2. Education is Preparation Weymouth High School is doing an admirable job preparing our students for the MCAS and post secondary education. In a world that is changing faster than the technology that fuels it, is this enough? Is an educational system with its roots in the 19 th century preparing our students for life in the 21 st century?

3. In the workplace, too few of our students... can make coherent oral presentations or produce fluent written communication. can solve complex problems using either creativity or technology. can work collaboratively. understand the US in the context of global affairs. have the motivation and work ethic needed for success. Sources: Are They Really Ready to Work? 2006, Conference Board and P21 Statement from Secretary Reville on 21st Century Skills Task Force Report

4. In the workplace, too few of our students... can make coherent oral presentations or produce fluent written communication. can solve complex problems using either creativity or technology. can work collaboratively. understand the US in the context of global affairs. have the motivation and work ethic needed for success. Sources: Are They Really Ready to Work? 2006, Conference Board and P21 Statement from Secretary Reville on 21st Century Skills Task Force Report

5. If education is preparation, then we need to ensure our students have the 21 st century skills they need for success.

7. If education is preparation, then we need to ensure our students are prepared for success today and tomorrow.

8. How do we DO that? How do we synthesize the research and define this catch-all term of 21 st century skills? How do we embed those skills into the curriculum? How do we redesign an aging educational model to perpetuate this cultural change?

9. Design 21 is a faculty lead and staffed initiative to carry out a redesign of the high school’s curriculum and structure based upon 21st century skills.

10. Faculty Involvement 60 Faculty Members Addendum 1

11. Our Charge By the 2009-2010 school year –Embed 21 st century skills in the Core Academies –Create the 10 th Grade Academy –Create the structure of the Career Academies By the 2010-2011 school year –Embed 21 st century skills across the curriculum –Finalize the curriculum for the 11 th grade Career Academy courses By the 2011-2012 school year –Finalize the curriculum for the 12 th grade Career Academy courses

12. Career Academies Timetable Spring 09 Essential QuestionsTangible Outcomes Determining Direction March and April Meeting 1: Full meeting with breakout sessions. 1.What 21 st Century skills should 10th graders master upon exiting the core academies? 2.What 21 st Century skills should all the Career Academies continue to develop? 3.What are the core 21 st century skills at WHS? 1.WHS Expectations 2.Rough draft of a WHS Skill Progression Chart Meeting 2 1.What sets your academy apart from the rest? 2.Which 21 st century skills will your Career Academy specifically develop? 3.What is the mission of your academy? 1.Refinement of the WHS Skill Progression Chart 2.Rough draft of your Career Academy mission Meeting 3 1.What careers connect to your academy? 2.How can WHS students meaningfully interact with that career while in high school? 1.Preliminary selection of career pathways within your career academy Learning From Others April and May Meeting 4 Research 1.Executive summaries of the best ideas and biggest problems unearthed by your research 2.Selection of Career Pathways 3.Proposal for the academy structure and policies at WHS Meeting 5 Research Meeting 6 Research Building the Academies May & June Meeting 7 Full meeting with breakout sessions. 1.Does the Leadership Team’s amalgamation of the proposals work? 1. Initial proposal to the full Faculty for the academy structure and policies at WHS. Meeting 81.Are we being true to the direction we charted in March? 2.What is your Design Team’s timetable for the remaining work? 1. Design Team action plan for Fall 09 Addendum 2

13. How can you track the process? whsDesign21.wikispaces.com

14. Design 21 Guiding Principle Design 21 will embed core 21st century skills across the curriculum to prepare students for post-secondary education, career, and active citizenship Addendum 3

15. Core 21 st Century Skills

16. What are Career Academies? Smaller learning communities which will tie an interdisciplinary curriculum to real world opportunities and community service. They are a grouping of students with similar career/post secondary interests. They provide a recommended course of study for the student.

17. What are Career Academies?

18. Cohesion, Direction and Skills Math and Science Academy 21 st Century Skills

19. Current WHS Structure 12 th Grade 11 th Grade 10 th Grade 9 th Grade Academy CTE Academy CTE Academy CTE Academy CTE Academy

20. Proposed WHS Structure CTE Academy Fine Arts Academy Global Languages Academy Humanities Academy Math & Science Academy CTE Academy CTE Academy Business & Entrepreneurial Academy

21. Artist Rendering: Humanities Academy Proposed Pathways Communication/Journalism Education Psychology/Social Work Politics/Public Service Law/Criminal Justice Liberal Arts Proposed Requirements (5 credits) (In addition to WHS Graduation Requirements) 1.5 credits in ELA and 2.5 in Social Studies Humanities Academy Capstone Course (.5 credits) Internship/Community Service Course (.5 credits)

22. Law and Criminal Justice Pathway: Sample Schedule 11 th Grade Semester 1Semester 2 Period 1English III (Currently British literature) Period 2U.S. History II Period 3Math (Algebra II) Period 4Science Period 5PEWriting LabUnified Arts Period 6*** Period 7Legal Studies ILegal Studies II 12 th Grade Semester 1Semester 2 Period 1Theories of Violence in American Culture Literature of the Utopias Period 2PEWriting LabUnified Arts Period 3PsychologySociology Period 4SemanticsPublic Speaking Period 5** Period 6Civic and Cultural Literacy IComedy Period 7Capstone ProjectInternship / Community Service

23. Education: Sample Schedule 11 th GradeSemester 1Semester 2 Period 1English III Period 2US II Period 3Math Period 4Anatomy and Physiology Period 5PE**Unified Arts Period 6** Period 7Civic and Cultural Literacy ICivic and Cultural Literacy II 12 th Grade Semester 1Semester 2 Period 1Public SpeakingChildren’s Literature Period 2PE ** Basic Web Design Period 3PsychologySociology Period 4Theories of Violence in American Culture World Religions Period 5(Sign Language I or II) Period 6Literature of DiversitySemantics Period 7Capstone Research ProjectCommunity Service Learning

24. Imagine... a student receiving coherent sequential skill instruction across the curriculum for four years. that skill instruction is geared to ensure the student’s success today and tomorrow. a curriculum which builds upon our strength as a high school (our course offerings) and creates Career Academies. a student in a Career Academy who can tie of his/her classes into a coherent course of study with real world application opportunities in the form of internships/community service.

25. Realize... a student receiving coherent sequential skill instruction across the curriculum for four years. that skill instruction is geared to ensure the student’s success today and tomorrow. a curriculum which builds upon our strength as a high school (our course offerings) and creates Career Academies. a student in a Career Academy who can tie of his/her classes into a coherent course of study with real world application opportunities in the form of internships/community service.

26. Design 21 With your continued support, we can put Weymouth at the very forefront of those schools leading the charge of innovation across the nation.

27. Design 21 With your continued support, we can prepare students to lead the charge of innovation across our nation.