Preparing Global Thinkers, Workers, Leaders:Preparing Global Thinkers, Workers, Leaders:A 21A 21stst Century Education Plan Century Education Plan

ASCD Annual ConferenceASCD Annual ConferenceMarch 6, 2010March 6, 2010

Janis Jensen, Director, Office of Academic Standards, NJ Department of Janis Jensen, Director, Office of Academic Standards, NJ Department of EducationEducation

Marie Adair, Executive Director, NJASCDMarie Adair, Executive Director, NJASCD

The Context The Context

ASCD Position Statement:ASCD Position Statement: Educating Students in a Rapidly Educating Students in a Rapidly Changing WorldChanging World

As educators in the 21st century, we are charged with educating students to be successful in a complex, interconnected world. This responsibility requires schools to prepare students for technological, cultural, economic, informational, and demographic changes.

ASCD supports changes in teaching, learning, and ASCD supports changes in teaching, learning, and leadership that adequately prepare students for the leadership that adequately prepare students for the

21st century and graduate students who:21st century and graduate students who:

Acquire and apply Acquire and apply core knowledgecore knowledge and and critical-critical-thinking skill setsthinking skill sets that are essential in an that are essential in an information ageinformation age

Demonstrate Demonstrate creativity, innovation,creativity, innovation, and and flexibilityflexibility when partnering with business and when partnering with business and community members to advance common community members to advance common goals;goals;

Make decisions and Make decisions and solve problems ethically solve problems ethically and collaborativelyand collaboratively

UseUse technology technology to gather, analyzeto gather, analyze,, and and synthesize information for synthesize information for application in a application in a global economyglobal economy

Exhibit positive Exhibit positive interpersonal relationshipsinterpersonal relationships that value that value multiple languages, culturesmultiple languages, cultures, , and and all personsall persons

Display Display leadership skillsleadership skills that inspire others that inspire others to achieve, serve,to achieve, serve, and work togetherand work together

Question Question

How can national and state educationHow can national and state education

organizations bring about change organizations bring about change

in light of the new realities in this century?in light of the new realities in this century?

The Context The Context

New Jersey Department of Education New Jersey Department of Education InitiativesInitiatives

1.1. Partnership for 21Partnership for 21stst Century Skills Century Skills

member statemember state

2. High School Redesign Policy 2. High School Redesign Policy

3. 2009 Standards Revision Project3. 2009 Standards Revision Project

4. Pre-School Expansion4. Pre-School Expansion

5. Teacher Preparation Program Standards5. Teacher Preparation Program Standards

New Jersey’s Education Plan:New Jersey’s Education Plan:Preparing Global Thinkers, Workers, and Preparing Global Thinkers, Workers, and

LeadersLeaders

Secondary Education RedesignSecondary Education Redesign

Vision Vision

New Jersey will educate all students to New Jersey will educate all students to prepare them to lead productive, prepare them to lead productive, fulfilling lives. Through a public fulfilling lives. Through a public education system that is seamlessly education system that is seamlessly aligned from pre-school to college, aligned from pre-school to college, students will gain the requisite students will gain the requisite academic knowledge and academic knowledge and technical technical and critical thinking skills for life and and critical thinking skills for life and work in the 21st century. work in the 21st century.

2009 Standards Revision Project:Preparing Students in the 21st Century

Standards will align with the knowledge and skills Standards will align with the knowledge and skills needed for post-secondary education and the needed for post-secondary education and the workplaceworkplace

• Reflect 21st Century Themes: Global Awareness; Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy; Civic Literacy and Health Literacy;

• Emphasize the development of skills needed in real world situations in the digital age; and

• Allow for multiple measures of mastery

2121stst Century Standards: Century Standards:

Provide the foundation forProvide the foundation for the development the development of curriculum that promotes the use of of curriculum that promotes the use of innovative learning strategies by integrating innovative learning strategies by integrating supportive technologiessupportive technologies, inquiry- and , inquiry- and problem-based approachesproblem-based approaches and higher order and higher order thinking skillsthinking skills

Enable students to learn in Enable students to learn in relevant, real relevant, real world 21world 21stst century contexts century contexts

Support expanded Support expanded community and community and international involvementinternational involvement in learning, in learning, both both face-to-face and online face-to-face and online

Teacher Preparation Program StandardsTeacher Preparation Program Standards

Explore the implications of the new emphases Explore the implications of the new emphases of state standards in relation to pedagogiesof state standards in relation to pedagogies• Foster Foster collaborationcollaboration• Authentic and Authentic and applied application of skillsapplied application of skills • Global perspectivesGlobal perspectives • Higher order thinking skillsHigher order thinking skills and and

interdisciplinary connectionsinterdisciplinary connections• Use of Use of 2121stst century tools century tools

QuestionQuestion

What do you believe will be a What do you believe will be a key catalyst for change for the key catalyst for change for the development of the new development of the new literacies required in the global literacies required in the global age?age?

QuestionQuestion

Daniel Pink, author of Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New A Whole New MindMind, commented in a recent interview , commented in a recent interview with Tom Friedman: with Tom Friedman:

“ “In a world where information was In a world where information was scarce, schools operated as kind of a scarce, schools operated as kind of a repository of that precious resource. repository of that precious resource. But now, information is abundant. A But now, information is abundant. A school doesn’t have to harvest and school doesn’t have to harvest and distribute this scarce resource. It has distribute this scarce resource. It has to serve some other kind of function.” to serve some other kind of function.” How would you best define that How would you best define that function? function?

