ResourcesForum on Colorado State Education Standards
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| January 16, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Location: Community College of Aurora
The Forum, Room F100
Fine Arts Building
16000 E. CentreTech Parkway
Aurora Colorado 80011-9036
You are cordially invited to join Karen Middleton, Member Colorado State Board of Education, 7th Congressional District, and Dwight Jones, Colorado’s Commissioner of Education, for an important conversation on
Colorados Model Content Standards: What do we need for the 21st Century?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
7:00 - 8:30pm
(Please call 303-866-6817 if you require accessibility accommodations so that arrangements can be made)
We are reviewing Colorados K-12 Model Content Standards and we want YOUR input!
Questions we will ask include:
- How will the 21st century shape new academic needs and skills?
- What do you know about the business work of today that we must consider in order to be well served?
- What are the fundamental skills you consider critical for success in your industry for todays job candidate?
- What should it mean to be a high school graduate? College ready? Technically prepared?
- What are the new minimum requirements for students to be competitive globally?
- What are your non-negotiable skills for new employees?
- What type of training do you have in place to prepare new employees or to retrain existing employees?
RSVPs are encouraged to Marjorie Reinwald at Reinwald_M@cde.state.co.us .
To review our current standards, please visit:
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeassess/documents/olr/k12_standards.html .
If you would like to receive an abbreviated version of the standards, and the 9th and 10th grade math assessments, please email Karen Middleton at karen@karenmiddleton.com .
Special thanks to the Community College of Aurora for hosting this meeting!
I hope you will join us.
Thanks,
Karen
Karen Middleton
Member, Colorado State Board of Education
7th Congressional District
720-427-3239
karen@karenmiddleton.com
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