Dynamics of Leadership in 21 st Century Schools

1. Dynamics of Leadership in 21st Century Schools Lane B. Mills, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorEducational LeadershipEast Carolina UniversityGreenville, NCmillsl@ecu.edu

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4. Flatteners • Collapse of Berlin Wall • Netscape • Workflow software • Open sourcing • Outsourcing • Offshoring • Supply chaining • Insourcing • In-forming • The Steroids

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8. Did you know… 87% of all youth ages 12 through 17 or 21 million teens use the Internet Of those, 78% (16 million) report using the Internet at school. Nineteen percent (4 million) keep a blog and 38% read blogs 49% of high school students have posted personal information on their Web pages such as name, age, or address – that could help a stranger identify or locate them Source: NASSP Board Position Statement on Internet Safety

9. Did you know… • 50% of high school students “talk” in chat rooms or use instant messaging with Internet strangers • 65% of high school students admit to unsafe, inappropriate, or illegal activities online • 23% of students know someone who has been bullied online. Source: NASSP Board Position Statement on Internet Safety

10. Weekly Activities of Online Teens and Tweens http://nsba.org/

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17. Six Key Elements of 21st Century Learning • Core subjects: NCLB-identified core subjects.21st century content: emerging content areas such as global awareness; financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy; civic literacy; health and wellness awareness. • Learning and thinking skills: critical thinking and problem-solving skills, communication, creativity and innovation, collaboration, contextual learning, information and media literacy. • ICT literacy: using technology in the context of learning so students know how to learn. • Life skills: leadership, ethics, accountability, personal responsibility, self-direction, and so on. • 21st century assessments: Authentic assessments that measure all five areas of learning. • www.21stcenturyskills.org

18. Every student must be: • A critical thinker • A problem solver • An innovator • An effective communicator • An effective collaborator • A self-directed learner • Information and media literate • Globally aware • Civically engaged • Financially and economically literate Source: Partnership for 21st Century Skills

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20. Every student must be: • A critical thinker • A problem solver • An innovator • An effective communicator • An effective collaborator • A self-directed learner • Information and media literate • Globally aware • Civically engaged • Financially and economically literate Source: Partnership for 21st Century Skills

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28. How might we as leaders work in these future schools?

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47. What will Leadership for the 21st Century Look Like?

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