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New Models of Learning for the21st Century : New Tech High School

Bob Pearlman Mónica Tipton

Breaking Ranks 2007 High School Showcase January 30-31 PowerPoint Slides at http://www.bobpearlman.org/naaspmodelschools.htm

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21st Century High Schools “How did I get to where I am today?”

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“Results That Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform”

Improving high schools requires the nation to redefine “rigor” to encompass not just mastery of core academic subjects, but also mastery of 21st century skills and content. Rigor must reflect all the results that matter for all high school graduates today. Today’s graduates need to be critical thinkers, problem solvers and effective communicators who are proficient in both core subjects and new, 21st century content and skills. These 21st century skills include learning and thinking skills, information and communications technology literacy skills, and life skills.

-- March 24, 2006

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

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RESULTS THAT MATTER

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Post-Secondary Success In 2005, Rockman et al conducted a six-month study of Napa New Technology High School (NTHS) alumni (8 graduating classes since opening in 1996). The study gathered feedback from NTHS graduates regarding their postsecondary education and/or career, 21st Century skills, knowledge and use of technology, and on what they valued most about their NTHS experience:

89% of the responding alumni attended a 2-year or 4-year college/university or professional or technical institute.

92% of respondents have applied some or a great deal of what they learned at NTHS to their postsecondary education or career.

96% of the respondents would choose to attend NTHS again.

40% of the alumni respondents were either majoring in STEM fields or were working in STEM professions. High School Success New Tech High School students graduate with a mastery of 21st Century knowledge and skills, prepared for college, career, and citizenship. New Tech High School uses multiple measures to assess student performance and school accountability, including measures of student engagement, academic success, 21st Century skills, and post-secondary success. NTHS Results that Matter shows high school success data on student achievement, 21st Century Skills, graduation requirements, graduation rates, post-secondary enrollments and STEM Careers, Recognitions, and NTHS Network School Success .

http://www.newtechfoundation.org/html/Articles.html

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Small and Smaller : The third era of globalization is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny.

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, March 4, 2004 Globalization 1.0

From the late 1800's to World War I, was driven by falling transportation costs, thanks to the steamship and the railroad. shrank the world from a size large to a size medium. Globalization 2.0

From the 1980's to 2000, was based on falling telecom costs and the PC, and shrank the world from a size medium to a size small.

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Small and Smaller : The third era of globalization is shrinking the world from size small to a size tiny.

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, March 4, 2004 Globalization 3.0 Produced by three forces:

Massive installation of undersea fiber-optic cable and bandwidth (thanks to the dot-com bubble) that have made it possible to globally transmit and store huge amounts of data for almost nothing.

Second, the diffusion of PC's around the world.

Third, the convergence of a variety of software applications — from e-mail, to Google, to Microsoft Office, to specially designed outsourcing programs — that, when combined with all those PC's and bandwidth, made it possible to create global "

work-flow platforms

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“ … the winners will be those most adept at marshaling the creativity and skills of workers around the world.”

-- Business Week, March 21, 2005

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What are the key questions for building schools of the future?

What knowledge and skills do students need for the 21 st century?

knowledge and skills What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21 st Century learning?

London Challenge Visualization, November 2004 curricula What assessments for learning, school-based and national, foster student learning, engagement, and self-direction?

assessments What physical learning environments (classroom, school, and real world) foster 21 st century student learning?

facilities How can technology support a 21 st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?

technology

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What knowledge and skills do students need for the 21st Century?

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COMPETENCIES - Effective workers can productively use:

Resources

- allocating time, money, materials, space and staff.

Interpersonal Skills

- working on teams, teaching others, serving customers, leading, negotiating, and working well with people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Information

- acquiring and evaluating data, organizing and maintaining files, interpreting and communication, and using computers to process information.

Systems

- understanding social, organizational and technological systems, monitoring and correcting performance, and designing or improving systems.

Technology

- selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks, and maintaining and troubleshooting technologies.

FOUNDATIONS

- Competence requires: 

Basic Skills -

reading, writing, arithmetic and mathematics, speaking and listening.

