Essential 21st-Century Skills for a Post-Pandemic World

Prepare Your Students with the Skills They Need In An Ever-Changing World

Due to unprecedented disruptions from COVID-19, educators and parents have been forced to rethink traditional educational strategies. Gone are many structured in-person classes, and in their place, schools all over the country have turned to virtual and blended learning strategies.

This sudden transition has been difficult for everyone involved. Fortunately, educators can find inspiration in 21^st-century skills — a set of competencies identified by educators, administrators and employers as essential to thriving in our rapidly changing society.

This white paper explores a few of these skills and discusses why they will be increasingly essential for students to develop in response to our ever-changing world. Highlights include:

• Best practices for helping students develop critical thinking skills, build effective collaboration skills and strengthen their ability to adapt to change.
• An exploration into why a “one-size-fits-all” approach does not work in virtual and blended learning programs.
• How an I Can Invent^® Mindset prepares students for the future.