21 st Century Leadership

1. 21st Century Leadership The views and opinions expressed in this Webinar are those of the panelists and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of Vantage Learning.

2. Discussion topics: • Comparison of 20th & 21st century skills and learners • 21st century curriculum and teaching strategies • Characteristics and challenges of the 21st century leader • Best practices of exemplary leadership

3. Eleanor O’ConnorFormer Principal, Guidance Counselor,Project Coordinator, & Teacher

4. The Skills Gap • Gap between skills required for a job and the talent pool • Currently 14 million unemployed Americans • Siemens Corporation has 3400 jobs available now including engineering, sales, and production but they can not find skilled workers • Only 10% of perspective employees pass placement tests • Manpower Survey:52% of U.S. employers report trouble filling available jobs.

5. Knowledge and Skills Needed for the 21st Century • Core Content Standards • Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Ability • Collaboration and Team Work • Interpersonal Skills • Written and Oral Communication • Career Preparation • Ethics/Professionalism • Technology Literacy • Leadership/Project Management • Information and Communication • Self Directional Skills

6. Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants • Digital Natives-“Wired” to their digital tools-cell phones, computers, TV, video games, email, Facebook, Twitter, iPods, etc. • Learn and motivated by the use of digital technologies • Digital Immigrants- Not knowledgeable and comfortable with the use of digital tools.

7. Digital Media Use Among Children and Teens • Study by Kaiser Family Foundation • 8-18 year olds spend an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes per day using entertainment media (More than 53 hours/week) • Time spent with media increased 1 hour and 17 minutes per day over the last 5 years • Only 3 in 10 youngsters have limits by parents on time spent watching TV, playing videogames, or using the computer. • Black and Hispanic children spend more time with media than white children (4 and ½ hours more than white children)

8. Differences between 21st Century Students and Teachers

9. 20th vs. 21st Century Learning

11. 21st Century Curriculum • Interdisciplinary • Research Based • Project Based Learning/Thematic • Collaborative • Higher Order Thinking Skills • Multiple Intelligences/Provides for Differentiation • Use of Technology/Multimedia • Service Learning • Authentic Assessment • Essential Skills • Connected to the Community (Local/State/National/Global)

12. 21st Century Physical Learning Environment • Large learning area (1400-1800 sq. feet) • Flexible furniture-easily rearranged • Areas for individual and group work and presentations • Computers for each student with Internet access • Networked-Linkage for entire school Teachers, students, and parents to collaborate and work together and with local, national, global community • Smartboards, cameras, projectors, microphones, facilities for video production • Ability to upload and download students’ work and research to learning management systems to support “any where/any time learning” and collaboration • Networked photo copiers that can scan, email and fax • Comfortable and inviting furniture and spaces

13. 21st Century Learning Strategies • Student Centered • Project/Problem Based Learning • Real World Contexts/Connections • Use of Digital Communications for Global Learning • Authentic Formative Assessments-Online, Continual Teacher, Self, Peers, Public Audience assessments • Collaborative/ Team and Individualize Learning • Use of Information and Communication Technologies-Providing Integration of Technology • Inquiry Based/Discovery Learning • Differentiated Learning

14. Characteristics of the 21st Century Leader • Instructional Experience • Fluency with skills and knowledge required for the 21st century learner • Belief in the ability of students and teachers to succeed • High expectations • Problem solver • Visionary • Strategic planner • Excellent organization skills • Excellent interpersonal skills • Technological Expertise • Exceptional Personal Qualities- Ethics, courage, persistence, flexibility, self confidence, humanity, humor

15. Mariane Asad DoyleCoordinator of Career-Technical EducationAntelope Valley High School District

16. The 21st Century Leader is Transformative • Transformational Leadership Theory • Changes and Transforms People • Affective Domain • Follower Development • Visionary • Northhouse, P. (2010). Leadership: Theory and practice. 5th ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage. 171.

17. The 21st Century Leader is a Visionary All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds Awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men, That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible. -T.E. Lawrence

18. The 21st Century Leader is aChange Agent “Leaders overcome resistance to change by creating visions of the future that evoke confidence in and mastery of new organizational practices.” - W. Bennis & B. Nanus

19. The 21st Century Leader is a Communicator Bennis, W. & B. Nanus. (1985). Leaders: The strategies for taking charge. New York: Harper and Row.

20. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership • Model the Way • Inspire a Shared Vision • Challenge the Process • Enable Others to Act • Encourage the Heart • Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2007). The leadership challenge. 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

21. The 21st Century Leader is Proactive • Instructional Changes • Common Core Standards • Articulation, K-16 • Research Changes • High-yield, research-based strategies • Emphasis on STEM • The Competition • Private Sector, Charters, Online

22. 21st Century Educational Leadership “Vision is the commodity of leaders and power is their currency.” Bennis, W. & B. Nanus. (1985). Leaders: The strategies for taking charge. New York: Harper and Row.

23. Questions from Audience The views and opinions expressed in this Webinar are those of the panelists and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of Vantage Learning.

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