Programs
The Center for 21st Century Skills provides students and teachers with collaborative learning opportunities beyond the confines of their local classroom or school district.
Our staff develops and manages blended learning programs that extend opportunities for collaboration, communication, and in-depth project-based learning not available in the traditional local classroom.
Find out more about our exciting regional and statewide programs by browsing the information below and visiting the program Web sites.
CT Interdistrict Programs:
The Center has developed and manages a number of Connecticut interdistrict programs that are funded through grants from the Connecticut Sate Department of Education (CTSDE) and are available to participating urban, suburban, and rural school districts.
The goal of the CTSDE Interdistrict Grant Program is to increase educational opportunity while decreasing isolation among Connecticut school districts.
Follow the links to the right to find out more information about our award-winning interdistrict programs.
- Creating Career Pathways:
This program focuses on health and medical careers through experiential learning internships. - Connecticut Innovation Academy:
This program prepares students for leadership in 21st-century careers through mentoring and a comprehensive, collaborative project.
Statewide Programs:
The Center is currently partnering with state agencies and school districts to develop and manage student and teacher programs for a statewide audience.
- CT Career Choices:
Since 2002, EDUCATION CONNECTION staff members have worked closely with the Connecticut Office for Workforce Competitiveness and Battelle Memorial under the Connecticut Career Choices (CCC) initiative, a component of the state’s technology workforce development strategy. CCC has several key features that include development of high school information technology (IT) and health/medical careers curriculum based on industry-validated skill standards, experiential learning through career mentoring and internships, and other extracurricular activities that stimulate students’ interest and prepare them for 21st-century careers.
Online Programs:
The Center is currently involved in a number of initiatives that focus on the development of high school curriculum in an online collaborative environment.
Watch this page for additional announcements concerning the development of blended learning opportunities, online student programs and online teacher professional development opportunities.
- DISTANCE LEARNING COMMUNITIES
The following high school “blended learning” communities are moving forward in collaboration with Connecticut school districts that have been awarded grants from the CTSDE Title IID EETT “Enhance Education Through Technology” grant program.
Each community seeks to enhance the level of learning and achievement in high school students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and the capacity of educators to deliver blended learning instruction in the specified content areas aligned with state and national career, technology competencies, and curriculum frameworks. - Biotechnology Research & Development, Client:
Oliver Wolcott Technical School - E-Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Client:
New Haven Public Schools - Information Communication Technology Literacy, Client:
Norwalk Public Schools - Information Technology Research & Development, Client:
Torrington Public Schools