West Virginia Institute for 21st Century Leadership

Day Two

Personal and Workplace

Productivity Skills

Leadership is about Leadership is about change. change.

It’s about taking people It’s about taking people from where they are now from where they are now to where they need to to where they need to

be.be.

21st Century 21st Century Wheel of LearningWheel of Learning

Personal and Workplace Personal and Workplace Productivity SkillsProductivity Skills

The student will exhibit The student will exhibit leadership, ethical behavior, leadership, ethical behavior, respect for others, accept respect for others, accept responsibility for personal responsibility for personal

actions considering the impact actions considering the impact on others; take the initiative on others; take the initiative to plan and execute tasks; and to plan and execute tasks; and interact productively as a interact productively as a

group.group.

Top 10 Qualities/Skills Top 10 Qualities/Skills Employers SeekEmployers Seek

Communication Skills (verbal & written)Communication Skills (verbal & written) Honesty/IntegrityHonesty/Integrity Teamwork SkillsTeamwork Skills Interpersonal SkillsInterpersonal Skills Motivation/initiativeMotivation/initiative Strong Work EthicStrong Work Ethic Analytical and Organizational SkillsAnalytical and Organizational Skills Technology SkillsTechnology Skills Embrace Diversity Embrace Diversity Creative MindsCreative Minds

Life SkillsLife Skills LeadershipLeadership EthicsEthics AccountabilityAccountability AdaptabilityAdaptability Personal productivityPersonal productivity Personal responsibilityPersonal responsibility People skillsPeople skills Self-directionSelf-direction Social responsibility Social responsibility Social EtiquetteSocial Etiquette

Empowerment Empowerment EngagementEngagementLeadership Leadership DevelopmentDevelopmentGoal SettingGoal Setting

Social EtiquetteSocial EtiquetteTeam WorkTeam Work

CitizenshipCitizenship

““It is not enough to be It is not enough to be busy. busy.

The question is: The question is: What are we busy about?”What are we busy about?”

Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau

Ice ScrapingIce Scraping

What are we busy aboutWhat are we busy about

Relationships

Relevance

Rigor

Are your students Are your students engaged?engaged?

WouldWould you you want to be a want to be a student in any student in any

teacher’s class in teacher’s class in your school?your school?

Who are your most Who are your most dynamic teachers?dynamic teachers?

Ferris Beuller’s Day Ferris Beuller’s Day OffOff

Instructional StrategiesInstructional StrategiesFerris Beuller's Day OffFerris Beuller's Day Off

Do you lead your Do you lead your students to the water and students to the water and make them drink or do you make them drink or do you try harder to make them try harder to make them thirsty?thirsty?

-Master Teacher-Master Teacher

Dead Poet’s SocietyDead Poet’s Society

Dead Poet's Society - Carpe Dead Poet's Society - Carpe Diem Diem

““No significant No significant learning occurs learning occurs

without a without a significant significant

relationship.”relationship.”

James ComerJames Comer

Freedom WritersFreedom Writers

Erin GruwellErin Gruwell

What does 21st What does 21st learning and learning and

teaching look like?teaching look like?

Virtual Field Virtual Field TripTrip

Virtual Trip to the Virtual Trip to the Sweetest Place on EarthSweetest Place on Earth

videovideo

Transformation begins Transformation begins with a change of with a change of

heart, heart, not a program…not a program…

The significant The significant problems weproblems we

face cannot be solved face cannot be solved at the same level of at the same level of thinking we were when thinking we were when

we created them.we created them.

Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein