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Today I looked at the Partnership for 21st Century Skills' Mile Guide. This is a website that went along with chapter 8. This website helps with a vision for transforming a school into a 21st Century Skills environment. Leadership plays a direct role in this transformation in a school. This chart, or guide, gives goals at different levels. This would help leaders with a vision realize what they can achieve without biting off more than they can chew.

This website shows a Milestone chart of different stages of 21st century skills. It shows the Early Stage, the Transitional Stage, and the 21st Century Skills Stage. There is a Learning and Teaching section, a Leading and Managing section, and a Partnering section. The Learning and Teaching section goes through 21st Century Skills (Core Subjects, 21st Century Context, 21st Century Content, Learning Skills, and Learning Tools), Assessment, Pedagogy, and Professional Development. The Leading and Managing section goes through Vision, Equitable Educational Opportunity, Planning and Allocating Resources, Infrastructure and System Integration, Knowledge and Skills, Policymaking, and Accountability. The Partnering section goes through Parenting, Community, Higher Education and Teacher Preparation, Content Providers, and Business.

This would be a huge help in planning steps to take for a new technology coordinator, facilitator, or leader. This could even help just as a teacher in general who wants their classroom to facilitate learning of 21st Century Skills. This would especially help when a school is at a very early level of having 21st Century Skills. This would give clear goals to reach as you are moving through becoming a 21st Century Skills classroom or school.