Parents21

Parents and Community

|| Partnering - Community || Partnering - Higher Ed & Teacher Prep || Partnering - Content Providers || Partnering - Business || teachers collaborate to enable each child to obtain an education that includes the mastery of core subjects and 21st century skills.  Schools and districts frequently use 21st century tools to facilitate dialogue among parents, teachers and students. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Most parents have a mastery of 21st century tools and work towards <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">improving their skills with support of the school system, community programs and <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">business. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff4d00; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: BankGothicBT-Medium;"> || <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Community programs <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">support learner mastery <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">of 21st century skills and <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">coordinate with schools <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">to promote strategies that <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">reinforce 21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Schools provide students <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">and the community with <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">after-school opportunities to <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">develop 21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff4d00; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: BankGothicBT-Medium;"> || <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">K–12 schools and higher education <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">programs regularly work together to prepare students for college, including the integration of content and 21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Research focuses on teaching and learning with the integration of 21st century skills and results are always shared with K–12 schools. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">All teacher preparation programs work to promote the alignment of their programs to K–12 education strategies with 21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">All teacher preparation programs graduate teachers who are proficient in their content area and 21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">100% of students in teacher preparation programs have ongoing mentoring with experienced K–12 classroom teachers and <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">administrators, and programs integrate 21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff4d00; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: BankGothicBT-Medium;"> || <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Content providers <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">create content and <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">resources that include <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">standards with 21st <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">century skills. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Education leaders <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">work with content <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">providers to develop aligned resources, <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">assessments and curriculum integrated <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">with the appropriate <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">21st century tools <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">and educational <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">systems. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff4d00; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: BankGothicBT-Medium;"> || <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">K–12 and private-sector <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">partners regularly work <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">together to ensure student <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">preparation for the workplace <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">and the mastery of <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Most K–12 students are <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">mentored in the development <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">of workplace skills and have access to internships and other programs <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">that provide interaction <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">with business. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Businesses regularly support <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">educational programs that <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">promote 21st century skills. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Businesses, community and <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">education leaders regularly <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">discuss the skills needed <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">for workplace and higher <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">education success. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff4d00; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: BankGothicBT-Medium;"> ||
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'BankGothicBT-Medium','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: BankGothicBT-Medium;">Partnering - Parents <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'BankGothicBT-Medium','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: BankGothicBT-Medium;">
 * <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Minion-Regular;">Parents, students and