a once in a century opportunity to reimagine american education
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A Once In A Century Opportunity to Reimagine
American Education
We are living in the Learning Age
New Learning Organizations
Schools will be transformed from teaching organizations into learning organizations.
Schools will no longer be “The” learning place … they will become hubs in a network of learning organizations, places, and spaces.
Afterschool programs will no longer be “After” … they will be fully integrated into the learning network.
I. Learning-Age Competencies
Core Competencies: in language arts, reasoning, information literacy, mathematics, sciences, and social sciences necessary for college and workforce success;
Creative Competencies: including creative expression in the arts, critical thinking, innovative and collaborative problem solving, and resourcefulness;
Communication Competencies: with languages, digital media, social networking, and content creation technologies; and
Cultural Competencies: including cultural understanding, personal and communal responsibility, adaptability and resilience, an ability to engage in productive teamwork, and active citizen participation.
II. An Open Learning Economy
User-driven and user-created learning environments.
Co-created learning content and learning spaces (smart networking).
Deep personalization in participatory learning communities.
New education roles, learning relationships, and multiple career paths emerge – Learning Teams.
KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Map of Future
Forces www.kwfdn.org/map
III. A Learning-Age Workforce Millennials are Leaving Schools
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Entrants Leavers
Millenials are Leaving Schools
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Non-retirement leavers Retirees
Generation X Generation Y
Age Distribution of U.S. Teachers
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1993–94 1999–2000 2003–04 # of Teachers
Age:
Baby Boomers, born between 1945 and 1964, were between 40 and 59 when the most recent national teacher survey was done. These Boomers, who now constitute 53% of the U.S. teaching workforce are be between 45 and 63 during this school year. Source: U.S. Ed. NCES Schools and Staffing Survey for 2003-2004
Baby Boomers
Baby Boomer Educators
53% of teachers – 1.7 million – are Boomers.
Average age of principals is 56.
Average teacher retirement age is 59.
In 19 states more than 50% of the teachers
are already over fifty.
Who Will Work in 21st Century Schools?Digital-Age teachers and youth are eager to
work in collaborative learning spaces.
70% of the 1.7 Million Boomer teachers would stay engaged in education – as coaches and mentors in a collaborative learning culture.
20 million Boomers want to work in encore careers in education or youth service – as lifelong learners.
Learning Teams
IV. Learning – Age Change Process
From Managed Reform
To Communal Responsibility for 21st Century Learning Organizations, Places, and Spaces.
Remake American Education
Over 70% of teachers and principals report that they are interested in using Learning Teams to transform their schools into learning organizations.
The rest of the world is already doing it!
From Perry Mason….to Legal Teams
From Dr. Kildare to Medical Teams
From Flash Gordon… to NASA teams
From Superheroes to Super Teams
From the Stand-Alone Teacher of the 1950s…
…to the Stand-Alone Teacher of the 21st Century
A 21st Century Education Action Agenda
Traditional – Fix What We Have Develop better teachers, better schools, and better
afterschool programs. Integrate technology into schools and afterschool programs.
Transitional – Improve What We Have Teams transform schools and afterschool programs into
learning organizations. Use technology to integrate schools and afterschool
programs into an open learning economy.
Transformational – Create What We Need Teams weave school and afterschool programs into a
network of learning spaces: 24/7 - 360 days a year community learning.
An Emerging 21st Education System
Learning Studios – NASA Learning Teams.
South Carolina “Inside out Schools.”West Virginia “Education in Public.”
If We Join Forces We Can Remake American
Education by
Creating A Network of 21st Century Learning
Organizations
“Remember that a small group of thoughtful committed people can
change the world.” (Margaret Mead: Culture and Commitment 1969)
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
(Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States)
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