Thinking Skills

- thinking creatively, making decisions, solving problems, seeing things in the mind's eye, knowing how to learn, and reasoning.

Personal Qualities

- individual responsibilities, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity.

SCANS U.S. Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills 1992

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Job Outlook 2002, National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

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…and the business community says…

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“They’re all skills essential for successfully entering college or the workplace—and that’s the product New Tech High turns out.”

North Bay Biz, Jan. 2007 12

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http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

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New Technology HS LEARNING OUTCOMES

TECHNOLOGY LITERACY

COLLABORATION

CRITICAL THINKING

ORAL COMMUNICATION

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

CAREER PREPARATION

CITIZENSHIP AND ETHICS

CURRICULAR LITERACY (CONTENT STANDARDS)

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What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning? And what does schooling look like?

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Teachers talk and students listen.

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The teacher has a monopoly on information

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Students learn by not doing

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How do we get them here?

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New Technology High School

Napa, California http://www.newtechhigh.org/ 

Integrating technology into every class

Interdisciplinary and project-based

Internship class consisting of classroom curriculum and work-based learning in regional companies

Digital Portfolio

Counseling and individual attention http://www.newtechfoundation.org/

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Staff and students at New Tech

strive to build . . .

Trust Respect

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Responsibility

… among all members of our learning community.

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Ask Yourself, @ Your Ideal High School . . .

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What would you learn?

How would you learn?

How would you feel?

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Academics @ Tech

What is it like for a student to attend Tech?

Academic Counseling and Resources

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How is Tech different from the traditional school environment?

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Project-Based Learning @ Tech

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Teamwork Students Working With Students

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Technology @ Tech

Technology is the tool, not the Focus

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At the core is a student centered, project and problem based teaching strategy that is tied to both content standards and school wide learning outcomes.

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Project- and Problem-Based Learning Keys to 21st Century Learning NTHS teachers start each unit by throwing students into a realistic or real-world project that both engages interest and generates a list of things the student need to know. Projects are designed to tackle complex problems, requiring critical thinking. New Tech’s strategy is simple:

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To learn collaboration, work in teams.

To learn critical thinking, take on complex problems.

To learn oral communication, present.

To learn written communication, write.

To learn technology, use technology.

To develop citizenship, take on civic and global issues.

To learn about careers, do internships.

To learn content, research and do all of the above.

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Each unit begins when students are presented with a complex, standards-based problem

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Students form a team, develop a work contract and build a work plan

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Students get to work!

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Students are provided an online briefcase specific to the project with information, resources, links and assessment criteria that help guide them.

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Students Need To Know

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Student questions and “need to knows” drive classroom lectures and activities. Sometimes for the whole class … sometime for just one student

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Students experiment and apply learning

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Students test their ideas and experiment to find solutions and breakthroughs while receiving ongoing feedback from instructors.

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Students get back to work!

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Students work and collaborate in a business-like environment, where they know their deliverables and have the technology tools to do their jobs.

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Students prepare to present

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Students work on developing presentations to represent their work and defend their solutions

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Students present their solutions!

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Students present ideas through debates, skits, panels, presentations, etc… where their work is evaluated by peers, teachers, parents, and community members

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CURRICULUM INTEGRATION

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COMMUNICATION STUDIES 9 TH Grade Language Arts Drama GLOBAL STUDIES World History and Civilizations 10 th Grade Language Arts 2 teachers, 45-50 students, meeting for 2 hour blocks each day AMERICAN STUDIES United States History American Literature POLITICAL STUDIES Government/Economics Political Literature SCIENTIFIC STUDIES Algebra II Physics

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NTHS 2.0

Thanks to the support of the Napa community, a new wing of NTHS is now being constructed. Napa NTHS was opened 11 years ago, before the full impact of NCLB became apparent. The addition of the 9 th and 10 th grades in 2004 generated some needs. We are always looking for the best practices in serving all students, researching those practices, adapting them to NTHS, implementing them, and evaluating the results. Our flexibility has contributed to our ongoing success as a small, innovative high school. 38

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College Courses and Internships

•Major impact on high school performance •Major impact on Post-secondary success

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21st Century High Schools Transform the Secondary School Student Experience!

