21st Century Skills (P21)
We provide teachers with simple and effective tools to:
- Plan learning activities that focus on delivering specific skills.
- Track the range of skills delivered in existing lessons or projects.
- Record evidence of skills delivered in extra-curricular/enrichment activities.
- Analyze skills delivered against frameworks to identify gaps in provision.
- Share data/statistics with fellow staff members or senior managers.
- Impress parents and inspectors with detailed reports.
1. Planning P21 activities to target specific themes or skills
The P21 Framework covers such a wide variety of criteria it can be difficult and time-consuming to plan a calendar of activities designed to provide learners with sufficient opportunities to cover it completely.
To help teachers (or co-ordinators) plan the delivery of P21 skills - we've mapped out all the skills (and themes) in a visual and interactive grid and then provided a quick and easy tool to add activities to that grid. It's extremely effective, yet quick and easy to use - that's why it makes the perfect planning tool for busy teachers!
Try GridMaker for yourself and see how easy it is to plan activities that cover a range of P21 Skills - call us on +44 (0) 115 929 3419 or complete this web form to request a free, no-commitment trial.
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2. Tracking P21 skills delivered in classrooms across the curriculum
Teachers must take into consideration how their subject relates to life in the 21st Century and adapt their teaching to deliver P21 skills alongside curriculum content.
In many schools, this already takes place in lessons and projects across the curriculum - yet teachers have no means of mapping this valuable evidence and storing it in a central location.
We've developed a number of simple and effective tools that equip teachers with everything needed to map, track and record evidence of P21 skills delivered in their lessons.
We've also launched an interactive whiteboard, plenary tool that enable teachers to capture evidence as part of the teaching process during the actual lesson!
See for yourself how we've managed to achieve this - call us on +44 (0)115 929 3419 or complete this web form to request a free, no-commitment trial.
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3. Recording evidence of P21 skills in extra-curricular/enrichment activities
Extra-curricular or enrichment activities often deliver a wide range of P21 skills. These valuable learning opportunities occur at varying times and in diverse settings which often leads to problems in recording evidence. Once an activity has taken place, if the method of recording evidence isn't quick and simple - then details normally go un-recorded.
We've worked closely with hundreds of schools to fine tune our methods and make sure that even the busiest teachers are able to capture and map valuable evidence.
Don't take our word for it, have a try yourself - call us on +44 (0)115 929 3419 or complete this web form to request a free, no-commitment trial.
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4. Analyzing coverage of the P21 Skill Framework to identify gaps in provision
Schools should endeavor to provide thorough coverage of P21 Skill Framework as it sets out the essential knowledge, skills and dispositions required for life in the 21st Century.
The visual and interactive grid that we help you build, maps out your schools' delivery of the entire P21 Framework - making it extremely easy to identify any gaps in provision.
The grid also highlights criteria or skills that you're duplicating! With school budgets stretched and off timetable slots more valuable then ever - you need to make sure that you're not organising unnecessary activities which deliver skills that have already been covered.
It only takes a few minutes for us to show you exactly how we do this - call us on +44 (0)115 929 3419 or complete this web form to request a free, no-commitment trial.
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5. Sharing valuable data and statistics with fellow staff members or senior managers.
Although the P21 Framework may not be statutory, a schools' principal and other senior managers will no doubt be interested in it's delivery and want to see ongoing reports to monitor progress. Collecting and organising information, then putting together reports can be extremely time consuming and labour intensive for teaching staff.
We've developed a range of tools that will automatically create informative reports to share with principals, senior managers or curriculum co-ordinators.
We'd like to impress you with a sample - call us on +44 (0)115 929 3419 or complete this web form to request a free, no-commitment trial.
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6. Impressing parents and school inspectors with detailed and up-to-date reports
Most schools have systems in place that demonstrate to parents and school inspectors how subject-based, curriculum content is being delivered in the classroom - however it's often far more challenging for schools to demonstrate how their learners are being given access to a wide range of skills through a variety of diverse learning opportunities.
To see how we help your school impress parents and inspectors - call us on +44 (0)115 929 3419 or complete this web form to request a free, no-commitment trial.
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