Developing New And Innovative Programs For Educators

As the world become more and more interconnected, as well as dependent on technology, it has become increasingly clear that educators need to make sure they teach their students the proper skills to be active participants in the world around them. Seeing the potential pitfalls of students not being able to meet the skills of tomorrow, some organizations and groups have set about lobby for jus this type of educational reforms. One of the leaders of developing new and innovative programs for educators is the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, known better as the ASCD. The ASCD makes the case for students not only be taught to be successful in a complex, interconnected world, but also for the schools to properly prepare†¦show more content†¦Interpersonal skills are a life skill that are used every day in our interactions with other people, either individually or in a group. Those that work on developing their interpersonal skills are not successful in their professional life, but they are also successful in their personal lives as well. The ASCD is not the only group lobbying for students to be taught with 21st century skills. Another important group would be the National Education Association. The NEA, similar to the ASCD, has broken down their four main talking points into what they refer as â€Å"The Four Cs†. They are critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. Similar to the ASCD in some respects, the NEA changes it up and directly states the need for creativity as a desired 21st century skill. Another group, which so happens to be the one I found the most agreeable with in regards to a proper 21st century skill, is the Partnership for 21st Century Learning. What I personally found so interesting about P21 was how they broke down their desired 21st century skills into easily digestible units and spelled exactly the need for teaching these to students. For example, one of the pillars of the P21 guidelines was the idea of Civic Literacy. As a future Social Studies educators, I think it’s incredibly important that all students are instilled with a certain degree of understanding about