21ST CENTURY (STUDENT OUTCOMES)

CORE SUBJECTS AND 21ST CENTURY THEMES: Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for all students in the 21st century. Core subjects include English, reading or language arts; world languages; arts; mathematics; economics; science; geography; history; and government and civics. In addition to these subjects, schools must move forward to include not only a focus on mastery of core subjects, but also an understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects.

A. Global Awareness

1. Use 21st century skills to understand and address global issues. 2. Learn from and work collaboratively with individuals representing diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts. 3. Understand other nations and cultures, including the use of non- English languages.

B. Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy

1. Know how to make appropriate personal economic choices. 2. Understand the role of the in . 3. Use entrepreneurial skills to enhance workplace productivity and career options.

C. Civic Literacy

1. Participate effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes. 2. Exercise the rights and obligations of citizenship at local, state, national, and global levels. 3. Understand the local and global implications of civic decisions.

D. Health Literacy

1. Obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and services and use such information and services in ways that enhance health. 2. Understand preventive physical and mental health measures, including proper diet, nutrition, exercise, risk avoidance, and stress reduction. 3. Use available information to make appropriate health-related decisions. 4. Establish and monitor personal and family health goals. 5. Understand national and international public health and safety issues.

LEARNING AND SKILLS: and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as those that separate students who are prepared for a more and more complex life and work environments in the 21st century and those who are not. A focus on , critical thinking, , and is essential to prepare students for the future.

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

E. Think Creatively

1. Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming). 2. Create new and worthwhile ideas (both incremental and radical concepts.). 3. Elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate your own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts.

F. Work Creatively with Others

1. Develop, implement, and communicate new ideas to others effectively. 2. Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work. 3. Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work, and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas. 4. View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes. 5. Implement 6. Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field in which the innovation will occur.

CRITICAL THINKING AND

G. Reason Effectively

1. Use various types of reasoning (inductive, deductive, etc.) as appropriate to the situation.

H. Use Systems Thinking

1. Analy