Competencies, future-ready skills, and 21st-century skills all involve students doing something. For the students, these ideas represent the “how” to do something or the skills needed to navigate a situation. For the teacher, these ideas represent […]
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We continue to hear there is a skill deficiency for young adults coming out of high school and college. Yet, what specific skills are needed and how can learners build those skills in a meaningful way that will help them find their purpose and […]
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In today’s world, technical skills are advancing faster than ever before. Yet there is a set of very important skills that will last a lifetime. These skills are now deemed “Durable Skills.” These skills “include a combination of how you use what […]
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Regardless of our role in education or the grade levels that we work with, we all have a responsibility to bring in a variety of learning opportunities to prepare our students for successful careers. They need to engage in learning that will […]
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In today's ever-changing job market, we need to help students develop a variety of skills that will enable them to be flexible with the changes we are seeing in the world of work. It is also important that students have opportunities to consider […]
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For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at work all day. When I walk around the room, I often see pictures of white-haired men dressed in lab coats […]
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In my first post in this series, “Why PBL is Key to Meeting Profile of a Graduate Goals” I argued that project-based learning is one of the most effective ways to build the student competencies commonly listed on graduate profiles. In the second post
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In my last post, “Why PBL is Key to Meeting Profile of a Graduate Goals” I made the case for using project-based learning to build the student competencies commonly listed on graduate profiles created by schools and districts. In this and two […]
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Does your school or district have a “profile of a graduate”? They’re also called “ideal graduate” descriptions, and you might have heard of a “learner profile” and the older term “school-wide outcomes.” It’s a vision of what a school or district […]
Collaboration is being open to each other's ideas and benefiting from each other's perspectives in an open way”. - Alan Menken
Preparing our students for the future means that we need to continue to learn more about the types of jobs that are in […]
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