Transcript Partnership for 21st Century Skills 2012 Best Practice Award Presented to the KSBE August 2012

Partnership for 21st Century Skills
2012 Best Practice Award
Presented to the KSBE
August 2012
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
www.21stcenturyskills.org www,p21.org
 Founded in 2002 by the USDE and 8
corporate and organization partners.
 The Partnership is a national organization
that advocates for 21st century readiness for
every student.
 The Partnership consists of 34 corporate &
organization partners and 17 State partners.
 Kansas became a State Partner in 2008.
P21 State Partners & Corporate Members
17 Partner States
KANSAS BEST PRACTICE AWARDS
Feb 2008 Board Motions: Integration of Career and Academics
2012 KANSAS BEST PRACTICE AWARD
Kansas Accreditation Model
Milestones
• Five Areas of Focus
– Relationships: Staff, Students, Families, Community
– Responsive Culture: Leadership, Early Childhood,
School Climate, Nutrition & Wellness, Innovation
– Rigor: College & Career Readiness, Career &
Technical Education, Professional Learning,
Resources, Data
– Relevance: Curriculum, Instruction, Student
Engagement, Technology
– Results: Multiple Measures including Assessments
• Three Areas of Performance
– Implementation: What it takes for a District to begin
growing in each specific category.
– Transitioning: The District is showing growth in this
category, but is not yet at the exceptional level.
– Modeling: What a District would look like to be
performing exceptionally in this category, and would
be a model for other districts to follow.
College & Career Readiness
• 21st Century Knowledge and skills that are embedded in high quality
Academic and Career, Technical Education programs.
• Assess individual student interests and needs, and customize an
individual learning plan based on students interests and needs.
• Rigorous college and career ready standards and curriculum that
allows students to enter and to advance in College and Career
fields.
• The opportunity to: earn post-secondary recognized certificates; to
be a concentrator for a Career Pathway; and earn post-secondary
credit.
• Flexible learning environment with strong comprehensive
connections between school, business, community and postsecondary.
• Educational, career and civic exploration programs so students can
navigate the world beyond high school.
Quality Performance Accreditation
(QPA)
• 2012 was last “AYP” for QPA
• Affect of waiver on 2013 QPA still under
development
• 2013 possibly use 4 new annual
measurable objectives (AMOs) to measure
student performance (“P” in QPA)
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Board Recommendation
• A school’s 2012-13 Accreditation status is not affected
by the ESEA waiver.
• The 2012 QPA Summary Report has each school’s
2012-13 QPA status, based on the 2011 AYP targets.
• Any school, during the 2012-13 school year with a new
Accreditation status (on watch, on improvement), will not
be required to submit a new plan to the state.
• No peer review or improvement plan is required, but
districts are highly encouraged to examine data and
make plans for improvement based on data.
• A recommendation will be brought to the board on how
the 4 new AMO’s will be used in accrediting schools
beginning with the 2013 assessments.
Questions?