📌 Future Ready Skills (Student) V2

Here, you will learn how to navigate the future as a student.

A list of Future Ready Skills may be found by navigating the left-hand menu and clicking the caret. There are ten (10) skills to select from  Collaborative Teammate Community Contributor Complex Thinker Conscientious Worker Creative Innovator Effective Communicator   Quality Producer   Responsible Decision-Maker Self-Directed Learner Strategic Problem-Solver

Activities

Each Skill contains five (5) activities for the student:  

1. Take the Self-Reflection 

Consider at least one Indicator (survey question) for the selected skill. Determine the amount of evidence you could provide from school and your personal life to support the indicator. Select your answer from the drop-down menu: Little or No Evidence, Some Evidence, or Ample Evidence. 

Add Evidence that supports your self-reflection. List any activities, projects, experiences, or accomplishments that are examples of the evidence levels indicated.

Choose your overall skill level. Rate yourself as Novice, Developing, Proficient, or Exemplary.

Click Submit. If you have trouble clicking the submit button, it's possible that you haven't entered all the required data.

2. Submit New Evidence

Submit evidence of your accomplishment or implementation of the Skill. The evidence should provide compelling support for the indicator(s). It should be clear,  detailed, and varied.

Add an Evidence Name and Description. Adding a URL link is optional.

 Choose a Skill Level. Rate yourself as a Novice, Developing, Proficient, or Exemplary.

Select at least one Indicator that showcases the skills associated with the chosen evidence.

Click Submit. If you have trouble clicking the submit button, it's possible that you haven't entered all the required data.

3. Request Feedback 

Select the  Create Request button found in the top right corner.

Submit a request for feedback on the Skill from others who can provide meaningful feedback, such as a parent, coach, teacher, relative, or employer. Use a professional tone and style when making this formal communication request. Type the full name of whom you are requesting evidence, their email address, and a short message addressing what you are requesting and why. Select the relationship to you (self, parent/guardian, teacher/other). Click Send Email when finished.

A letter will be sent similar to the one below.

The Feedback Request Screen will show a list of the requests made (name sent to, date sent, email address). It also displays the status of the request. The submission request expires after seven (7) days. If the recipient has not responded (NO), the button to resend the request will be available. 

If the message has expired, the submitter will receive the message “This submission request has expired.” The form can only be submitted by the recipient once.

4. Set Goals 

Select at least one indicator that describes your actions. Which indicator(s) will you deliberately focus on to improve?

Briefly describe the actions you plan to take to increase your abilities and the resulting evidence.

Click Submit. If you have trouble clicking the submit button, it's possible that you haven't entered all the required data.

5. Review Activities 

Update the Start and End Dates for the timeline. 

Review the submitted evidence, self-reflections, and goals that all users have submitted for the specified Skill. A key is provided to show which evidence was provided by the different stakeholders and the different statuses of the goals. Hover over the icon on the timeline to see the exact date, or click on it to get more information. If there is more than one activity of the same type on the same day, a number will be next to the icon. 

Overall Summary 

This is an overview of the progress of ALL self-reflections and evidence submitted. Clicking on the Key icons takes you to a screen view of your evidence or self-reflection. Update the Start and End Dates for the timeline. 

Evaluate Goals 

This summary of your goals allows for self-reflection on your progress.  

Click the caret to review the actions you said you would take to increase your abilities.

Optionally rate your resources and responsibilities by selecting from the drop-down menu (Little or No Evidence, Some Evidence, Ample Evidence).

Select your overall progress toward achieving your goal. (None at all, Very Little, Some, Significant)

What evidence supports your rating? List any activities, projects, experiences, or accomplishments that support the rating that you provided above.

When completed, click the blue Evaluate button.

Collection of Evidence 

Review your feedback submissions. You can filter by selecting or unselecting the check box menu for Self, Parent/Guardian, and Teacher/Other in the top-right menu.

Annual Goals and Growth 

Clicking on the blue date link takes you directly to the Evaluate Goals. You may also filter by school year in the top right corner.

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