21st Century Skills in Minnesota

TIES 2009 Education Technology Conference

Leslie Yoder, Saint Paul Schools

Julie Beddow-Schubert, Le Crescent-Hokah Schools

Mike Booke, Capital Safety

Why are 21st Century

Skills important?

New 21st Century Contexts

Global competition

Global cooperation

Information growth

More jobs and careers

Service economy

Global Competition

300millionskilled

workers

2025

China and India

25 millionskilled

workers

Japan

1985

Competition for skilled workers at lower wages is growing faster than ever.

The Gap

Source: PISA, 2000, 2003 Courtesy of Cisco Systems

30th

25th

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OECDRanking

MathScience ReadingProblem solving

Ranking of G8 countries: 10th-grade math and problem solving

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2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

24th

18th

24th

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15th 15th

Workforce Needs Have Changed

Job Tasks Are Changing

Type of Work Is Changing

Tough Choices or Tough Times, New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce

What skills and content areas will be growing in importance in the next five years?

Critical thinking 78%

Information technology 77%

Health and wellness 76%

Collaboration 74%

Innovation 74%

Personal financial responsibility 72%

Are They Really Ready to Work?, 2006

Important Skills Are Changing

What are 21st Century Skills?

Partnership Framework

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Four major components: Core Subjects Life and Career Skills Learning and Innovation Skills Information, Media and

Technology Skills

What Are 21st Century Skills?

21st Century Themes

Global awareness Financial, economic,

business and entrepreneurship literacy

Civic literacy Health literacy

Core Subjects

- Arts- Civics- Economics- English- Geography- Government - History- Mathematics- Reading or language

arts- Science- World languages

Life and Career

Flexibility and adaptability Initiative and self-direction Social and cross-cultural

skills Productivity and

accountability Leadership and

responsibility

Critical thinking and problem solving

Creativity and innovation

Communication and collaboration

Learning and Innovation

Information, Media and Technology

Information literacy Media literacy Information,

communication and technology literacy

How do we incorporate

21st Century Skills into

education?

The Problem is…

No generation in history has ever been so thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.

~David Warlick

Then and Now

Where’s the difference?Where’s the difference?

Paradigms Must Change

20th century 21st century

1-2 jobs 10-15 jobs

Flexibility andadaptability

Integration of 21st Century Skillsinto subject matter mastery

Mastery ofone field

Subject mattermastery

Number of jobs

Job requirements

Teaching model

Assessment model

Are They Really Ready to Work Report 2006

Integration of 21st Century Skillsinto subject matter mastery

Subject mattermastery

New Skills

Global competition ●Global awareness●Self-direction

Global cooperation

●Global awareness●Collaboration●Information and communication technology literacy

Information growth

●Information literacy●Critical thinking●Problem solving

More jobs and careers

●Critical thinking and problem solving●Innovation and improvement●Flexibility and adaptability

Growing service economy ●Communication skills●Life and career awareness skills

New context New skills required

Are They Really Ready to Work?, 2006

Written communication 81%

Leadership 73%

Work ethic 70%

Critical thinking and problem solving 70%

Self-direction 58%

What Are They (Not) Learning?

Are They Really Ready to Work?, 2006

Use Available Resources

How Can I Help?

21st Century Skills Minnesota

Become involved!

• An alliance of educational districts, institutions, professionals and companies

• Working from a grass-roots level

• Supporting each other

Who Are We?

All Minnesota students will have the 21st Century Skills they need to be successful in a global economy.

Our Vision

To serve as a catalyst to position 21st Century Skills at the center of Minnesota education.

Our Mission

Building collaborative partnerships among education (pre-K–16), business, community and government leaders

Engaging in an ongoing dialog that provides recommendations and advice about 21st century education

Creating and promoting state and local infrastructure that support 21st century education

Our Mission (continued)

www.21stmn.org

• Information– Presentations and

papers– Schedule of events /

meetings• Resources

– Best practices– Curriculum– Assessment– Links to other resources

Opportunities for Involvement

• Steering Committee

• Scheduling presentations to teachers / administrators and school boards

• Participating in meetings and events

•Spreading the word!

Today’s presentation and other resources can be found at:

www.21stmn.org