1. Helping 21 st Century Teachers Transform their Practice – But How? PLP Presentation May 24, 2010 PLP Presentation May 24, 2010

2. Our Direction What should 21st Century Learning look like in our District?

3. Leslie Conery-ISTE Deputy CEO Understanding the Global Marketplace:Expanding Your Reach

4. Process  Identify what is needed to implement 21st century learning in our district.  Define 21st Century Learning  Identify how teachers can enhance their lessons and focus on improving practice using 21st century models  Align 21st century learning with other district initiatives and district goals  Communicate to key stakeholders

5. Define

6. Partnership for 21st Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php

7. http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm

8.  Problem-Solving  Communication  Collaboration  Critical Thinking  Creativity  Multicultural Competence MGSD 21 st Century Skills

9. Questions & Dispositions Focus on Reflective Practice

10. Dispositions The learning behaviors, attitudes and habits of mind that create a readiness to learn.

11. MG 21 st Century Group Goals 1. Develop a working understanding of the nature of 21st Century skills which can be shared with teachers so they can integrate those skills into their lessons and curriculum. 2.Develop a method or process that will guide teachers in infusing their lessons and curriculum with 21st century skills as we have defined them, including appropriate technology. 3.Demonstrate to district-wide stakeholders the critical nature of 21st Century skills for student achievement, success at work, participation in a democracy, and a rewarding life.

12. Skills & D I S P O S I T I O N S

13. Critical Thinking Questions that demonstrate what it is to think critically: Because of what reasons? How do you know? What are your presuppositions?

14. analyzing/synthesizing making connections imagining possibilities questioning focus open-mindedness Dispositions for Critical Thinking:

15. Collaborate

16. Steps in the Process 1. Raised awareness of MG 21st Century skills and dispositions at: 21st Century Steering Committee Meeting Staff Meetings Building Committees Trusted Colleagues

17. How Can We Help Teachers Use It? Seek a lesson development process guided by 21 st Century Skills  Use a peer support process like Critical Friends to improve instructional practice and learning  Develop strategies to make the support process pervasive and systemic throughout the district. Seek a lesson development process guided by 21 st Century Skills  Use a peer support process like Critical Friends to improve instructional practice and learning  Develop strategies to make the support process pervasive and systemic throughout the district.

18. -asks provocative questions. - provides data to be examined through another lens. -offers critiques of a person’s work as a friend. - is an advocate for the success of that work. The Critical Friend

19. Adapt a collaborative reflection model for MG Conduct a workshop where participants learn how to facilitate the model Pilot the practice in MG buildings beginning in fall Goals for Critical Friends Implementation

20. Communicate

21. 21 st Century Learning Professional Learning Digital Age Literacy School Improvement Learning for All in Monona Grove

22. Align with District Goals and Initiatives How can we demonstrate effectiveness in meeting district goals? How can we find linkage between District College Readiness ACT Model and 21st century learning? http://www.act.org/standard/ How can we make connections between RTI, data driven decision making, and instructional coaching? How can we align with the Baldrige Model? (School Board and administrative Initiative) How can we use this as part of a district Systems Thinking Process? How can this best be communicated with district stakeholders?