Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Career Readiness Campaign (CA Dept of Education)

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Partnership for 21st Century Skills

This page contains resources that promote career readiness and 21st century skills for all students.

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Partnership for 21^st Century Skills

California joins Partnership for 21^st Century State Leadership Network to help prepare students for Common Core State Standards and Career Readiness Standards

California is one of the 19 States that are working together with the Partnership for 21^st Century Skills (P21) to promote real world 21^st Century learning.

Founded in 2001, P21 is a national organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a catalyst in the 21^st Century Education movement, working with business, educators, parents, and government to insure that all students are prepared with the rigorous content knowledge and broad curricula they will need for college and career readiness and global citizenship.

Link to Press Release - Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson Announces California Joins National Partnership to Teach 21^st Century Skills.

Partnership for 21^st Century Skills Framework Definitions

The P21 Framework was developed to help practitioners integrate skills into the teaching of core academic subjects. The Partnership has developed a unified, collective vision for learning known as the Framework for 21^st Century Learning.

This Framework describes the skills, knowledge, and expertise students must master to succeed in work and life: it is a blend of content knowledge specific skills, expertise and literacies.  The essential skills for success in today’s world include the following:

• Learning and Innovation Skills (The Four C’s: Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity
• Life and Career Skills
• Information, Media, and Technological Skills

These skills are learned across the expanded core subjects, essential for all students in the 21^st Century.  These include

• English, Reading or Language Arts
• World Languages
• Arts
• Mathematics
• Economics
• Science
• Geography
• History
• Government and Civics

In addition to these subjects, the Partnership for 21^st Century Skills believes schools must move to include not only a focus on mastery of core skills, but also promote understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21^st Century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects.

21^st Century Themes include:

• Global Awareness
• Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy
• Civic Literacy
• Health Literacy
• Environmental Literacy

Further Information:

• Partnership for 21^st Century Skills 
• A Blueprint for Great Schools
• Common Core State Standards
• Career Technical Education Standards
• Career Readiness Campaign