Creating A Shared Vision What knowledge, skills and attributes do our students need to have so that they are prepared for college, careers and successful adults? What kind of learning environment develops the knowledge, skills, and attributes that prepare students to be successful adults? What kind of organization is needed to build the learning environment (people, tools and resources) to ensure every student graduates ready for college, careers, and civic life?
What Does NTN Do?
At its core, NTN builds the human and organiza7onal capacity in school systems to be:er prepare all students with the knowledge, skills and a:ributes for success in college, careers and civic life.
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OUR LEARNING ORGANIZATION The New Tech design is simply a blueprint, accompanied by a set of core beliefs, tools, and strategies to help each school become successful. Because each school’s context is different, it is local leadership, judgment, and adaptability that leads to long-term success.
Focus on Deeper Learning • CCSS Project Based Learning (PBL) primary means of instruction • NT Learning Outcomes, School Success Rubric • College Ready Assessments embedded within Projects as tasks • Universal access to devices in and out of the classroom • Teachers, students, parents and administrators all utilize the Echo learning management system
Top New Tech School Learning Outcomes Work ethic Cri7cal thinking Collabora7on Wri:en proficiency Oral communica7on Content Literacy
Deeper Learning Skills Cri7cal Thinking Communica7on Collabora7on Learn how to learn Through mastery of rigorous content knowledge
Literacy Tasks 3 forms of wri7ng of wri7ng: Explanatory Narra7ve Argumenta7ve Types of cri;cal thinking skills
Agency
Collaboration
Oral
Communication
College Ready Assessment and Literacy Tasks College Ready Tasks are disciplinary tasks within a project that elicit all of the rubric indicators on the Knowledge and Written Communication rubrics. Literacy Tasks may elicit specific, targeted, but not necessarily all of the Knowledge and Thinking and Written Communication indicators.