21st Century Learning Skills for a Changing World

Dr. Gabe Soumakian, SuperintendentTwitter: @sup_du_jour

soumakian@gmail.com

Redesigning the High School Experience

for the 21st Century Learner

The Goal for 21st Century Learning:

COLLEGE Readyand

CAREER Readyand

LIFE Ready

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Oxnard Union High District Demographics

• 9-12, 16,000 ADA, Ventura County, CA• Six Comprehensive High School and • Alternative Schools: Condor (IS), Frontier (Cont), Adult School• Building two new comprehensive HS• 72% Hispanic, 60% Free & Reduced Meals• 20% English Learners• Extreme Diverse Community• Average API base is 753• District API increased 25 point in one year• 10 Academies and adding three more

Don’t let this be you…

Their home is not safe. What about yours?

Retold of the story by Chulatep Senivongse

These are the Change

Management Process

Create a Sense of Urgency

Pull Together the Guiding

Team

Develop the Change Vision

& Strategy

Communicate for

Understanding & Buy-in

Empower Others to Act

Produce Short-term Wins Don’t Let Up Create a new

Culture

Heads Together

•What is the difference between 1st Order Change and 2nd Order Change?

Explosion of access to mobile devices:

• Smart Phones• 28% in gr 9-12• 24% in gr 6-8• 16% in gr 3-5• 20% in K-2

Explosion of access to mobile devices:

Social Media: A Game Changer

Human Social Network Learning

21st Century Mind Set

•We are perfectly aligned to get the results we are getting• See it to Believe it or Believe it to see it.•Moving people away from comfort zone is hard.•Change is Good: You go First•Work with the early adopters to move forward.

Mind Shift: Job Title

• Director of Instruction vs Ex Director of 21st Century Learning & Innovation• Asst. Principal – Associate Principal• TOSA – Learning Design Coach• Attendance Advisors vs Graduation Coaches

Systems Upgrade

• Student Information System – Synergy• Multifunction Document Management System: Xerox• Student Data System: Data Director• Electronic Board Docs: Granicus• College and Career Planner: Naviance• Instructional Walks: digiCoach• New Learning Management System (Desire2Learn)• Linked Learning: College and Career Framework

Network Upgrade

•Prepare for Smarter Balanced Assessment•Desktop Virtualization Environment•Switches and Digital Media System (DMS) : Cisco•Hi density two radio ‘N’ Access Point : Motorola•10 Gig fiber from School to District•Link 2013 Enterprise Voice OIP: Microsoft

Why BYOD

•District unable to fund 1 to 1 computing for students•Students are comfortable with their own devices•Redesign the learning space with mobility•Ubiquitous learning: anytime, anywhere, anyway• Promote student engagement: Voice and Choice• Promote “open access” learning• Prepare for 21st Century Learning and CCSS• Prepare for Smarter Balanced Assessment• Promote 2nd order change in teaching and learning

BYOD Guidelines

• Update BYOD Board Policy• Developed simple top 10 BYOD Guidelines• Teacher determines use in classroom• Students bring devices at your own risk• Hold Harmless• Device agnostic• Encourage minimum specs for the devices

BYOD…Opt In or Opt Out

• Parent choices• To allow students to bring or not

• Student choices• To bring or not

• Teacher choices• To allow use in class or not

• Teachers CANNOT • require students to have or bring devices to class• penalize students for not using a device in class

Framework for 21st Century Learning

6 Essential Elements of 21st Century

Learning 1.Emphasize Common Core Subjects

2.Emphasize Learning Skills

3.Use 21st Century Tools to Develop Leaning Skills

4.Teach & Learn in a 21st Century Context

5.Teach & Learn 21st Century Content

6.Use 21st Century Assessments that measure 21st Century Skills

Relevant

21st Century Context

Meaningful

Beyond Classroom

Real World

CommunityConnection

Preparing Students for College and Career Readiness

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Learning & Innovation Skills

• Creativity & Innovation• Critical Thinking &

Problem-solving• Communication &

Collaboration

Information, Media & Technology Skills

• Information Literacy• Media Literacy• ICT Literacy

Life & Career Skills• Flexibility & Adaptability• Initiative & Self-direction• Social & Cross-cultural Skills• Productivity & Accountability• Leadership & Responsibility

www.21stcenturyskills.org

Human Social Interaction with Technology

Human Infrastructure

• New Adaptive Skill Sets• Building Human Capacity• Build the System around the

Learner• Professional Development• Data & Learning Analytics• Leading Ed Certification

Technical Infrastructure

• E-Rate Funding & Matching Funds• Mobile Devices (BYOD)• Cloud Computing • High Density Wireless Access• Repository System & Ebooks• Learning Management System

20th Century Model

Teacher-directedDirect InstructionKnowledgeContentBasic SkillsTheoryCurriculumIndividualClassroomSummative AssessmentsLearning for School

21 Century Learning

Learner-centeredCollaborative InstructionSkillsProcessHigher-order ThinkingPracticeLife SkillsGroupCommunityFormative EvaluationsLearning for Life

A Better Balance

Shift in Learning Outcomes Outcomes

Freshmen Transition for the Class of 2016 is a significant step in the district’s goal of … “Redesigning the High School

Experience for the 21st Century”

THE TOPICS: First Semester

•Campus Orientation and School Spirit•Organization and Time Management•Study Skills and Test Taking Skills•Note Taking•Goal Setting•Backward Mapping•Ethics and Social Responsibility (Cyber Safety & Bullying)

THE TOPICS: Second Semester

• Career Exploration & Post-High School Options• a-g Requirements• Professionalism• Research Strategies• Literacy (no longer just reading & writing)

Computer Literacy • Media Literacy

Cyber Literacy • Financial Literacy

21st century workplaces Ways of thinking. Creativity, critical

thinking, problem-solving, decision-making

Ways of working. Communication, collaboration

Tools for working. ICT, information literacy

Skills for living in the world. Citizenship, life and career, personal and social responsibility

The drivers of technology in the classroomTrends impacting teaching and learningLearning beyond the classroom

Personalization

New ContentDynamics

Developing 21st Century Skills

The changing demand on educationThe skills required for today’s economy

Source: How computerized work and globalization shape human skill demands. Levy and Murnane, 2005

Complex communication

Expert thinking

Cognitive

Manual

Non-routine manual

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14-2-4-6-8

Percentage change in demand since 1969

Thank You

Linking Student Learning to the new world with college and career readiness skills