Setting Goals Setting Goals

In light of the new state, nationalIn light of the new state, national

and international contexts, examine and international contexts, examine what you are poised to do in order what you are poised to do in order

to determine a course of action that to determine a course of action that will shape a continuum of progress will shape a continuum of progress

in creating 21in creating 21stst Century schools. Century schools.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~

PartnershipsPartnerships

The power of professional The power of professional partnerships:partnerships:

~ a common message~ a common message

~ a clear direction~ a clear direction

~ several pathways of choice~ several pathways of choice

~ collaborate, innovate, lead~ collaborate, innovate, lead

InitiativesInitiativesCreating 21Creating 21stst Century New Jersey Century New Jersey Schools: Schools: The Statewide Systemic The Statewide Systemic Model for Continuous Professional Model for Continuous Professional Learning and GrowthLearning and Growth

~Phase 1: Awareness and ~Phase 1: Awareness and FamiliarizationFamiliarization

~Phase 2: Critical ~Phase 2: Critical TransformationsTransformations

~Phase 3: Sustaining the ~Phase 3: Sustaining the ChangeChange

InitiativesInitiatives

Modules of New LearningModules of New Learning Module A: Content AreasModule A: Content Areas Module B: Instructional StrategiesModule B: Instructional Strategies Module C: Learning Environments/NewModule C: Learning Environments/New Technologies/Changing TeacherTechnologies/Changing Teacher RolesRoles Module D: Assessing LearningModule D: Assessing Learning Module E: LeadershipModule E: Leadership Module F: Professional Learning Module F: Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)Communities (PLCs)

InitiativesInitiatives

Supervisors as Agents of Change in Supervisors as Agents of Change in Transforming Secondary SchoolsTransforming Secondary Schools

Planned and offered as three part series for Planned and offered as three part series for supervisors to become familiar with the revised supervisors to become familiar with the revised content standards and create a Curriculum content standards and create a Curriculum Template that included 21Template that included 21stst century themes and century themes and skills, integrated technology, and project based skills, integrated technology, and project based learninglearning

Day 1: The Case for ReformDay 1: The Case for Reform Day 2: Supervision in the Context ofDay 2: Supervision in the Context of 2121stst Century Learning Century Learning Day 3: Using the StandardsDay 3: Using the Standards

InitiativesInitiatives

Secondary School Leadership in a Time of Secondary School Leadership in a Time of Change: The Wallace Leadership ProjectChange: The Wallace Leadership Project

A project involving 23 high schoolsA project involving 23 high schools Identify an element of reformIdentify an element of reform Plan to address the changePlan to address the change Supports by Department of Ed and the PD Supports by Department of Ed and the PD

PartnershipPartnership

InitiativesInitiativesThe Professional Development PartnershipThe Professional Development Partnership

NJ Department of EducationNJ Department of Education New Jersey ASCDNew Jersey ASCD NJ Principals & Supervisors AssociationNJ Principals & Supervisors Association Center for Innovative Education at Kean Center for Innovative Education at Kean

UniversityUniversity Planned and provided professional Planned and provided professional

development that connects to the development that connects to the implementation of the State initiativesimplementation of the State initiatives

InitiativesInitiatives

Curriculum 21: Upgrading the Curriculum for 21Curriculum 21: Upgrading the Curriculum for 21stst

Century LearnersCentury Learners

A three day curriculum institute in collaboration A three day curriculum institute in collaboration with Heidi Hayes Jacobs and staffwith Heidi Hayes Jacobs and staff

TopicsTopics What to cut? What to keep? What to create?What to cut? What to keep? What to create? Using Mapping as a Vehicle for 21Using Mapping as a Vehicle for 21stst Century Century

PlanningPlanning Developing your Plan: Making It Work in your Developing your Plan: Making It Work in your

SchoolSchool

InitiativesInitiatives

Teaching and Learning in the Teaching and Learning in the 2121stst Century: Designing Curriculum Century: Designing Curriculum to to Meet Revised StandardsMeet Revised Standards

Session A: Session A: The Curriculum Core:The Curriculum Core: Unit Design and Lesson Unit Design and Lesson Plan TemplatesPlan Templates Session B: Session B: Designing Teaching andDesigning Teaching and Learning for the 21Learning for the 21stst Century Century LearnerLearner

Info-BriefsInfo-Briefs A Common LanguageA Common Language

for Professional Learning for Professional Learning CommunitiesCommunities

From 20From 20thth Century Classrooms Century Classrooms to 21to 21stst Century Work Spaces: Century Work Spaces: Educating Students in a Educating Students in a Rapidly Changing WorldRapidly Changing World

American education is at a American education is at a crossroads . . . crossroads . . .

We should . . .We should . . . ~ inform the public about the possibilities ~ inform the public about the possibilities brought about by globalization, brought about by globalization, ~ encourage education innovations,~ encourage education innovations, ~ inspire educators with genuine support,~ inspire educators with genuine support, ~ diversify and decentralize curriculum, ~ diversify and decentralize curriculum, ~ educate children as confident, unique, ~ educate children as confident, unique, and well-rounded human beings.and well-rounded human beings. Yong ZhaoYong Zhao