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"Preparing students for successful careers is a major part of every educator's job, but most preservice and professional development programmes don't cover the skills employers are currently seeking - things like 'emergent' leadership, adaptability, humility and ownership." Illustration above by Linda Tieu.
Beth Dichter's insight:
We so often hear of the 21st century skills our learners need? Common Core tells us that learners need to be critical thinkers/problem solvers, communicators, collaborators and creators. What skills are employers looking for? More than just the four Cs. This post by InformEd provides background based on what employers say they need as well as 30 tips to teach soft skills. Four tips (quoted) are below. * Demonstrate alternate paths to content mastery. * Start grading students on how well they listen to their peers. * Assign group exercises that give people the opportunity to speak, listen, write, organize and lead. * Design opportunities for students to build and demonstrate resilience. There are many more tips in this post. Click through to learn more. 
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"Albert Einstein nailed it–'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.' That truth will decide whether we develop a 21st-century friendly educational system or continue to tinker at the margins of school."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Do words hold us back? Do they have the potential to keep us in place rather than allowing us to move forward? This post looks at ten words and discusses how each may "influence our behavior and keep us in a box." The ten words are: 1. Lesson 2. Knowledge 3. Rigor 4. Soft Skills 5. High & Low Students 6. 0ff-Task 7. Learning Styles 8. Summer Learning Loss 9. Special Education 10. Brain-Based Learning Below is an example of how one of these words is explained. What do you think of when you hear the word off-task? What does research tell us about six-year olds and their ability to focus on one task? The explanation shares that young students who have more time for play also have higher executive functioning skills, yet in the classroom we ask them to sit and to focus one area. In many schools the amount of time for free play and recess has decreased so we can focus on ELA and math. Learn more about these words and see if you agree with the author. Do you think these words are holding us back?
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Thx Beth Dichter