https://padlet.com/cgadsden1/dcygzk5pjn2i Made with a wish on a star en-us 2016-12-11 23:54:27 UTC 2016-12-21 21:35:07 UTC hello@padlet.com cgadsden1 https://padlet.com/cgadsden1/dcygzk5pjn2i/wish/143027870 Chapter one starts off by saying that there is a skills gap in America's schools. The rate of change in society pushed by technology and global competition is four to five times faster than the rate of change in our schools.  Daggett says that this has cause society to be enabled to mobilize the support and resources schools need to enable them to keep with the demands of the 21st century.

Daggett says that how our curricula is still designed to support what is now an obsolete industrial era.  He argues that we need a systematic approach that begins with a focus on preparing students for their future instead of our past,

Daggett says that in order to provide stimulating instruction and activities that will foster learning for every student in class we need to provide:
1. Flexible and safe learning environments for students that encourages them to challenge themselves without fear of failure.
2. Develop rigors and relevant curricula, instructional techniques to meet students varying abilities.
3. Involve students in the collaborative establishment of classroom rules and procedures.
4. Encourage exploration of creative alternative solutions to school and classroom tasks.
5. Have students understand the biology of their own learning process, including helping them understand the challenges and obstacles that they face.
6. Use multiple assessments such as portfolios, rubrics, teacher observation, and student performance- to gauge student success and academic development.
7. Encourage and allow for children to develop individually and at their own paces.
8. Use cooperative learning and activities that stimulate positive student emotion, such as debates and real-world experiences
9. Understand that state assessments are a starting point, not a finish line.

Daggett also outlines eight components, THE LEARNING CRITERIA TO SUPPORT THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER:
1. Embrace a common vision and goals. Rigor relevance, and relationship for all students.
2. Inform decisions through data systems.
3. Empower leadership teams to take action and innovate.
4. Clarify student learning expectations.
5. Adopt effective instructional practices.
6. Address organizational structures.
7. Monitor student progress/improve support systems.
8. Refine process on an ongoing process.

My various departments will monitor our instructional practices that will foster learning in every student by reflecting on our instructional practice weekly. Feedback will be provided monthly to teachers on the effectiveness of teacher utilization of Daggett's suggestions to provide stimulating instruction and activities. ]]> 2016-12-12 00:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cgadsden1/dcygzk5pjn2i/wish/143027870