Sentences with phrase «century skills initiative»

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In 2013, under the leadership of then - Chair Paul Desmarais, Jr., the Business Council launched a multi-year research and advocacy initiative called «Taking Action for Canada: Jobs and Skills for the 21st Century.»

As a signature initiative of the Buffalo Billion and a centerpiece of the New York Power Authority's workforce planning strategic initiative, the Workforce Training Center will help ensure a robust and diversified workforce of highly trained, skilled workers ready to meet the challenges of the 21st - century energy and advanced manufacturing industries.

In what is probably its most visible form for educators, though, the term refers to the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, the Tucson, Ariz. - based public - private initiative that has put the provision of all those skills at the center of its aSkills, the Tucson, Ariz. - based public - private initiative that has put the provision of all those skills at the center of its askills at the center of its agenda.

The initiative has grown rapidly since its origins as a regional programme through the Mayor of London, and the concerns raised by teachers, students, industry professionals and local government during the panel discussion only cements the need to develop computational thinking skills in a more effective way to support a 21st Century education.

The initiative seeks to serve a population of adults that do not have the required skills to work in the competitive 21st century labor market.

This work was developed to support and inform Ashoka's national Start Empathy campaign, an initiative dedicated to elevated empathy as a core 21st century skill.

The use of adaptive learning is closely tied to the Race to the Top early learning reform initiative, alignment with Common Core State Standards, and to teach 21st century skills to increase U.S. student competitive advantage.

A central goal of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K) is to support the needs of the whole child, which includes social and emotional competencies such as 21st century skills, critical - thinking, problem - solving, communication, collaboration, social and cultural awareness, initiative, self - direction, and character.

For example, the 2006 «21st Century Skills» initiative sought to ensure that students would be globally competitive, that teachers would be up - to - date technologically, and that school and district leadership would foster instructional innovations.

These students learned about 21st century skills such as collaboration, analysing and evaluating, problem solving, and creating, as well as leadership by spearheading some of UCTC's technology initiatives.

Whether or not it is the result of the disappointing showing of US students on international tests, college professors» concerns about the college readiness of students, or other evidence of students» and graduates» lack of 21st century skills, there is no shortage of recent initiatives designed to address the situation.

Many educators acknowledge students should graduate with 21st - century skills like perseverance, self - direction, planning, self - discipline, adaptability, and initiative.

Join Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education as we launch Ignite My Future in School, a one - of - a-kind initiative transforming the way students across America learn through computational thinking, a foundational skill for 21st century success.

Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education joined forces to launch a new initiative to transform the way students across America learn and apply computational thinking, a foundational 21st century skill for successful careers in every sector.

For example, Laptop Initiatives: Summary of Research Across Seven States found that teachers and students generally agree that laptops increase student engagement and that students tend to develop 21st century skills after implementation of 1:1 iInitiatives: Summary of Research Across Seven States found that teachers and students generally agree that laptops increase student engagement and that students tend to develop 21st century skills after implementation of 1:1 initiativesinitiatives.

In fact, information technology is a central knowledge strand in one of the state's initiatives (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2009).

These initiatives are informed by the North Carolina Center for 21st Century Skills, through which educators, administrators, and business leaders work to identify the skills North Carolina students will need if the state is to continue to improve its economic staSkills, through which educators, administrators, and business leaders work to identify the skills North Carolina students will need if the state is to continue to improve its economic staskills North Carolina students will need if the state is to continue to improve its economic standing.

BCPS's library programs at the school level have designed and delivered innovative initiatives that provide experiential learning, twenty - first - century skill development, and literacy projects through the grants awarded each year by the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools partners.

These standards represent a national initiative to more rigorously prepare students for the 21st century by addressing the critical thinking skills necessary for college and careers.

In interviews with several hundred business, nonprofit, philanthropic, and education leaders, the author identified seven «survival skills» that 21st century students need to succeed as workers and citizens: (1) critical thinking and problem - solving; (2) collaboration and leadership; (3) ability and adaptability; (4) initiative and entrepreneurialism; (5) effective oral and written communication; (6) accessing and analyzing information; and (7) curiosity and imagination.

Six states are currently participating in the initiative, including Pennsylvania, which has launched an effective program to ensure that the state has the skilled workforce in place to draw the jobs of the 21st century.