The 21st Century Skills of Teachers

The 21st century teachers perform various roles which are very different from the traditional or classic educator

21st Century Teacher

Collaborator

Model

Adaptor

Visionary

Leader

Risk Taker

Communicator

Learner

TRAITS CHARACTERSTICS

Adaptor- Able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements in innovative and creative ways

Communicator

- Is fluent in tools and technologies for communication and collaboration

Collaborator

- Able to use collaboration tools to enhance and motivate learners to share, contribute, adapt and invent

Leader - Able to lead in the process of ICT integration

TRAITS CHARACTERISTICSLearner - Able to continue learning and

absorb experiences and knowledge and endeavor to stay current

Model - Able to exemplify model behaviors; model tolerance, global awareness and reflective practice

Risk Taker -able to take risks and surrenders oneself to students’ knowledge, able to trust his/her students

Visionary -Able to see across the disciplines and through the curricula-Able to use energizing tools and web technologies-- able to see ideas and use these in his/her classes

By: Andrew Churches

These are the teaching skills we need to include:

Information, media literacy, and communication skills Thinking and problem-solving Interpersonal, collaborative and self-direction skills Global awareness Economic and business literacy including entrepreneurial skills Civic literacy

Group work and social skills play vital roles in the functioning of a globalized economy. The students need to learn through collaborative learning projects. Stress on problem-solving and critical thinking is really vital in the teaching –learning process. Social responsibility and integrating community-based projects into the curriculum enhance/enrich student awareness of life beyond schools

Seven Survival

Skills

Critical Thinking &

Problem Solving

Collaboration Across Networks

& Learning by Influence

Agility & Adaptability

Initiative & Entrepreneuriali

sm

Effective Oral Communicati

onAccessing & Analyzing

Information

Curiosity & Imagination

Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap

Today’s learners are called

DIGITAL LEARNERS

Today’s teachers are called

DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS

The P21 Century learning consists of core subjects and themes which revolve around these 3 core skills:

Learning & Innovation Skills

(The 4C’s)

Life and Career Skills

Information-Media and Technology

Skills

Critical thinking and Problem Solving Creativity and Innovation Communication Collaboration

Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-Direction Social and Cross- Cultural interaction Productivity and Accountability Leadership and Responsibility

Information literacy media Literacy ICT Literacy

Life & career Skills

Learning & Innovation Skills

Information, Media & Technology Skills

Core subjects & 21st

Century Themes

Standards & Assessments

Curriculum & Instruction

Professional Development

Learning Environments

P21 Framework for 21st Century Learning

As one of the BEST Future Teachers, I Pledge / Commit

Quiz 2I. Identify the traits of the 21st

century teacher

1.to enhance and motivate learners to share, contribute, adapt and invent

2. able to lead in the process of ICT integration

3. able to see ideas and use these in his/her classes

4 4. Able to continue learning and absorb experiences and knowledge and endeavor to stay current5. Able to adapt the curriculum and the requirements in innovative and creative ways