Credit: cccfs.com The term “soft skills” has been thrown around a lot in education lately, but if you ask someone what “soft skills” mean, you’re likely to get just about as many answers as people you ask — and they’re more likely to refer to technical skills, like typing or other computer abilities. But as industry surveys often show, employers’ highest priorities are not these types of technical skills, but life skills (think: collaboration, initiative, critical thinking, problem-solving, and organization).
Knowing that serious career and life preparation requires a commitment to soft skills in our schools, teachers must begin to take the lead by observing, teaching, and assessing soft skills in the classroom.
The first thing teachers can do is take an active role in monitoring, noting, and informing students of their soft skill strengths and weaknesses.
Knowing that serious career and life preparation requires a commitment to soft skills in our schools, teachers must begin to take the lead by observing, teaching, and assessing soft skills in the classroom.
The first thing teachers can do is take an active role in monitoring, noting, and informing students of their soft skill strengths and weaknesses.
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