While academics are and will remain important, students who lack success skills, such as self-regulation, empathy, self-efficacy, self-awareness, perseverance and the ability to collaborate and communicate, will struggle both in the pursuit of postsecondary education and in the workforce.
It’s important for schools to include an intentional focus on identifying and developing the skills each student needs to be successful in education, in their personal life, and after graduation.
Redesign schools will model and teach success skills to students in a variety of ways such as one-on-one mentoring, rigorous coursework, appreciating and valuing diversity, teamwork, real-world experiences, and many other avenues depending on each student’s wants and needs.
Fostering student success skills will set students on the path to becoming happy, successful, and productive citizens.
The College and Career Competency Framework, developed by Drs. Gaumer Erickson and Noonan, supports educators in systematically embedding intrapersonal, interpersonal, and cognitive competencies into course content.
The College and Career Competency Wheel includes 26 specific competencies categorized in three domains. Each competency is integral to in-school and post-secondary success, as determined by current and emerging research.