21st Century Learning and Leading

How is Newport News Public Schools preparing youth to excel in the 21st Century landscape?

NNPS is preparing youth to excel by providing students with strong foundations in the basics of reading, writing and math and focusing on teaching the New Basics of the 21st Century. The 21st Century classroom is about going beyond the requirements of the state Standards of Learning and teaching students how to live and work in a global economy.

NNPS is using the New Basics to encourage youth to be leaders, entrepreneurs, creative, ethical, socially responsible and have the ability to adapt and use emerging technology to communicate and collaborate.

NNPS is creating classrooms where learning is a collaborative process between peers and between student and teacher and where students are engaged and are a stake holder in their education.

The New Basics of the 21st Century classroom include:

• Informational Literacy
• Economic Literacy
• Scientific Literacy
• Technological Literacy
• Global Awareness
• Multicultural Literacy
• Civic Responsibility
• Career Readiness
• Learn more about the New Basics

Current 21st Century Learning Initiatives:

• Digital Curriculum
• Career Pathways (web site)
• Model Classrooms
• eLearning Newport News
• 21st Century Summer Institute for Teachers
• Technology Academies
• International 21st Century Learning and Leading Conference
• Learn more about our 21st Century Initiatives

21st century in action

Check out these smart examples of 21st century learning and leading in NNPS!

• Science Fair Blog
• Gifted Services Blog
• Summer Institute of the Arts Gallery of Writing

More 21st Century in Action!

21st century in View!

From Dr. Kilgore: Edutopia.org has a great video library that you might want to use with supervisors/school leaders illustrating what 21st century classes really look like and what the curriculum requires of kids and teachers.

More 21st Century in View!

Thinking Thursday Blog

Visit our Thinking Thursday Blog to view a thought-provoking message and to post your reflections.

This week, Palmer Elementary School leaders, Izzie Brown (Principal), Tammy Zwiefelhofer (Assistant Principal), Lisa Coon (Teacher ), Shaundalyn Thomas (Instructional Coach) and Cathy Huemer (Reading Specialist) share their ideas about job-embedded staff development. I invite you (and your networks) to lend your thoughts to this conversation.

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