The 21st Century Skills Checklist used as part of the Engaged Black Bears badge program to provide potential employers and/or graduate school admissions personnel an easy way to locate students with specific talents and skills

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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine General University of Maine Publications University of Maine Publications 4-20-2018 Engaged Black Bears 21st Century Skills Checklist University of Maine Division of Academic Affairs and Provost Office Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications  Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons This Plan is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in General University of Maine Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact um.library.technical.services@maine.edu. Your Name: Learning Pathway: 21st Century Skills Checklist The goal of this checklist is to provide a potential employer and/or graduate school admissions officer an easy way to locate students with specific talents and skills. Please check the  TOP 5 skills you are most proficient in and can demonstrate with evidence at this time. These must be skills you have developed or strengthened while earning your Engaged Black Bear digital badges and/or participating in other activities while attending UMaine. You will choose a faculty/staff member, supervisor/employer etc. who has worked with you and who can verify your skill development and proficiency. Please refer to the UMaine’s definitions of these terms. Put an X next to 5 skills Adaptability/FlexibilityCreative Thinking/Entrepreneurial Mindset Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Digital Fluency/Technology Global/Intercultural Fluency & Diversity Awareness Initiative Leadership Oral Communication Professionalism/Work-Ethic Resilience/Grit Self-Awareness Teamwork/Collaboration Written Communication  Other: Please specify:  Once you have checked your TOP 5 skills, specify the EBB/UMaine experiences that helped you develop these skills in the place below. Please provide details.  For Example: Leadership: (bullets or text is appropriate) • Minor in leadership and attended leadership training through the Student Life Program.• President of my sorority and became a Team Maine leader (Dirigo Leadership L3)• Wilderness training and became a Maine Bound wilderness adventure guide, earning myOutdoor Leadership badges.  • Awarded several awards for my student leadership while attending UMaine.  What specific EBB/UMaine experiences have helped you to gain these skills?                             You may make additional comments about other verifiable skills you have developed.              Endorser: I have seen this students’ work and can verify that he/she has developed proficiency in the above skills as indicated.   Endorser’s signature:         Date:   How do you know this student?        Definitions of 21st Century Skills  Adaptability/Flexibility: Open to new experiences; can adapt to change & adjust to stress; learns from mistakes; sees multiple ways to approach a problem & can adapt to the situation.  Creative Thinking/Entrepreneurial mindset: Able to think & work in an imaginative way characterized by a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking & risk taking; seeks new knowledge, skills; thinks of new ideas & ways of doing things; able to combine/synthesize existing ideas in original ways; demonstrates inventiveness.  Critical Thinking/Problem Solving/Analysis: Exercises sound reasoning to analyze issues, make decisions, formulate opinions & solve problems; able to obtain, interpret & use knowledge & facts; reflects critically on learning experiences & processes; asks clarifying questions.   Digital Fluency/Technology: Effectively uses online tools & software; understands privacy settings & professional use of social media; can adapt to new & emerging technologies. (You should name the tools you are proficient in using. See examples below).   Global/Intercultural Fluency & Diversity Awareness: Values, respects & learns from diverse perspectives; demonstrates openness, inclusiveness & sensitivity; develops & improves relationships with diverse others; recognizes & challenges one's own cultural biases.  Initiative: Able to “take the initiative” & find opportunities; follows-through; self-directed learner.  Leadership: Leverages the strengths of others to achieve common goals & uses interpersonal skills to motivate/guide others; can organize, prioritize & delegate work in a group; can acts as a catalyst & perform necessary duties to get a job done; acts responsibly with the interests of the larger community in mind; finds positive ways to deal with differences.  Oral Communications: Articulates thoughts & ideas clearly & effectively in oral forms; prepared, purposeful, & effective speaking in various contexts; capacity to adjust tone & word choice for both formal & informal settings.  Professionalism/Work Ethic: Demonstrates personal accountability & effective work habits; produces results; demonstrates integrity & ethical behavior; can be counted on/dependable.  Resilience/Grit: Bounces back when things go wrong; has determination; perseveres.  Self-Awareness: Able to articulates one's skills & knowledge; recognizes one’s strengths and weaknesses or areas for growth.  Teamwork/Collaboration: Builds collaborative relationships; can negotiate & manage conflict within a group; uses active listening skills; finds common ground; team player/collegial.  Written Communication: Articulates thoughts & ideas clearly & effectively in written forms; can write/edit emails, reports, papers etc.; can work in many genres & styles of writing.    OTHER SKILLS YOU MAY WANT TO ADD (in “Other” or in the description):  • Research Skills: Designs an experiment, plans a project; collects & analyzes data; applies methods and/or has laboratory skills/conducts research in a lab etc.  • Creative Activity/Performance: Creates a product, art/music piece, performs etc.  • Quantitative Literacy: Competency & comfort in working with numerical data; can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence & clearly communicate those arguments in different formats (words, tables, graphs, equations, etc., as appropriate). • Interpersonal Skills: Able to interact with others effectively in various contexts; understands the impact of non-verbal communication; listens to others.   • Business skills: Accounting, Finance, Business plans, Marketing etc.   • Empathy: The capacity to listen actively; validate others' feelings & perceptions; can determine the credibility of sources; evaluates the relevance of contexts & accounts for the complexities of an issue; supports ideas with evidence. • Organization/Planning/Attention to Detail/Time Management: Sets personal goals & prioritizes; project management & strategic planning skills; attention to detail; time management skills; sets priorities & goals, anticipates possible consequences & has back-up plans. • Foreign Language Proficiency • Technology/Digital Tool Examples: Think about all the technology, programs, applications you are proficient at using. Below are only examples to get you thinking.  Multi Media (i.e., After Effects, Corel Presentation etc.); Databases (Access, dBase etc.); Programming (C++, UNIX etc.); Internet (I.e., Web site design; HTML); Spreadsheets (Excel, Quick books); Word Processing/Collaborating (i.e., MS Office Suite, Google); Creative/Graphic Design/Desktop Publishing (i.e., InDesign, Photoshop); Social Media for Marketing and Analytics (i.e., Facebook, LinkedIn, You Tube, Twitter); Statistical Programs/Survey Design (SPSS, Qualtrics); Website Development; App creating, Product design/Maker skills  21st Century Skills Sources Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). VALUE Rubric Development Project. https://www.aacu.org/value-rubrics Career Readiness for the New College Graduate: A Definition of Competencies. The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), 2017. http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedfiles/pages/knowledge/articles/career-readiness-fact-sheet.pdf Education Design Lab, 21st Century Skills Badges, 2018. https://eddesignlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/badge_menu_v11-1.pdf New World of Work: Competencies, Attributes and Traits for the “Top 10” 21st Century Skills  https://www.newworldofwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/21st-Century-Skills-Competencies-Attributes-Traits-Final-2017.pdf Mozilla Foundation’s national comparison of College/Career Ready Competencies (2015): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9qOTaXg3UmRdXBDOEttSllpNFU/view Partnership for 21st Century Skills: P21 Framework Definitions. 2009.  http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework_Definitions.pdf   Contact: um.ebb@maine.edu  Over the past three years, the Lab has engaged a wide range of school administrators and faculty, students, and employers in the co-design of meaningful 21st century skills badges that transform the way learners recognize and activate their skills.21st Century Skills BadgesEducation Design LabThe individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century creative problem-solving skills, which include the capacity to: exercise both divergent and convergent thinking; identify patterns; manage ambiguity; and apply an iterative processEducation Design LabThe work has yielded a  rigorous and transformative badge earning process, combining knowledge, assessment, and experience and reflection. Feedback on badge criteriaStudent mock interviewsInsight into hiring practicesFeedback on pilot badge earning processes and potential tech solutionsStudents design and implement pilots50+EMPLOYERS300+LEARNERS12SCHOOLSThe individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century critical thinking skills, which include the capacity to gather and assess relevant information; identify patterns; question assumptions; and support ideas with evidence. The individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century leadership skills, which include the capacity to: motivate and influence others; act as a catalyst; demonstrate self-awareness, and learn from experience.InitiativeThe individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century collaboration skills, which include the capacity to: work productively with others toward a common goal by: valuing and strengthening relationships; incorporating diverse viewpoints, using active listening skills; and focusing on solutions rather than problemsCollaborationDeveloped in partnership with Georgetown University Developed in partnership with University of ArizonaDeveloped in partnership with University of VirginiaDeveloped in partnership with Andrews University, Aquinas College, and Hope CollegeCreative Problem Solving Critical ThinkingAct as a catalyst Individuals galvanize action; identifying and seizing opportunities for change; and overcoming inertia.Demonstrate self-awareness Individuals evaluate their own performance; recognizing their motivations; and managing their anxiety.Lead without a title Individuals motivate and guide others; raising the morale of their group; and taking responsibility for what needs to be done.Learn from experience Individuals welcome and apply feedback; resisting defensiveness; and seeing "failure" as an opportunity for greater understanding.   