21st Century Education Movement

[The 21st Century Movement]

ProAcademy supports the 21st Century Education movement. We transform retired styles of classroom setups and create an environment that assists the student in exploring their intellectual growth.
The new millennium was ushered in by a dramatic technological revolution. We now live in an increasingly diverse, globalized, and complex, media-saturated society.
Today’s kindergartners will be retiring in the year 2067. We have no idea of what the world will look in five years, much less 60 years, yet we are charged with preparing our students for life in that world. Our students are facing many emerging issues such as global warming, famine, poverty, health issues, a global population explosion and other environmental and social issues. These issues lead to a need for students to be able to communicate, function and create change personally, socially, economically and politically on local, national and global levels.
Even kindergarten children can make a difference in the world by participating in real-life, real-world service learning projects. You’re never too young, or too old, to make your voice heard and create change that makes the world a better place.
Emerging technologies and resulting globalization also provide unlimited possibilities for exciting new discoveries and developments such as new forms of energy, medical advances, restoration of environmentally ravaged areas, communications, and exploration into space and into the depths of the oceans. The possibilities are unlimited.

[21st Century Skills]

21st Century Schools, LLC recognizes the critical need for developing 21st century skills. However, we believe that authentic education addresses the “whole child”, the “whole person”, and does not limit our professional development and curriculum design to workplace readiness.
21st century skills learned through our curriculum, which is interdisciplinary, integrated, project-based, and more, include and are learned within a project-based curriculum by utilizing the seven survival skills advocated by Tony Wagner in his book, The Global Achievement Gap:
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Collaboration across Networks and Leading by Influence
Agility and Adaptability
Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
Effective Oral and Written Communication
Accessing and Analyzing Information
Curiosity and Imagination

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Public vs. Private vs. Charter

As of the 2010-2011 school year, our country had a total of nearly 99,000 public schools; these elementary, middle, and high schools all operate with the help of tax dollars. Most of them are traditional schools with educational standards set by each state. Best of all, the education is free.

Because public schools are reliant on federal, state, and local tax dollars, funding can be cut. Also, public schools have to follow state guidelines on what they can teach and how children are evaluated.

Charter schools offer an institutional hybrid. Like traditional public schools, charter schools are free, and they can’t discriminate against students because of their race, gender, or disability. However, parents must usually submit a separate application to enroll a child in a charter school, and like private schools, spaces are often limited. Charter schools are independently run, and some are operated by for-profit private companies.

However, charter schools are still funded by government coffers and accountable to the government body — be it state, county, or district — that provides the charter. (Many successful charters do substantial additional fundraising as well.) If a school is mismanaged or test scores are poor, a charter school can be shut down.

On the other hand, most private schools depend on their own funding, which may come from parents through tuition, grants, donations, and endowments. Private schools also often actively seek money from alumni, businesses, and community organizations. If the school is associated with a religious group, as is the case with Catholic parochial schools, the religious organization — like the Catholic Church — may be an important source of funding as well. Finally, in areas with a voucher system, some private schools are primarily funded by tuition paid for by a voucher from the state.

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About Us

Pro Academy is a furniture company that has been furnishing classrooms, offices, computer labs, and much more since 2009.  We supply schools, businesses and health care facilities within the Northeast Region, primarily New Jersey.

We provide furniture options for all types of budgets and aesthetic needs ranging from design to installation, renovations to capital jobs, small to large projects.  Our local sales representatives work closely with clients to determine the products that will meet their needs most efficiently.  We collaborate with architects, general contractors and schools/businesses to ensure that each job is on time, on budget and complete. Our consulting services, layouts and design plans are free of charge.

We are partnered with reputable manufacturers with state-of-the-art engineering, excellent product durability and functionality.  Our goal is to provide our clients with the most innovative and efficient arrangement of furniture to meet the requirements of their facility.

Our contracts are with the following states:  New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts.  For further detail regarding our contracts please search under the documents tab on our home page.  Additionally, we are affiliated with NSSEA, NJCSA, NCPA,ED-Data and MRESC.

Pro Academy takes great honor in our ability to provide customers with the best furniture while maintaining exceptional customer relations. We strive to maintain the continued trust and respect of our clients.

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Tips for Parents and Teachers with left handed students by ProAcademy Furniture

Do you have left handed children or students? Do you feel that schools are prepared for their needs? Are there enough left handed desks in the classrooms? This Learn2 desk solves all of those issues and allows the student to choose the side that is most comfortable for them. “:Adept, flexible and student-focused, Learn2 seating transforms learning environments. It goes wherever it’s needed and can be arranged in any configuration you can imagine. Mobile, adaptable Learn2 facilitates individual work or small to large group teaming. It’s exactly what students need and want for collaborative and interactive learning spaces. With its fully adjustable,dual-handed worksurface, Learn2 adapts to each student’s personal space and provides customized comfort. Sleek, simple and sturdy, Learn2 offers a timeless visual aesthetic and unmatched durability” Contact ProAcademy to learn more about Learn2 seating today! info@proacademyfurniture.com

Giving back to the community – East Rutherford, NJ

East Rutherfod PBA Local #275 support and sponsor programs such as the Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program, East Rutherford Youth Sports and Activities, High School Sports, Project Graduation and College Scholarships. We here at ProAcademy believe in giving back to our community and have donated to this great cause. Have you donated to your community lately? #giveback #give #eastrutherford #eastrutherfordpbalocal275 #community #education #school #support #sponsor #dogood #2015 #ProAcademyFurniture

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What is 21st Century Learning?

ProAcademy is a strong supporter of 21st Century learning. With 21st Century learning comes 21st Century classroom and education design. ProAcademy facitilates this venture in education by providing state of the art school furniture that assists students by offering comfort, support, and durability.
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What are 21st century skills?
The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills lists three types:
*Learning Skills*
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Collaborating
Communicating
*Literacy Skills*
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
*Life Skills*
Flexibility
Initiative
Social Skills
Productivity
Leadership

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