This resource page brings together websites, readings, conference materials and program materials related to 21st century skill development, curriculum development, and general youth programming resources. Email webmaster@resources21.org with suggested resources and links.


New - Featured Resources |
Presentations
Workforce Partners Meeting Presentation, September 1, 2010
Download: 9_1_Partners_Meeting_ppt_slides_8.31.ppt
Conference Materials |
New - Featured Resources
Workforce Partners Meeting Presentation, September 1, 2010
Download: 9_1_Partners_Meeting_ppt_slides_8.31.ppt
Conference Materials |
Presentations
Breakout Session - Career Awareness - Credit for Life fair presentation
Download: May11_Credit.ppt
Universal Design for Learning: Increasing Student Achievement in a Digital Age [Breakout Session]
Download: UDL_Presentation_Grad_Rate_Summit.ppt
Website: http://www.cast.org
Classroom at the Workplace [Breakout Session]
Download: classroom_at_the_workplace2.ppt
CORI training geared to youth workers.
Workplace Safety: Presentation by Beatriz Pazos
Download: BPV_may14_connecting_activities.ppt
Conference Presentation: 21st Century Skills and Connecting Activities
Download: 21st_Century_Skills_Connecting_Activities_Presentation
Program Materials |
Workplace Readiness
Hampden County Workplace Readiness Curriculum - Lesson Plans and Materials
Website: http://www.resources21.org/resources/hampden/workplacereadin
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Curriculum Frameworks
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/
Massachusetts Online Network for Education (MASSONE)
Website: http://massone.mass.edu/
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Secondary Education
Elementary and Secondary Education - Secondary School Support
Program Materials |
Service Learning
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Community Service Learning Site
Service Learning Standards for Quality Practice
Website: http://www.nylc.org/pages-resourcecenter-downloads-K_12_Serv
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Promising Practices
21st Century Learning Center’s Promising Practices
Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/21cclc/practices/
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Career Information
Massachusetts Career Information System
Website: http://www.masscis.intocareers.org/
Program Materials |
Work-Based Learning Plan
Work-Based Learning Plan - Online - Resources and Instructions
Website: http://skillspages.com/masswbl
Work-Based Learning Plan - Word Document and Toolkit
Website: http://skillslibrary.com/wbl
Program Materials |
Curriculum
Contextual Learning Portal
Website: http://resources21.org/cl
Contextual Learning PowerPoint - Webinar - Feb. 8, 2010
Download: http://resources21.org/resources/documents/contextuallearnin...
Thinkfinity.org
Website: http://www.thinkfinity.org
Curriki.org
Website: http://www.curriki.org
Open Courseware Consortium
Website: http://ocwconsortium.org/
Showcase of Signature Projects
Website: http://resources21.org/resources/signature/overview.htm
Websites / Readings |
21st Century Skills
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Website: http://21stcenturyskills.org
21st Century Skills White Paper
Download: 21st_Century_Skills_White_Paper.pdf
Moving the Massachusetts Public Schools into the 21st Century
Download: bese_taskforce_21stcentury.ppt
Connecting Activities: Supporting 21st Century Skill Development
Download: 21st_Century_Skills_and_Conencting_Activities_Presentation.p...
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Youth
The Search Institute
Website: http://www.search-institute.org
Websites / Readings |
Connecting Activities
Connecting Activities Education Brief
Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/research/briefs.html
Connecting Activities / Work-Based Learning
Website: http://www.doe.mass.edu/connect
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Transition
Using the Work-Based Learning Plan to Support Transition Activities for Students with Special Needs
Download: wblp_transition.pdf
Resource Page - Work Experience and Transition Activities
Website: http://resources21.org/transitionworkexp
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People First Language
Communicating With and About People with Disabilities
Website: http://www.ncwd-youth.info/resources_&_Publications/disabili