Skills & Abilities

Category : Preparing Students for College, Career and Civic Life

Level : Student

To what extent are students acquiring the twenty-first-century skills required for success in school, career, and civic life?

Preparing all students to successfully transition from K-12 to postsecondary institutions, careers, and civic life is the goal of the more and better learning time approach. In addition to acquiring content knowledge, students need to be able to work and share ideas with others, establish and maintain positive relationships, lead, think creatively, problem-solve, use and develop information and technology, make responsible decisions, and set and achieve positive goals for themselves. Students need these skills and abilities to be able to apply their knowledge and continue their learning beyond high school graduation.

Students demonstrate mastery of the following:
– Communication skills
– Leadership skills
– Ability to work collaboratively
– Relationship building
– Creative expression
– Technology skills
– Information literacy
– Civic involvement
– Common Core standards
– Social-emotional learning