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Partnership for 21st Century Skills Launches Affiliate Program

By: Chris Riedel

2/17/2009

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has recently launched its P21 Professional Development Affiliate Program aimed at helping professional development providers align current offerings with the Partnership's Framework for 21st Century Learning.

The new program is designed to help regional and national organizations teach instructional leaders how to integrate 21st century skills into current professional development programs. Organizations participating in the launch include Apple, BrainSmart, National Education Association, Quantum Learning Network, Verizon, Virtual High School Global Consortium, and several others.

"As more states join the Partnership and districts and schools investigate how to combine existing educational practices with 21st century skills, there is an increasing need for professional development programs that support this reform," said Paige Kuni, worldwide manager of K-12 education for Intel Corporation and chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, in a prepared statement. "By forging a national network of providers that can assist educators in embedding 21st century skills into education, the Affiliate program fills this void."

To date, The P21 program has trained 50 individuals, with the goal of training 100 participants by the end of 2009. The next program will be offered in April, with an additional session slated for the fall.


About the author: Chris Riedel is a freelance writer based in Florida. He can be reached here.