Napa Learns: Student-Centered 21st Century Classroom Initiative

 
Project-Based Learning, 21st Century Skills, and Assessment at Napa New Technology High School , 3 Videos by Pearson Foundation

About

Napa Valley Unified School District, CA

• Located in the Napa Valley of Northern California, the Napa Valley Unified School District consists of 32 Schools located on 28 sites serving approximately 17,000 students in grades K-12.
• Patrick Sweeney, Superintendent
• Homepage: http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/
• Contact: Patrick Sweeney,Superintendent, Mark Morrison, Director of Secondary Education
• Our Goals
• Napa Learns: The Napa Valley Partnership for 21st Century Education, is a public benefit corporation formed to support and sustain educational improvements and innovations in all schools throughout Napa County, California and to bring equal educational opportunity to all our students.
• April 19-21, 2012: Napa Valley Education Exchange conference

Documents

• From the Superintendent: Teach - Learn - Engage
• Board Policy: Philosophy and Goals
• District Priorities and Initiatives 2010-2011
• NVUSD 2015: 21st Century Learning Plan For a Student-Centered School District, Adopted June 16, 2011. Executive Summary.

Mission and Vision

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• Our Mission

21st Century Learning

• 21st Century Teaching & Learning
  
• SC21: Student-Centered 21st Century Classroom Initiative
• Napa New Technology High School, the flagship school of the New Tech Network
• New Tech 21st Century High School Model (General Information, Articles, Videos, Research)
• New Technology High School rubrics on Route21: critical thinking, oral presentation, written communication, collaboration and teamwork, work ethic.
• Teacher Resources, 21st Century Classrooms
• Napa Valley Unified School District Center for 21st Century Teaching & Learning Summer Institute, June 13-17, 2011

Articles

• Our Press
• School district launches $11 million learning plan, Napa Valley Register, October 9, 2011.
• New Tech High shows off new wing, Napa Valley Register, October 17, 2010. See new superintendent's commitment to "expand project-based learning to all campuses in the district within three years, including all elementary schools".
  
• 21st-Century Skills: Evidence, Relevance, and Effectiveness? By Scott Aronowitz, the Journal, April 8, 2010
• Giving Napa students a 21st-century education, By John Glaser and Barbara Nemko, January 21, 2009
• A new age in education: District to bring cutting- edge teaching tools into Napa classrooms,| Napa Valley Register, Dec 8, 2007.

Videos

• Watch us in Action: 21st Century Teaching and Learning in Action
• Project-Based Learning, 21st Century Skills, and Assessment at Napa New Technology High School (June, 2009), 3 Videos by Pearson Foundation: Monkey Trial Project Overview, Monkey Trial Project Skill by Skill Discussion, 21st Century Skills Assessment
• "Learning Through Projects" segment from the ASCD series, "Teaching the Adolescent Brain". Segments from Sacramento and Napa New Tech High Schools.
• McPherson Elementary School Project Launch
• Fall CUE 2010 - Interview with Educational Leaders in Napa