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Personalization Projects Exhibitions Digital Portfolios Internships Technology

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What physical learning environments (classroom, school, and real world) foster 21st century student learning?

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Schools as Workplaces for 21

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Century Students

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FACILITIES FRAMEWORK

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Large classrooms that allow for team teaching, computers, group work and creates an environment that reflects school’s purpose.

Technology infrastructure to support 1:1 computer ratios

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How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?

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TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR …

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Learning

• Computerized Tutorials • On-Line Curriculum • E-Library • Academic Systems 

Curriculum

• Document Libraries • Project Design Template • Project Standardization • Digital Textbooks 

Communication

• Student E-Mail • Parent E-Bulletin • Online Curriculum • Internship Coordination 

Assessment

• Digital Gradebooks • Student Journals 

Scalability*

• PBL Unit Library • Customizable Templates • Collaboration Database • Learning Logs • Support Databases • Account Management 49

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TOOLS: PROJECT BRIEFCASE

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CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK

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The Project Library allows teachers in our network of schools to search, view and download projects that other teachers have found successful.

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TOOLS: COURSE AGENDA

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19 1083 _Macros Teachers enter activities for each day including links to resources and homework assignments.

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TOOLS: PRESENTATION EVALUATION DATABASE

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Use technology to create a collaborative learning environment and a Learning Community

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New Technology High School Grads:

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Powerful Articulate Self-Directed Collaborative Leaders & Entrepreneurs

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A School Development Organization

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NETWORK PROGRESS Anchorage Portland N. Eugene Northern California (8) Los Angeles (4)

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2005/2006 School Year 2006/2007 School Year 2007/2008 School Year New York (1) Chicago Indiana (4) Denver Texas (1) + 1 New Orleans (2) North Carolina (6) + 3

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New Technology High Network Schools January 2007

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

 New Technology High School, Napa  Anderson New Technology High School, Anderson  Technology High School, Rohnert Park  Mare Island Technology (MIT) Academy High School, Vallejo  Sacramento New Technology High School, Sacramento  Marin School of Arts and Technology, Novato  Leonardo DaVinci High School, Davis  Castlemont Business & Information Technology School, Oakland _Macros

OREGON

: BizTech High School, Portland, Oregon

ALASKA:

Highland Tech High, Anchorage, Alaska

LOUISIANA

 New Orleans New Technology High School, New Orleans  Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, Jefferson Parish

COLORADO

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New Technology High Network Schools January 2007

TEXAS

 Akins New Tech High School, Austin _Macros

OREGON

  Riverside New Tech, Klamath Falls School of IDEAS (Industry, Design, Engineering and Science), Eugene

NORTH CAROLINA

     Camtech High School, Camden Cherokee New Technology High School, Cherokee East Wake HS of Integrated Technology, Wendell CMS New Technology High School, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Information Technology HS, Accelerated Learning Academy, Robeson   County Math, Science, and Technology High School, Laurinburg #5 Jordan New Technology High School, Local District #7 64

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New Technology High Network Schools January 2007

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NEW YORK

 Tech Valley High School, Albany

LOS ANGELES

 Los Angeles School of Global Studies, Local District #4  New Technology High School for Environmental Studies, Local District #4  Jefferson New Technology High School for Student Empowerment, Local District

ILLINOIS

 Little Village Infinity Math, Science & Technology High School, Chicago 65

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NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL

Study Tours and Visits

(late September

March)

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Contact Information

New Technology Foundation Susan Schilling - CEO www.newtechfoundation.org

707-253-4287 1040 Main Street Suite 302 Napa, CA 94559 New Technology High School Mónica Tipton – Principal/Director 920 Yount Street Napa, CA 94558 [email protected]

www.newtechhigh.org

Bob Pearlman Director of Strategic Planning [email protected]

www.bobpearlman.org

520-881-9965 PowerPoint Slides at www.bobpearlman.org/naaspmodelschools.htm

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