Skill Development refers to the mastery of academic and technical content youth need in order to develop a range of non-academic, social and emotional, and employability skills. These skills are sometimes referred to as ‘soft skills’ and are seen as essential in order for youth to be successful in college, career, and beyond.
Resources
Promoting Pathways to Long-Term Success for Systems-Involved Youth
This webinar explored critical elements at the intersection of policy and practice for supporting systems-involved youth on a pathway to long-term success.
- June 6, 2017
Building a More Robust Body of Research about Outcomes of a New Generation of Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration in Education
Guest blogger Sarah Ryan discusses the conditions under which researcher-practitioner collaboration yields the kinds of positive and sustained changes necessar…
Promoting Deeper Learning through Equity, Diversity, and Personalized Learning (Oakland, CA)
This study tour in Oakland, CA gave participants with the opportunity to see how schools are promoting equity, diversity, & personalized learning to ensure all…
- May 24, 2017
Supports are Essential for Success
Jenna Tomasello discusses how essential supports are for young people especially those who are involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.