West Virginia Institute for 21st Century Leadership

Day One

Personal and Workplace

Productivity Skills

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Personal and Workplace Personal and Workplace Productivity SkillsProductivity Skills

The student will exhibit The student will exhibit leadership, ethical behavior, leadership, ethical behavior, respect for others, accept respect for others, accept responsibility for personal responsibility for personal

actions considering the impact actions considering the impact on others; take the initiative on others; take the initiative to plan and execute tasks; and to plan and execute tasks; and interact productively as a interact productively as a

group.group.

Today and Today and TomorrowTomorrow

21st Century Learning Part II - Workplace Literacy

21st Century 21st Century Wheel of LearningWheel of Learning

Covey’s Habits

7 Correlates of Effective Schools

Baldrige

Essentials in Leadership

Emotional Intelligence

Rigor & Relevance

Professional Learning

Community

Brain Research

Leadership Model21st Century Skills

Covey Covey

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The primary aim of education is not to

enable students to do well in school, but to help them do well in the lives they lead outside of school.

Are we working on the Are we working on the right things?right things?

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Why do we need to Why do we need to

focus on focus on integrating integrating personal and personal and workplace workplace

productivity productivity skills?skills?

What are What are employers employers

looking for?looking for?

Group Activity

““To succeed in today’s To succeed in today’s workplace, young people workplace, young people need more than basic need more than basic

reading and math skills. reading and math skills. They need substantial They need substantial content knowledge and content knowledge and information technology information technology

skills; advanced skills; advanced thinking skills; thinking skills;

flexibility to adapt to flexibility to adapt to change; and change; and

interpersonal skills.”interpersonal skills.”

J. Willard Marriott, Jr., CEO of Marriott J. Willard Marriott, Jr., CEO of Marriott InternationalInternational

Top 10 Qualities/Skills Top 10 Qualities/Skills Employers SeekEmployers Seek

Communication Skills (verbal & written)Communication Skills (verbal & written) Honesty/IntegrityHonesty/Integrity Teamwork SkillsTeamwork Skills Interpersonal SkillsInterpersonal Skills Motivation/initiativeMotivation/initiative Strong Work EthicStrong Work Ethic Analytical and Organizational SkillsAnalytical and Organizational Skills Technology SkillsTechnology Skills Embrace Diversity Embrace Diversity Creative MindsCreative Minds

Andrew CherngAndrew Cherng

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How are you How are you empowering your empowering your students to be students to be

leaders of their leaders of their own learning?own learning?

Group ActivityRound Robin

Brainstorming

In the high-tech In the high-tech world of the 21st world of the 21st

century, what century, what students need students need

first and foremost first and foremost are effective are effective

thinking skills.thinking skills.Ted McCainTed McCain

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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Students must be Students must be empowered to have empowered to have a voice and to be a voice and to be leaders of their leaders of their own learning…own learning…

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How do we teach How do we teach these skills?these skills?

By Unleashing The By Unleashing The Potential In Others Potential In Others

and and

Recognizing Our Recognizing Our Students’ Unique Students’ Unique Gifts and TalentsGifts and Talents

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