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21 st Century Skills

21 st Century Skills. Preparing our Students for an Ever-Changing World. Business World Demands. Students are sorely lacking in basic key skills and a number of applied skills necessary for today’s workforce. “21 st Century Skills Gap” is costing businesses a great deal of money.

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21 st Century Skills

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  1. 21stCentury Skills Preparing our Students for an Ever-Changing World

  2. Business World Demands • Students are sorely lacking in basic key skills and a number of applied skills necessary for today’s workforce. • “21st Century Skills Gap” is costing businesses a great deal of money. • Companies need highly competent employees ready to hit the ground running without extra training and development costs.

  3. 21st Century Work Place • Demands higher levels of knowledge and applied skills like expert thinking and complex communication and less routine and manual thinking skills • Much of the work is done collaboratively in teams • Technology connects workers to a global community of resources (informational and human) • Requires an ability to curate a massive amount of information from a wide variety of sources • Ability to make connections between seemingly unrelated topics in innovative ways and the mental flexibility to come up with creative solutions is a huge asset

  4. Career and Life Skills • Flexibility and Adaptability • Initiative and Self-Direction • Social and Cross-Cultural Interaction • Productivity and Accountability • Leadership and Responsibility

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