Listen actively Individuals form productive working relationships; ensuring that others feel heard and valued; and grasping and retaining information.Incorporate diverse perspectives Individuals enlarge the conversation; challenging their own thinking; and maximizing group eectiveness.Strengthen relationships Individuals create networks through which they access and provide resources, information, and support. Focus on solutions  Individuals create the forward momentum that advances the work of the organization.Identify patterns Individuals recognize commonalities among situations that may at first appear unrelated; framing problems more accurately; and accessing relevant solutions.Manage ambiguity Individuals trust the process; tolerating their own anxiety; and gathering information before settling on solutions prematurely.Exercise convergent and divergent thinking Individuals generate fresh ideas and apply a process for evaluating them.Apply an iterative process  Individuals systematically test ideas; challenging their own preconceptions; and expanding the range of potential solutions.Identify patterns Individuals make sense of data; recognizing commonalities among seemingly unrelated situations; and framing novel problems in familiar terms.Question assumptions Individuals resist easy answers; probing more deeply; and improving the problem-solving process.Gather and assess relevant information Individuals ground problem-solving in facts rather than assertions.Draw conclusions Individuals use logic and reasoning to evaluate arguments, form judgments, and make recommendations.Each skill has 4 core sub-competencies that make up the badge. There is a performance-based assessment associated with each of the sub-competencies which must be completed to stack up to the awarding of the badge. 21st Century Skills Badges | Education Design LabI feel that I can use the badge as a talking-point on my next interview. I can expand on the details, and even share my narrative of how I embody resilience. - Junior, George Mason UniversityThe individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century resilience, which includes the capacity to learn from experience; exhibit flexibility; demonstrate selfawareness, and focus on solutions.  ResilienceThe Education Design Lab was founded to bring the latest in design, innovation tools, and processes to bear on the ‘wicked’ problems facing education today. The Lab’s team combines deep vertical expertise in higher education with training in design and innovation processes. Beginning with an obsessive focus on the student journey, understanding the dreams and challenges of “non-traditional” learners, we help our partners design, test and pilot transformative changes in the postsecondary education landscape.The individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century oral communication skills, which include the capacity to speak with clarity and precision; adjust tone and word choice for both formal and informal settings; listen actively, and recognize nonverbal cues.OralCommunicationDeveloped in partnership with Makerere University and Tunis Business School Developed in partnership with George Mason UniversityEmpathyThe individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century skills in empathy, which include the capacity to listen actively; validate others' feelings and perceptions; incorporate diverse perspectives; and recognize others' needs and values.   Developed in partnership with Bay Path UniversityThe individual who has earned this badge has demonstrated 21st century intercultural fluency, which includes the capacity to recognize and challenge one's own cultural biases; show curiosity; demonstrate self-awareness; and incorporate diverse perspectives. Developed in partnership with Vassar CollegeIntercultural FluencyInterested in adopting the Badges?Contact us at labinfo@eddesignlab.orgShow curiosity Individuals demonstrate cognitive and aective openness to and interest in change and dierence.Demonstrate self-awareness Individuals evaluate their own performance; recognizing their motivations; and managing their anxiety.Recognize and challenge one’s own cultural biases Individuals reject "othering"; working eectively in multicultural settings; and avoiding ethnoentricism.Incorporate diverse perspectives  Individuals enlarge the conversation; challenging their own thinking; and maximizing group eectiveness.Provide validation Individuals create a safe and participatory environment in which each member of a team can contribute.Identify others’ needs and values Individuals put themselves in others' shoes.Listen actively Individuals forming productive working relationships; ensuring that others feel heard and valued; and grasping and retaining information.Incorporate diverse perspectives  Individuals enlarge the conversation; challenging their own thinking; and maximizing group eectiveness.Use appropriate tone and word choice Individuals adjust their style and approach for dierent settings; building rapport; and communi-cating up and down the organization.Listen actively Individuals recognize and respond to both verbal and nonverbal cues; by ensuring that others feel heard and valued.Speak with clarity and precision Individuals communicate ideas and information eectively, minimizing unintended confusion, misinformation, and oence.  Tell stories to express ideas Individuals capture their audience; using the components of storytelling to draw attention.Exhibit flexibility Individuals adapt and adjust to new and changing situations.Demonstrate self-awareness Individuals evaluate their own performance; recognizing their motivations; and managing their anxiety.Learn from experience Individuals  welcome and apply feedback; resisting defensiveness; seeing "failure" as an opportunity for greater understanding; and cultivating optimism by consciously challenging negative self-talk.   Focus on solutions Individuals create the forward momentum that advances the work of the organization.

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