessment

• How do you teach and assess "habits of mind" such as collaboration, creativity and critical thinking?

Professional Competence

• Systems of educator preparation and ongoing development acquire the knowledge about curriculum, teaching, assessment, linguistic and cultural competence, implicit bias, and student support needed to teach diverse students effectively.

Parent and Family Engagement

• Schools must create opportunities for meaningful engagement with all parents and families to tap their expertise and gain their input in the teaching and learning process and in decisions associated in the planning and implementation of 21st Century Skill

Vision

Culture of Achievement

• 21st Century life and work environments require far more than basic thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in this globally competitive information age requires education to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills.

21st Century Jobs

How do you teach and assess

Professional Competence

What Are 21st Century Skills?

Parent and Family Engagement

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Student Council