1. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 LEARNING FOR THE 21 st CENTURY Archived Information

2. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 Founding Members: AOL, Apple, Cable in the Classroom,Cisco Systems, Dell, Microsoft, NEA, SAP Key Partners: US Department of Education, Appalachian Technology in Education Consortium (ATEC) Strategic Partners: ISTE, COSN, SETDA, Tech Corps introduction to the partnership

3. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 Mission Introduction to the partnership The Partnership for 21 st Century Skills is a public-private partnership organized to create an overall vision of how 21 st century skills can be incorporated into K-12 education. Objectives * Define a framework and create a common language for understanding and promoting 21 st Century Skills * Provide education leaders with tools, examples and strategies for action * Build consensus in the public and private sectors with public education campaign to promote 21 st Century Skills

4. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 why are 21 st century skills important?

5. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 1. Students (today’s education faces irrelevance unless we are able to bridge the gap between how students live and how students learn) 2. Workforce (“The average person will change jobs nine times by the time he or she is 32.” Elaine Chao, US Secretary of Labor)

6. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 3. Relationship to no child left behind (NCLB) 1. Emphasizes student achievement and requires assessments in core subjects. 2. Skills are to be integrated into core subjects. 3. Requires that every student be technologically literate by 8 th grade. 4. States, schools and districts can incorporate a broad vision of the 21 st century skills into their NCLB framework.

7. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 what are 21 st century skills?

8. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 1. Core Subjects (reading, math, science,etc.) 2. Learning Skills (thinking, problem solving skills; information and communication skills; self interpersonal and self direction skills) 3. 21 st Century Tools (information and communication technologies such as computers, networking, audio, video and other multimedia tools)

9. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 4. 21 st Century Content (global awareness; financial, economic and business literacy; civic literacy) 5. 21 st Century Context (make content relevant to students’ lives; bring the world into the classroom; provide authentic learning experiences) 6. Assessment (measure both core subjects and 21 st century skills; classroom assessment strengthened and integrated with instructional process to reinforce learning)

10. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 partnership model what are 21 st century skills?

11. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 what is the MILE GUIDE for 21 st century skills?

12. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 Mile Guide Online MILE GUIDE: online Milestones for Improving Learning and Education in the 21st Century

13. High School Leadership Summit 10/8/2003 Partnership for 21 st Century Skills www.21stcenturyskills.org