Eight Essential Competencies

Stage One concluded with the identification of eight core competencies essential for success in the 21st Century workforce, while Stage Two looks to the project colleges to translate the competencies into curricular learning outcomes.

The eight essential competencies identified in Stage One are as follows:

• Communication skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening)
• Computation skills (understanding and applying mathematical concepts and reasoning, analyzing and using numerical data)
• Community skills (citizenship, diversity/pluralism; local, community, global, environmental awareness)
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, decision making, creative thinking)
• Information management skills (collecting, analyzing, and organizing information from a variety of sources)
• Interpersonal skills (teamwork, relationship management, conflict resolution, workplace skills)
• Personal skills (ability to understand and manage self, management of change, learning to learn, personal responsibility, aesthetic responsiveness, wellness)
• Technology skills (computer literacy, Internet skills, retrieving and managing information via technology)