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Connections – The Facility to Curriculum Relationship . Carol S. Cash, EdD Clinical Associate Professor & Program Leader Educational Leadership, Virginia Tech. Why is this personal?. Wake County Public Schools Sycamore Creek Elementary School – Year Round - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Connections – The Facility to Curriculum Relationship
Carol S. Cash, EdDClinical Associate Professor & Program Leader
Educational Leadership, Virginia Tech
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Why is this personal?
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Wake County Public SchoolsSycamore Creek Elementary School – Year RoundDurant Road Middle School – Year RoundPlug for quickly building the new one that feeds the elementaryI’m famous at Sycamore Creek
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OverviewWhat is the curriculum?What are the instructional strategies?How do the spaces look that support those strategies?
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Preparing Future-Ready Students for the 21st Century
The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century. To that end, the North Carolina State Board of education adopted policy to bring the infusion of 21st century skills to scale across the state.
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North CarolinaInternational education is the way to prepare a globally competent workforce. It is about preparing students — pre-kindergarten through college — to be citizens, workers and leaders in the global age of the 21st century.
http://ciu.northcarolina.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/NCWorld_ActionPlan.pdf
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Preparing Students for the World:Final Report of the State Board of
Education’sTask Force on Global Education
2013 North Carolina State Board of Education
We aren’t preparing students for a global tomorrow; North Carolina is global today.
Pilot programs won’t cut it. Preparing globally competent graduates requires a comprehensive approach.
To prepare our students for the world, we need to prepare their teachers.
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Final Report of the State Board of Education’s
Task Force on Global Education 2013 North Carolina State Board of
Education
North Carolina was once a leader in language learning. It’s time to return to the pole position.
Schools need peers and partners to move this agenda.
If it’s not sustainable, it’s not a strategy.
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So What are 21st Century Skills?
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21st Century Skills: Student Outcomes
Life and career skillsLearning and innovation skills
Critical thinkingCommunicationCollaborationCreativity
Information, media, and technology skillsCore subjects – 3 Rs and 21st century themes
www.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework
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Life and Career SkillsAdapt to changeBe flexibleManage goals, time, & projects Work independently, positively, & ethicallyBe self-directed learnersInteract effectively with others
Work effectively in diverse teamsProduce & be accountable for resultsMulti-taskParticipate actively & professionallyCollaborate & cooperate
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Learning and Innovation Skills
Think creativelyWork creatively with othersImplement innovationsReason effectivelyUse systems thinking
Make judgments & decisionsSolve problemsCommunicate clearlyCollaborate with others
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Information, Media, and Technology Skills
Access & evaluate informationUse and manage informationAnalyze mediaCreate media productsApply technology effectively
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Core Subjects – 3 Rs and 21st Century Themes
EnglishWorld languagesArtsMathematicsEconomicsScienceGeography, history, government and civicsGlobal awareness
Financial, economic, business, & entrepreneurial literacyCivic literacyHealth literacyEnvironmental literacy
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How Does One Teach 21st Century
Skills?
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Consider problem-based learning – Grounded in content knowledgeMultidisciplinaryReal-world, relevantCreativeCollaborativeSolution-based
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Incorporate global awarenessAccess beyond the school wallsCommunication with other cultures
Provide teacher support – Professional developmentProfessional modeling of collaboration, creativity, and communityTime and space for collaboration
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Brain Friendly StrategiesThe brain grows through problem solving
ProjectsProblem-based learning
Students need to discuss or explain information to make it their own
CollaborationSocial connection, relationship
Music alters brain chemistryMovement reinforces learning
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Brain Friendly Strategies
Emotion drives attention & affects learning
Group interaction / RelationshipsHumor
The person who is doing the work is the person who is learning
Presentations: Students take ownership of their learning, use multiple modalities, and teach others (medical model: learn, do, teach)Collaboration
The brain craves novelty – games, music, creativity
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So how should 21st Century
Learning Environments
Look?
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What’s Wrong with this Picture?
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Table Talk
Discuss types of spaces that can support the instructional strategies needed for 21st century skills Share
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Thoughts to consider
Does the school need a dedicated cafeteria?Does the school need a dedicated library?Does the school need a traditional classroom?In what kinds of spaces can students do what?
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So What Kind of Furnishings Work
Best in This Environment?
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Table Talk
Discuss types of furnishings that can support students and teachers for a 21st century environmentHow will they fit in the spaces you have identified?Share
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Challenges and Anticipated Changes
“Doing School” when weather closes schools
On-line learning coursework is already required in several states
Second language development and global conversations
Limited funds and different funding source will continue for maintenance
Year-round school
Early College Programs
STEM/STEAM
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Characteristics of Educational Specifications
• They are the responsibility of the educators.• They should be based on a predetermined
educational program. • They should state the educators' concept of facility
and program needs and leave methods of satisfying the needs to the design professionals.
• They should be free of rigid prescriptions. They are concise and to the point.
• They are best developed through the involvement of educators, and community representatives.
http://www.schoolclearinghouse.org/pubs/EDSPECS.PDF
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Website References21st Century Skills Frameworkwww.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework25 Brain Friendly Strategieshttp://www.readingprof.com/papers/Brain-Friendly%20Strategies/3_Twenty-Five%20Brain-Friendly%20Strategies.pdfNation’s First Bookless public library system openshttp://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/07/entertainment/la-et-jc-nations-first-bookless-public-library-system-opens-20140107The 30 Most Amazing High School Campuses in the Worldhttp://www.besteducationdegrees.com/most-amazing-high-school-campuses/Silvis Northeast Junior High School, East Moline, ILhttp://www.bldd.com/silvis-northeast-junior-high-school--pages-241.php
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