Transforming Learning Through 21st Century Skills: The Who Took My Chalk? Model for Engaging You and Your Students

Transforming Learning through 21st Century Skills:

The Who Took My Chalk?^TM Model for Engaging You and Your Students

Lydotta M. Taylor - Jill M. Fratto

Embrace change and transform your classroom through 21^st Century Skills integration! Offering teacher-friendly chapters with ample space for note taking and reflections, this book defines 21^st century skills, discusses why we need to teach today’s students differently, and walks teachers through a school-wide transformational process with an end goal of incorporating 21^st century concepts in an educational setting. Through an eight-step model, teachers learn about change management, the impact of school culture, and goal-setting for school improvement. Classroom and school assessment tools are included, as well as strategies for overcoming roadblocks and gaining parental support. Filled with sample curriculum and modification strategies, this book is a must-read for any educator wishing to create intentional change in their classroom or school.

The Who Took My Chalk?^TM Model is powerful for making teachers want to embrace change and gives clear steps for establishing the kind of environment they want to have in their classroom and school…I would recommend [this book] for its strong overview of the 21st century collaborative teaching model and for clearly laying out a model to make change happen on a personal or school-wide level.

- Nancy Goodnight, AIG Facilitator/Teacher, Enochville Elementary School, China Grove, NC

I appreciated the relevancy of current trends. As a technology professional development leader in my district and region, I found it reassuring that the same ideas I cover in my sessions were discussed in this book.

- Allen Martin, District Technology Resource Teacher, Bowling Green City Schools, Bowling Green, KY

Lydotta M. Taylor is founder and President of The EdVenture Group where she specializes in change management and leadership programs for education and business as well as an adjunct professor for the West Virginia University Leadership Studies program. She currently serves as a national facilitator for The Partnership for 21st Century Skills and is the model classroom chairperson for the International Society for Technology in Education Conference. Taylor’s true passion is teaching, helping others, and sharing knowledge and successes with the business and education community.

Jill M. Fratto is a Certified Professional Coach, accredited by the International Coach Federation and the owner of Enlighten Consultant Services, Inc. She has worked as a consultant for The EdVenture Group training, coaching and creating education programs for the past ten years. Fratto earned her MBA from West Virginia University and her coaching certificate from The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) in New York. She continues to apply her coaching experience in the education field as well as provide coaching and training services to businesses and individuals.