Getting my students ready for their future jobs in the workforce is a very real challenge in Kindergarten. However, it is my job as an educator to introduce them to skills that will promote their success in the future. As part of my graduate school requirement I have been introduced to these skills and an organization called the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Their main purpose is to promote the concept of these new skills and push the integration of these skills into our curriculum. As P21 states: there exists a huge gap between what students are actually learning in school and what they really need to know to be successful in their communities and workplace.
I bet you are wondering what these new skills that students need to have mastered are. These skills are vital for a person to be successful in their future and even for a child to be a successful member of a classroom community. I found the website http://www.p21.org/ to be useful in educating me on what the 21st century skills were. You should go online and discover the new push towards education! I was excited to see that 15 states have already taken the initiative to create curriculum that will set their students up for success. I think that just by educating myself and my student’s parents I am preparing my students to be successful members of their community!
Chelsea Blasius Lewis
I love that your post includes the importance of educating our children not only for the present, but also for the many unknowns which they will face in their future. As educators we may not know what the future holds for ourselves or for our students, but we can provide them with the appropriate tools to create their own success, regardless of the situation. This can be done by creating critical thinkers and problem-sovlers who willing to take the initiative to seek out their own answers and solve their own problems. As a fellow Kindergarten teacher I also found this site to be useful in explaining and helping me to grasp the concept of 21st century skills.
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