What are Educational Standards . . . and what do they have to do with 21st century learning?

What are

educational

standards?

. . . and what do they have to do with

21st century learning?

What are standards?

• What are educational standards?

– Educational standards help teachers ensure their students have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful by providing clear goals for student learning.

• Frequently Asked Questions

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Another definition

http://www.4-h.org/Resource-Library/Curriculum/Resources-

Archives/TonyCookStandardsPractice.dwn

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Why standards-based education?

http://www.ascd.org/publications/

educational_leadership/mar99/vol

56/num06/Realizing_the_Promise_

of_Standards-

Based_Education.aspx

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What are educational standards good for?

• As a roadmap for teachers, parents and students– Standards do not tell teachers how to teach, but they do help

teachers figure out the knowledge and skills their students should have so that teachers can build the best lessons and environments for their classrooms. Standards also help students and parents by setting clear and realistic goals for success. Standards are a first step – a key building block – in providing our young people with a high-quality education that will prepare them for success in college and work. Of course, standards are not the only thing that is needed for our children’s success, but they provide an accessible roadmap for our teachers, parents, and students.• About ReadyKentucky » FAQ

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http://www.prichardcommittee.org/our-advocacy-

focus/collegecareer-ready/readykentucky/faq

The roadmap in Kentucky

http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/docs/pages/kentucky-

core-academic-standards---new.aspx

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Kentucky’s Standards for Teachers7

http://www.kyepsb.net/teacherprep/standards.asp

Kentucky Performance Standards

National Standards in Technology8

http://www.iste.org/standards

Significance of ISTE Standards?

• Important for life skills

– The NETS can serve to not only focus attention on the importance of 21st century skills, but to also help educational constituents understand the specific skills as well as dispositions which learners today should possess in our digitally networked information society.

• Raising Awareness About ISTE NETSThursday, June 4th 2009 by Wes Fryer

Apparently no longer available online

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21st Century Skills?

http://www.atc21s.org/index.html

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http://www.fablevision.com/

posters/21_century_kid.pdf

21st Century Kid

What does a 21st Century Kid

look like? What qualities and

values make him or her

unique?

Downloadable Posters by

Peter H. Reynolds!

21st Century Skills in Kentucky

Learn more about the Partnership and the

Framework for 21st Century Learning.

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http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/docs/pages/ky-model-curriculum-framework.aspx

How to Use the KY Model Curriculum Framework

It’s a P21 thing!

• P21?

– Partnership for 21st Century Skills

– What is the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21)?

• P21 is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. As the United States continues to compete in a global economy that demands innovation, P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation).

• Meet our Strategic Council, as well as the list of organizations comprising our membership.

Kentucky

Becomes

the 15th

State to

Join P21June 30,

2010

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Kentucky recognized by P21

• 21st Century Learning Exemplar Program

– Case Study: Highlands High School• Host Kris Kurtenbach was joined by a team of educators from

Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky including Superintendent Gene Kirchner, Assistant Superintendents Ginger Webb and Rita Byrd, Broadcast Journalism Teacher Bill Poff and students Wonder Wachara and Michael Ayers. Listen as they share their perspectives on the 21st century learning programs at Highland High School that include an extracurricular robotics initiative and a hands-on broadcast journalism course.

– Read more »

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Related 21st Century-type standards15

http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/learning-standards

A Companion to 21st Century Learner Standards16

http://www.ala.org/aasl/

standards-guidelines/in-

action

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