Comprehensive School Reform Conference

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Comprehensive School Reform Conference

• April 16, 2004

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Agenda

• Comprehensive School Reform
• School Reform 21st Century Learning Issues
• 21st Century Learners
• 21st Century Generations
• 21st Century Considerations

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Comprehensive School Reform

• Originated in ESEA reauthorization of 1994 to
  improve student achievement
• Title I Part F Title V
• Allows for Title I and non-Title I Schools to
  compete through grant competitions for additional
  funding
• CSRD has a defined criteria and models for reform
  to choose from (see NCREL materials)

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School Reform 21st Century Learning Issues

• Emphasize core subjects
• Emphasize learning skills
• Use 21st century tools to develop learning skills
• Teach and learn in a 21st century context
• Teach and learn 21st century content
• Use 21st century assessment that measure 21st
  century skills

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School Reform 21st Century Learning Issues

• Element 1 Core Subjects
• Core academic subjects remain the foundation
  of a good education
• Element 2 Learning Skills
• Information and Communication Skills
• Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills
• Interpersonal and Self-Direction Skills

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School Reform 21st Century Learning Issues

• Element 3 - 21ST Century Tools
• Information and Communication
• Technologies, such as Computers,
• Networking and other Technologies
• Audio, Video, and Other Media and Multimedia
  Tools
• Element 2 3 ICT LITERACY

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School Reform 21st Century Learning Issues

• Element 4 - 21st Century Content
• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic and Business Literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic and Business Literacy
• Civic Literacy

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School Reform 21st Century Learning Issues

• Element 5 - 21st Century Context
• Make content relevant to students lives
• Take the students out to the world
• Bring the world into the classroom
• Creating opportunities for students to interact
  with each other, with teachers and with other
  knowledgeable adults in authentic learning
  experiences

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School Reform 21st Century Learning Issues

• Element 6 Assessment
• We must measure both core subjects and 21st
  century skills
• Standardized tests must be balanced
  appropriately with classroom assessments to
  measure the full range of students skills
• Classroom assessment must be strengthened and
  integrated with instructional process to
  reinforce learning

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21st Century Learners Workers

• Matures Born before 1946
• Respect authority even when it frustrates them
• Place duty before pleasure
• Believe patience is its own reward
• Value honor and integrity
• Avoid challenging the system
• Maintain dedication to the job once they take it

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21st Century Learners Workers

• Baby Boomers Born 1946 1964
• Live to work
• Maintain a general sense of optimism
• Enjoy unprecedented influence on government
  policy and products because of numbers of them
• Willing to go into debt
• Team and process oriented
• Strive for convenience and personal gratificaiton
• Preserve their youth and are nostalgic

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21st Century Learners Workers

• Generation X Born 1965-1980
• Work to live, not live to work
• View jobs within context of a contract
• Believe in clear consistent expectations
• Remain with a job longer if employer presents
  opportunities to grow
• Desire versatility
• View money as only part of the larger equation
  contribution to the whole is important

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21st Century Learners Workers

• Millennials (Gen Y) Born 1981-1994
• Live in the moment
• Rely on immediacy of technology
• Demand clear and consistent expectations to
  ensure productivity
• Believe money translates into immediate
  consumption
• Demonstrate respect only after they are treated
  with respect
• Question everything thats how they grew up
• Are more diverse demographically than other
  generations

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21st Century Considerations

• Roger Shank Coloring Outside the Lines
• Gumption
• Verbal Proficiency
• Ambition
• Creativity
• Inquisitiveness
• Analytical Ability

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21st Century Considerations

• David Thornburg The New Basics
• Technology Fluency
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Problem Solving
• Creativity

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21st Century Considerations

• What is your mental model of a 21st Century
  Learner and 21st Century School
• What effect positive and negative will NCLB
  have on true Comprehensive School Reform?
• Can we educate all students to the required
  levels if we dont reform our schools?

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References

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2002).
  Learning for the 21st Century A Report and Mile
  Guide for 21st Century Skills. Washington D.C.
  www.21stcenturyskills.org
• Shank, Roger. (2001). Coloring outside the lines.
  HarperCollins, New York.
• Strauss, William, and Howe, Neil. (1997). The
  fourth turning An American prophecy. Broadway
  Books, New York.
• Thornburg, David. (2002). The new basics
  Education and the future of work in the telematic
  age. ASCD, Alexandria VA.

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Bill Hagermanwhagerman_at_ksde.org