Impact+of+21st+Century+Literacy+Needs

Impact of 21st century literacy needs

Describe how schools can produce students who are literate in 21st Century Skills.

[] [] []  Schools must have knowledge of the skills and attributes that are necessary in today’s world. There needs to be a shift from the traditional class room to a classroom that meets the needs of diverse learners by integrating technology and life skills to meet the needs of the different learning styles. We must start reforming the schools by educating teachers and change the culture and physical make up of the school. As leaders we need look at learning and what a classroom should like or appear in a different way. Our expectations and assessment tools need to address this change. This program should be disseminated in phases so the students and staff will not be overwhelmed. We need to chunk our expectations for the classroom to ensure effectiveness and understanding from the classroom teachers and students, just like we chunk portions of large texts to read in order to ensure comprehension and focus.  Although the Federal Government are responsible for the following points, I think school leaders can employ the following recommendations within their school to increase literacy and active engagement in being 21 century literate. The points are as follows:

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