Many schools and districts have formed PLCs, but too often they've only focused on traditional content approaches. Most of us concur that critical thinking may be the most important of the 4Cs, so we need strategies that help teachers improve their pedagogy around critical thinking. Nugget #7: The PLC Focused on Critical Thinking This toolkit provides useful guidance and an array of resources to make it a platform for transformation in your high school or district. Here's a second nugget - the OECD Test for Schools Implementation Toolkit, funded in part by the Hewlett Foundation. Along with academic proficiency data, schools also receive fascinating and useful survey data about their views and attitudes on classroom discipline, relationships with teachers, self-efficacy, and motivation. You will be blown away by how comprehensive they are and how greatly they can inform your program development. If you haven't seen one of the reports, download a sample. That's when we finally saw how rich a report (160 pages!) each school would receive on its performance. We had 25 high schools participate in the pilot administration of the OECD Test for Schools (based on PISA). Nugget #6 (Special Double Nugget): The International Benchmark You may have heard about our EdLeader 21 Rubrics, but did you know that they're now available for individual schools? Consider suggesting these excellent rubrics, developed and tested by our members, to your colleagues and friends who are advancing 21st century education in their schools and districts. Consider sharing this report with your teacher union representatives. Many districts are surprised to learn how supportive of the 4Cs the NEA has been. This guide has the added benefit of being prepared by the NEA. We had the good fortune to help design An Educator's Guide to the 4Cs, and we think it came out great. Many teachers in our schools and districts have asked for general materials on the 4Cs. The Katherine Smith Elementary School in the Evergreen (California) USD has embraced the 4Cs and adopted a particularly colorful way to reinforce them - a local artist came in and adorned the campus with murals. This is a great way to reinforce the importance of your 21st century work school-wide. Every classroom showcases the poster, and students at all grade levels benefit from the constant reminder and illustration of each Mind. In this visually engaging poster, each Mind is represented by an icon. Like so many of our schools and districts, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School (Georgia) has created their own version of 21st century outcomes: the Mount Vernon Mind.
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