Career-ready skills comprise three tiers: academic skills, employability skills, and technical skills¶

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Description¶

Drawing on a Career Readiness Paper from ACTE (source URL printed on the slide), the presentation organizes career-ready skills into three numbered tiers: "Academic Skills" (reading, research, writing, mathematical calculations), "Employability Skills" (teamwork, communication, problem-solving, adaptability, professionalism), and "Technical Skills" (coding, data analysis, graphic design, financial modeling).

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Career-readiness framing that spans academic, employability, and technical skill domains

Constraints¶

• The taxonomy is attributed to an external ACTE Career Readiness Paper, not developed within this presentation

Target Learners¶

• Educators preparing students for careers

Target Learning Objectives¶

• Academic, employability, and technical skill development

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• The Future Ready Talent Framework (FRTF): a 12-talent, 4-cluster conceptual model for WIL stakeholders
• Four-type taxonomy of college- and career-readiness interventions with ESSA-tier evidence

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• April Williamson. (2024). Challenge-Based Learning for Global Competence and Employability. Digital Promise, ISTELive Global Collaboration Playground. https://www.acteonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Career_Readiness_Paper_COLOR.pdf