+ 21 st Century Skills and Academic Standards Kimberly Hetrick Berry Creek Middle School Eagle County School District.

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21st Century Skillsand Academic StandardsKimberly HetrickBerry Creek Middle SchoolEagle County School District

+Purpose of presentation

Students will understand 21st Century Skills, and Federal, State of Colorado and Eagle County School District learning standards so that students may identify with, discuss, and apply such expectations to their individual learning goals.

+Background Knowledge

21st Century Skills

http://www.p21.org

+What are 21st Century Skills?

Students must learn the essential skills for success in today’s world, such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration.

+Twenty-First Century Student Outcomes

The elements described in this section as “21st century student outcomes” (represented by the rainbow) are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century. (see website)

+21st Century Skills Overview

1. Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes

2. Learning and Innovation Skills  Creativity and Innovation Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Communication and Collaboration

3. Information, Media and Technology Skills Information Literacy Media Literacy (Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Literacy

4. Life and Career Skills 

+21st Century Skills

Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century. Core subjects include: English, reading or language arts

World languages; Arts; Mathematics; Economics; Science; Geography; History; Government and Civics

+Interdisciplinary Themes

In addition to these subjects, we believe schools must move beyond a focus on basic competency in core subjects to promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:

Global awareness

Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy

Civic literacy

Health literacy

Environmental literacy

+Academic Vocabulary

Curriculum

Standards

Essential Learnings

Depth of Knowledge (DOK)

Outcome

Alignment (Federal, State, Local)

+What is curriculum?

Curriculum represents what should be taught. It is an explicit (very specific ) and comprehensive (all inclusive) plan that is based on content and process standards.

+What are standards?

Standards are the skills and knowledge base expected of students for a particular subject area at a particular grade level.

+What are essential learnings?

Essential Learnings are the backbone of a guaranteed and viable (very successful) curriculum.

Aligned with standards, these focus on skills, content, concepts students are expected to learn so that they will be prepared for the next year of education.

+What is Depth of Knowledge?

Depth of Knowledge is how much you learn in all content areas.

Recall, Level 1: Requires recall of information, such as a fact, definition, term, or performance of a simple process or procedure.

 Skills & Concepts, Level 2: Requires students to make decisions on how to approach a question or problem.

Strategic Thinking, Level 3: Requires students to explain, generalize or connect ideas.

Extended Thinking, Level 4: Requires complex reasoning, planning, developing and thinking over an extended period of time, e.g., developing a hypothesis or performing complex analyses.

+What are student outcomes?

Outcome – what the student is expected to learn and demonstrate

Skills, knowledge, attitude

+Alignment of Curriculum

Alignment means putting items in the right order to make them work most efficiently e.g. alignment of spine

Therefore, alignment of curriculum means everything you learn one year is to prepare you for the following year.

+Eagle County Schools (ECS) Standards and 8th Grade Learning Essentials

Standard 1: Oral Expression and Listening

Standard 2: Reading for All Purposes

Standard 3: Writing and Composition

Standard 4: Research and Reasoning

+8th Grade Standard 1: Oral Expression and Listening

Concepts and skills an eighth grade student will masterCommunication skills and interviewing

techniques are required to gather information and to develop and deliver oral presentations

A variety of response strategies clarifies meaning or message

+8th Grade Standard 2: Reading for All Purposes

Concepts and skills an eighth grade student will master:

Quality comprehension and interpretation of literary texts demand self-monitoring and self-assessment

Quality comprehension and interpretation of informational and persuasive texts demand monitoring and self-assessment

Syntax, grammar, and word choice influence the understanding of literary, persuasive, and informational texts

+8th Grade Standard 3: Writing and Composition

Concepts and skills an eighth grade student will master:

Stylistic devices and descriptive details in literary and narrative texts are organized for a variety of audiences and purposes and evaluated for quality

Ideas and supporting details in informational and persuasive texts are organized for a variety of audiences and purposes and evaluated for quality

Editing writing for grammar, usage, mechanics, and clarity is an essential trait of a well-written document

+8th Grade Standard 4: Research and Reasoning

Concepts and skills an eighth grade student will master:

Individual research projects begin with information obtained from a variety of sources, and is organized, documented, and presented using logical procedures

Common fallacies and errors occur in reasoning

Analyze media quality reasoning within media relies on supporting evidence

+Eagle County Schools (ECS) Standards and 6th Grade Learning Essentials

Standard 1: Oral Expression

Standard 2: Reading for All Purposes

Standard 3: Writing and Composition

Standard 4: Research and Reasoning

+6th Grade Standard 1: Oral Expression

Concepts and skills a sixth grade student will master:

Successful group discussions require planning and participation by all

+6th Grade Standard 2: Reading for All Purposes

Concepts and skills a sixth grade student will master:

Understanding the meaning within different types of literature depends on properly analyzing literary components

Organizing structure to understand and analyze factual information

Word meanings are determined by how they are designed and how they are used in context

+6th Grade Standard 3: Writing and Composition

Concepts and skills a sixth grade student will master:

Writing literary genres for intended audiences and purposes requires ideas, organization, and voice

Writing informational and persuasive genres for intended audiences and purposes require ideas, organization, and voice develop

Specific editing for grammar, usage, mechanics, and clarity gives writing its precision and legitimacy

+6th Grade Standard 4: Research and Reasoning

Concepts and skills a sixth grade student will master:

Individual and group research projects require obtaining information on a topic from a variety of sources and organizing it for presentation

Assumptions can be concealed, and require identification and evaluation

Monitoring the thinking of self and others is a disciplined way to maintain awareness

+Summary

21st Century Skills

Curriculum

Standards

Essential Learnings

Depth of Knowledge (DOK)

Outcome

Alignment (Federal, State, Local)

+Questions?

+Student Reflection

Write down two lessons learned today and how this knowledge will help you to set learning goals.

Mix/Pair/Share

Discuss your lessons learned. Question each other as to how you will accomplish your goals.