Dynamics of Leadership in 21st Century Schools

Lane B. Mills, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Educational LeadershipEast Carolina University

Greenville, NCmillsl@ecu.edu

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Flatteners • Collapse of Berlin Wall• Netscape

• Workflow software• Open sourcing • Outsourcing • Offshoring

• Supply chaining• Insourcing • In-forming

• The Steroids

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87% of all youth ages 12 through 17 or 21 million teens use the Internet

Of those, 78% (16 million) report using the Internet at school. Nineteen percent (4 million) keep a blog and 38% read blogs

49% of high school students have posted personal information on their Web pages such as name, age, or address – that could help a stranger identify or locate them

Did you know…

Source: NASSP Board Position Statement on Internet Safety

50% of high school students “talk” in chat rooms or use instant messaging with Internet strangers

65% of high school students admit to unsafe, inappropriate, or illegal activities online

23% of students know someone who has been bullied online.

Did you know…

Source: NASSP Board Position Statement on Internet Safety

http://nsba.org/

Weekly Activities of Online Teens and Tweens

112 Million

200 Million Accounts

3 Billion Songs Downloaded

68.5 Million Videos

2 Billion Images

Six Key Elements of 21st Century Learning

Core subjects: NCLB-identified core subjects.

21st century content: emerging content areas such as global awareness; financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy; civic literacy; health and wellness awareness.

Learning and thinking skills: critical thinking and problem-solving skills, communication, creativity and innovation, collaboration, contextual learning, information and media literacy.

ICT literacy: using technology in the context of learning so students know how to learn.

Life skills: leadership, ethics, accountability, personal responsibility, self-direction, and so on.

21st century assessments: Authentic assessments that measure all five areas of learning.

www.21stcenturyskills.org

Every student must be:• A critical thinker• A problem solver• An innovator• An effective communicator• An effective collaborator• A self-directed learner• Information and media literate• Globally aware• Civically engaged• Financially and economically literate

Source: Partnership for 21st Century Skills

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Every student must be:• A critical thinker• A problem solver• An innovator• An effective communicator• An effective collaborator• A self-directed learner• Information and media literate• Globally aware• Civically engaged• Financially and economically literate

Source: Partnership for 21st Century Skills

How Do We Seek Knowledge Now?

2 Billion

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Portable Knowledge and

Skills

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Assessment will be different.

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Change

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How might we as leaders work in these

future schools?

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What’s in Your Toolbox?

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RSS – Really Simple Syndication

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Self-Made Barriers

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What will Leadership for the 21st Century

Look Like?

Its About Headware not Hardware (Jukes, 1996)

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Data Driven

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Support

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Risk

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Infrastructure

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Expectations?

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Security

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Leadership will be at all levels of our schools and not based solely on position but rather on knowledge.

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Guides

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Dynamics of Leadership in 21st Century Schools

Lane B. Mills, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Educational LeadershipEast Carolina University

Greenville, NCmillsl@ecu.edu