Professional Development

Goal/Action 1: Promote a culture for professional learning (PK-12 and post-secondary) to foster the practices that characterize a 21st century learning environment- see
Student Learning #3 ISTE standards NET poster KBOR Rep? Paid personnel to facilitate this??? Can we see the KTWU program
BEFORE we facilitate the watch/talk meetings?

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Develop a study guide from P21 white paper??? (on KSDE
website) to promote discussions about an engaging 21st
Century learning environment
Sponsor monthly virtual Professional Learning opportunities
to model each of the profiles (with a network of support for
follow-up – set up a group on ??).
Invite administrators to???

Goal/Action 2: Identify and share examples of 21st century teaching and learning environments – see Student Learning #4

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Contact districts/schools/classrooms to provide examples & All Next
field questions?? (Buhler, Turning Point School-Emporia, meeting 
Holton, Kingman, Colby, Inman) and align them with the
KSDE profile.
Develop sample ground rules/guidelines for using technology Kathy Boyer,
and netiquette (cell phones, etc.) as learning tools. (Westfire Ginger
on wiki?) Lewmann
Work with KTWU/Public Engagement to develop Public
Service Announcements highlighting 21st Century Learning
Classrooms/Schools???
 Student Learning

Goal/Action 1: Take a leadership role for 21st century skills, encompassing college preparatory, career & technical, & life skills/lifelong learning curricula. – see PD #1
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Goal/Action 2: Impact the next iteration of standards and assessments at the state level
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Goal/Action 3: Develop a database of effective or exemplary practices to implement 21st century teaching and learning – see PD #2
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Goal/Action 4: Develop strategies for sharing examples of 21st century teaching and learning environments – presentations, workshops, etc. – see PD #3
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 Community Engagement

Goal/Action 1: Producing a major discussion and informational resource to raise awareness and interest in 21st century skills, teaching, and learning.

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Goal/Action 2: Providing ancillary materials to support locally-initiated conversations

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Goal/Action 3: Marketing the conversations, compiling and reporting the results of conversations

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