Paradigm Shifting  -  designing, implementing and sustaining . . . Curriculum and Instruction for the 21st Century !

Designing effective, quality curriculum and instruction takes time, research, writing, designing, implementation, evaluation, follow-up and continued support.  As a participant at a recent workshop put it, “You can’t rush a ripening raspberry!” 

Consultants at 21st Century Schools can assist you in developing your Personal Professional Development Plan for your district or campus - custom-tailored Professional Staff Development designed to meet the specific needs of your schools, staff and community.
 
After assessing the particular needs for your staff, our consultants will work with you, your staff, and all stakeholders to develop an appropriate staff development program. Assessing needs, setting goals, planning and action will all be aligned to the direction to be taken in staff development voiced by goals of your stakeholders.   See our Professional Staff Development Needs Assessment tools.

All professional development activities will be designed to maximize growth as they connect and flow in relation to one another. Ongoing evaluation of progress, conducted by staff, administrators, and stakeholders as well as our consultants will guide the continual fine adjustment of the staff development program.

Our workshops provide you with many valuable tools for designing and implementing curriculum and classroom strategies to support that curriculum.  The workshop facilitators assist and support you and your teams in developing a 21st century curriculum that means something to you, to your school and works with the unique resources and needs of your community.

If you desire sustained change and continuous improvement, you are going to need ongoing support. 

Therefore, 21st Century Schools is proud to announce its new Annual Plans which include:

 · Five days of on-site workshops (35 hours PD)

· Two, one-day district site visits during the school year (14 hours PD)

· Seven one-hour video conferences during the school year (7 hours PD)

· Ongoing support via a specially created web site (5 hours/month = 45 to 60 hours/school year)

· Two expert evaluations of a written curriculum unit for the school year (20 hours PD)

· Ongoing support via your own Virtual Classroom—can be used any time by your team, and will have consultants available up to 5 hours per month. (45-60 hours PD)

Cost per teams of up to 50  -  $30,000 per year.* 

That is only $600 per person per year for 56 hours of professional development.  All other items are included:  web site support, Virtual Classroom time with consultants, and expert curriculum evaluations.

Total hours of consulting services -  166 hours of professional development!  That’s the equivalent of 24 days of professional development services.

 *Does not include consultant's travel expenses, web hosting costs**, Virtual Classroom hosting costs*** or materials.

**Web Hosting – no cost if we create a sub-site within 21^st Century Schools web site.  If you want a completely separate web site created, we would add the cost of domain name registration and web hosting.  We charge you only for our costs.

***Virtual Classroom – cost varies according to number of seats you want in the classroom.  It will range from $12/person/month to $20/person/month for a full-time virtual classroom with multiple breakout rooms. 

We will meet with your staff a minimum of 5 hours/month in the Virtual Classroom, and they will have full-time access to work and collaborate in the virtual classrooms on their own.

 View Virtual Classroom demo.

Virtual Classroom Features include: 

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What is a 21st century education?

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