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This is in the beginning stages but here is my offer to the staff of Kent (2nd version, thanks to Jeff Utecht): * I will provide you with an extra prep per week ("A Fed Ex Prep") for 6 straight weeks. This would be prep-free for you as I would prep whichever subject the you would like. The time is also negotiable (ie. if you would rather have 2 periods a week for 3 weeks). * This time will be self-directed to ANYTHING you want with the only goal that you must DELIVER your ideas. * I also encourage you to use one of your professional days to provide further time (teachers in our district, under their contract are provided with a few extra pro-d days to use if they wish). What this is NOT: * time for marking, prepping current curricula, refining current projects/units/program This will be presented to my staff Tuesday. I will let you know how teachers respond and what comes out of this. I encourage others to comment with any feedback on how we can improve on this "FedEx or Innovative Prep" initiative. If you are doing something similar in your school, I would loved to hear about it.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. As the United States continues to compete in a global economy that demands innovation, P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation). While leading districts and schools are already doing this, P21 advocates for local, state and federal policies that support this approach for every school.

Living in a Digital Age provides guidelines: Technological change in education, particularly in how our students receive, interact with and respond to the learning experience means we are facing the largest transformation that the teaching profession has ever seen. Teachers, students and parents are increasingly using digital technologies to teach, learn and communicate, challenging the traditional concept of a school. Schools and early childhood settings are now broader than the walls of a classroom. Schools need to assist students to develop the skills required for critical evaluation, online collaboration and communication and behaviours which support the safe, responsible and ethical use of digital technology - essential to participating in life and work in the 21st century. The following critical advice is the result of DEECD research projects carried out over the past three years by Victorian teachers participating in trials and/or pilots within the Innovation and Next Practice Division. The advice should be considered when using social media tools.

a model for teacher professional development