G21– Greenfield’s 21st Century Skills and Dispositions
The various stakeholders in the School District of Greenfield’s Learning Community identified the 21st Century skills and dispositions vital to success in college, career, leadership, and life readiness as a part of the Strategic Planning Process. These skills and dispositions are referred to as the G21. Through rich, real-world performance assessments administered throughout their K-12 careers, students will apply the knowledge they have acquired to new, complex and novel situations in order to demonstrate their abilities and strengths within the G21.
All parents and educators want students to succeed. The challenge is that what was considered a good education fifty years ago is no longer enough for success in college, career, leadership and life in the 21st Century. A traditional American education system was built for an economy and society that no longer exists. In the economies that existed fifty years ago, it was enough to master the Three R’s (reading, writing and arithmetic). In the modern world, the “Three R’s” are simply not sufficient. If students of today are to successfully compete in our current global society, they must also be proficient communicators, problem-solvers, creators, and collaborators. The G21 are Greenfield’s method of capturing the key transdisciplinary indicators that matter most in today’s world.
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