EDSU534 Audio for WK2 Video

Leona discusses her career in education, starting as a tutor and then becoming a substitute teacher. She is currently teaching history and government and is interested in career technical education. She emphasizes the importance of the four C's: creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Leona believes that these skills are necessary for civic literacy and achieving American ideals. She also highlights the need for information media and technology skills in our global society. Leona discusses the challenges of maintaining a functional and equitable society and the importance of critical thinking. She emphasizes the skills needed for success in life and career, including flexibility, self-direction, self-care, productivity, accountability, social and emotional skills, communication, and leadership. Leona concludes by discussing the connection between themes and skills in teaching and the importance of literacy, particularly in civic literacy. Hi, I'm Leona. My teacher name is LG. I began a career in education, without knowing it, when I became a supplementary education services tutor during the era of No Child Left Behind. I went on to substitute teaching in public school K-12 in the Antioch Unified School District, the Vallejo City Unified School District, and the Fairfield-Sassoon Unified School District. I also tutored 7th grade ELA at a charter school in Oakland. I'm currently teaching history and government at San Miero Satellite at Continuation High School in Fairfield on a STIP. I will become intern eligible at the end of the 23-24 school year. I am grateful to be where I am, but now, learning about career technical education, I've opened my mind to another purpose in teaching that could be more effective for serving our global society. I remain ever learning, and that is my happy place. In explaining the skills, learning and innovation encompasses all four C's as outlined and discussed in Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society, published by the NEA, National Education Association. Creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration are ideals in our education goals, especially in the context of the history and government classroom. Having the skills outlined in the four C's is on the path to civic literacy. We are a nation built on ideals, and while we are not perfect, we aim to, quote, form a more perfect union. When we continue along the new guidelines offered by the four C's, the possibility of achieving the American ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness can only become nearer. Information media and technology skills demand civic literacy as exemplified in effective citizens capable of accessing information in a single bound while remaining flexible enough to adapt to whirlwind and rapid changes in technology tools. The ability to collaborate and individually contribute like never before is necessary for the changes that need to occur for greater equity in our global society. We live in a global society, and our actions as individuals in the USA have an impact on the individuals in Ghana, where we fill their country with electric waste, to the fast fashion clothing dump in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Maintaining a functional and equitable global society is no easy task. Our global society is indeed high maintenance. For complex challenges, the critical thinker is fundamental. Civic literacy, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking are musts along the information media and technology pathway. Life skills are learned by living life, and career skills are learned by having a job. This does not mean the life and career skills are not to be learned in school. Indeed, that is exactly where they need to be learned. Embodying these skills will help you in your pursuit of happiness. Thinking skills, content knowledge, and social emotional skills are driving themes. The skill set and outcomes, one, remain flexible and adaptable. The one constant thing in life is change. Navigate your own way in life and career. This takes the skill of knowing how to take initiative and self-direct yourself. Three, remember self-care. A balance in one's social and emotional life is a must in dealing with the complexities we face in this 21st century. Four, being productive and accountable are rooted in purpose and integrity, skills that will keep us engaged in our purpose. Social and cross-cultural communication skills are essential in a global society. And six, learning to be a responsible leader will put you at the top when it comes to management and decision making. The last slide in the deck provides an activity addressing the skill of critical thinking, which we find in information, media, and technology skill set. A purpose for learning is discovered when linking themes and skills. Themes represent the academic content necessary in school learning, and skills connect the academic to the practical or real-world learning. Another benefit to linking themes and skills in teaching is the overarching necessity for literacy. In my content area, civic literacy in particular, literacy is not just reading and writing, but the ability to apply critical thinking after showing sufficient content knowledge. The challenge to teaching skills, themes, there's a lot, a lot to teach. And I get to pick.