A New Vision for 21 st Century Education

1. Educating Students for the 21st Century: Challenges for State Policy and Policymaking A New Vision for 21st Century Education [Insert Presenter Name] [Insert Presenter Title & Company] [Insert Event Name] [Insert Date] PLEASE NOTE: This is only a template presentation; you may add examples and additional slides based on your audience EDUCATION COMMUNITY AUDIENCE Ken Kay, President Partnership for 21st Century Skills 2006 NCSL Annual Meeting and Exhibition Nashville, Tennessee August 18, 2006

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

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

4. 21st Century Skills 1. We need to produce 21st century citizens.

5. 21st Century Skills 2. The world is flat.

6. 21st Century Skills 3. The magnitude of our competition is changing.

7. 21st Century Skills China & India 300 Million Skilled Workers Japan 25 Million Skilled Workers 1985 2025

8. 21st Century Skills 4. The U.S. is falling behind.

9. 1st 1st 2nd 5th 3rd 10th 4th 15th 5th 6th 20th 7th 25th 8th 30th 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. 21st Century Skills 5. The nature of work is changing.

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

12. 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. 21st Century Skills 21st Century 20th Century 1 – 2 Jobs 10 – 15 Jobs Number of Jobs: Mastery of One Field Flexibility And Adaptability Job Requirement: Subject Matter Mastery Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject Matter Mastery Teaching Model: Subject Matter Mastery Integration of 21st Century Skills into Subject Matter Mastery Assessment Model:

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

15. 21st Century Skills Framework

16. 21st Century Skills Framework 20th Century Education Model

17. 21st Century Skills Framework

18. 21st Century Skills Framework Core Subjects - English • Reading or Language Arts • Mathematics • Science • Foreign Languages • Civics • Government • Economics • Arts • History • Geography

19. 21st Century Skills Framework • Thinking and Learning Skills • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills • Creativity & Innovation Skills • Communication & Information Skills • Collaboration Skills • Contextual Learning • Information and Media Literacy

20. 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 • Contextual Learning • Information and Media Literacy

21. 21st Century Skills Framework • The ICT Literacy Maps show how thinking and learning skills and technology can be integrated into the following core subjects: • - Math • - Science • - English • - Geography • to be released this fall-– • Social Studies

22. 21st Century Skills Framework 21st Century Model Geographic Content Analytic Thinking Geography Global Positioning Software

23. 21st Century Skills Framework • Life Skills • Leadership • Ethics • Accountability • Adaptability • Personal Productivity • Personal Responsibility • People Skills • Self Direction • Social Responsibility

24. 21st Century Skills Framework 21st Century Content • Global Awareness • Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurship Literacy • Civic Literacy • Health & Wellness Awareness

25. 21st Century Skills Framework These are the “design specs” for a 21st Century education: • Core Subjects • Thinking and Learning Skills • ICT Literacy • Life Skills • 21st Century Content

26. What can State Leaders do? 7 things

27. What can State Leaders do? A State Leaders Action Guide to 21st Century Skills: A New Vision for Education

28. What can State Leaders do? • High-profile leadership. State leaders • should: • Educate leaders at all levels to promote the importance of 21st century skills. • Align your educational system with your economic development strategy.

29. What can State Leaders do? • Broad consensus and a shared vision. • Develop a consensus among the key • stakeholders on the 21st century skills • needed by students in your state. • Use the MILE Guide to assess where you are today.

30. What can State Leaders do? • Ongoing professional development in • 21st century skills. Create a teacher • professional development strategy for • 21st century skills. • Examples: • West Virginia • Lawrence Township (Indiana) • North Carolina

31. What can State Leaders do? • Ongoing professional development in 21st century skills. • (continued) • Train administrators in 21st century skills. • Ensure teachers receive ongoing training. • Work with teacher education institutions to promote the acquisition of 21st century skills for future educators. • Add competency in 21st century skills to accreditation criteria for teacher education programs. • Connect teacher and principal certification, licensure and compensation to proficiency in both core subjects and 21st century skills. • Create 21st Century Teaching Academies, where teachers can develop and renew 21st century skills and pedagogy in structured programs.

32. What can State Leaders do? • Standards and curriculum aligned with 21st • century skills. • Higher standards are essential. • Example: • West Virginia

33. What can State Leaders do? • 21st century assessments. Create • modern assessments that measure 21st • century skills, such as critical thinking, • problem solving, communication skills • and ICT literacy. • Examples: • New Tech High • Collegiate Learning Assessment • West Virginia • North Carolina

34. What can State Leaders do? • 21st century assessments • (continued) Assessment of 21st Century Skills: The Current Landscape June 2005 Partnership for 21st Century Skills www.21centuryskills.org Partnership’s Report on Assessment http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/images/stories/otherdocs/ Assessment_Landscape.pdf

35. What can State Leaders do? • An effective communications strategy. • Engage everyone, from state-level officials to • front-line educators, parents and students, in • the vision of 21st century learning. • Example: • CCSSO/P21 State PR Tool Kit

36. What can State Leaders do? • An aggressive implementation strategy. • Several states and districts are implementing • 21st century skill strategies: • Examples: • P21 Leadership States • CCSSO SCASS.21 • West Virginia • North Carolina • High School Reform

37. What can State Leaders do? • An aggressive implementation strategy. • (continued) We need a new definition of “rigor” that includes 21st Century Skills “Results that Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform” (March, 2006)

38. Conclusion • Every student in this nation 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

39. Conclusion These skills should become the “design specs” of K-12 education in the United States.

40. Conclusion State Legislators and NCSL should be driving forces behind the 21st century skills movement.

42. 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