The Missing Link in 21st Century Classroom: 21st Century Leadership
by Christopher Moersch EdD

Chris is part of the LoTI initiative which stands for Levels of Teaching Innovation – An overview of the presentation and a PDF of the handout is available on web @ loticonnection.com
This presentation would be useful with principal groups and other leaders/administrators in schools.

21 Century Learning
21C Skills - http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

What is 21C leadership like?
LoTi levels http://loticonnection.com/21stcenturyframework.html
Most teachers surveyed are at LoTi level 2 – reinforcing technical uses to reinforce skill development and low order thinking where students use without much guidance from teacher
Unclear admin expectations and high stakes testing are influential factors in teachers not using ICT meaningfully with students.

5C’s for instructional leadership
http://loticonnection.com/5C.html

1. Cultivating - a culture of high expectations, high expectations – we watched a financial literacy example at Ariel Community College and did a HEAT analysis

2. Courage – trusting your believes even when others find them odd
10 point courage survey; LoTi Implementation survey (assess, plan, implement, sustain)
Survey free for US schools (but not for Australians) Systems thinking lotilounge.com

3. Creativity – Creating solutions to potential barriers
www.270towin.com - US electoral stats by state? We were encouraged to come up with high HEAT culminating tasks using this website
There are windows of opportunities for 21C learning that we can look for within the current structures

4. Commitment – to research best practices
“the difference between ‘ involvement’ and ‘commitment’ is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast the egg was involved but the pig was committed".
Important to encourage risk taking

5. Communication – with all key stakeholders
Floresville ISD – TAKS Results
Research – How can the implementation of 21C skills enhance learning?
Test scores do go up when you use technology within 21C learning and have leadership that supports this.