-The Fred Factor Did you wake up this morning intending to change the world?

-The Fred Factor-The Fred Factor

Did you wake up this Did you wake up this morning intending to morning intending to

change the world?change the world?

Leading With Leading With Vision and Passion…Vision and Passion…

A Framework for 21st A Framework for 21st Century LearningCentury Learning

A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary SchoolElementary School

Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina

Covey’s Habits

7 Correlates of Effective Schools

Baldrige

Essentials in Leadership

Emotional Intelligence

Rigor & Relevance

Professional Learning

Community

Brain Research

Leadership Model

Demographics

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Have you begun Have you begun today what you wish today what you wish

to be tomorrow?to be tomorrow?

Preparing Students for the Future

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Ferris Bueller’s Day OffFerris Bueller’s Day Off

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Do you lead your Do you lead your students to the water and students to the water and make them drink or do you make them drink or do you try harder to make them try harder to make them thirsty?thirsty?

-Master Teacher-Master Teacher

Dead Poet’s SocietyDead Poet’s Society

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Transformation begins Transformation begins with a change of heart, with a change of heart,

not a program…not a program…

The Miracle WorkerThe Miracle Worker

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““No significant No significant learning occurs learning occurs

without a significant without a significant relationship.”relationship.”

James ComerJames Comer

Ron ClarkRon Clark

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The significant problems weThe significant problems weface cannot be solved at the face cannot be solved at the

same level of thinking we same level of thinking we were when we created were when we created

them.them.

Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein

Do You Have 20/20 Do You Have 20/20 Vision?Vision?

20/20 Vision20/20 Vision

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21st Century 21st Century CompetenciesCompetencies

Learning and Learning and Thinking SkillsThinking Skills Critical-thinking and Critical-thinking and

problem-solving skillsproblem-solving skills Communication skillsCommunication skills Creativity and Creativity and

innovation skillsinnovation skills Collaboration skillsCollaboration skills Contextual learning Contextual learning

skillsskills Information and media Information and media

literacy skillsliteracy skills

21st Century Content21st Century Content Global awarenessGlobal awareness Financial, Financial,

economic, business, economic, business, and entrepreneurial and entrepreneurial literacyliteracy

Civic literacyCivic literacy Health and Health and

wellness awarenesswellness awareness

Life SkillsLife Skills

LeadershipLeadership EthicsEthics AccountabilityAccountability AdaptabilityAdaptability Personal productivityPersonal productivity Personal responsibilityPersonal responsibility People skillsPeople skills Self-directionSelf-direction Social responsibility Social responsibility

ICT LiteracyICT Literacy

Information and communications Information and communications technology (ICT)technology (ICT)

Ability to use technology to develop Ability to use technology to develop 21st century content knowledge and 21st century content knowledge and skills, in the context of learning core skills, in the context of learning core subjectssubjects

Rigorous and Relevant Rigorous and Relevant InstructionInstruction

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““It is not enough to be It is not enough to be busy. busy.

The question is: The question is: What are we busy about?”What are we busy about?”

Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau

Assessing for the Assessing for the 21st Century21st Century

Don’t let the best you Don’t let the best you have ever done be the have ever done be the standard for the rest of standard for the rest of

your life. your life.

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Strength is granted to us Strength is granted to us all when we are needed all when we are needed to serve great causes.to serve great causes.

Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill