Few Essential Skills for Careers of the Future

Eighty-five percent of the jobs our students will have in 2030 don’t exist yet,
according to a report from Institute for the Future. We can address this question by
focusing on the four C’s: creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and
communication. A human being can have these attributes but not a machine. A
robot may be able to check your items out at the grocery store, but it can’t think
critically for you. Here are four skills that the students should prepare not just to
pass examination, but for future careers.

1) Typing
Typing may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of skills for
the jobs of the future, but it is fundamental. Whether they graduate with degrees in
engineering, business, computer programming or education, students will spend
hours using a keyboard for both professional and personal reasons.

The sooner students memorize a keyboard; the more useful this skill will be as they
go through education. Coding and programming require good typing skills. It's hard
for students to pick up that next digital literacy skill if they aren’t proficient with a
keyboard which will be a big challenge in learning to code.

2) Collaboration
The students’ motto should be "Non Scholae, Sed Vitae: Not for School, but for
Life." Collaboration is a skill that will be used for life. As a project-based school,
collaboration is essential.

3) Problem-solving
Like collaboration, problem-solving is a skill that all people need not just to be
successful in their careers, but to be successful in life. In a project-based school,
problem-solving can happen anywhere
4) Coding
Coding is actually a test of critical and logical thinking. If you are a good coder, you
are good at finding logical solutions.

No matter what tool I’m using, my ultimate goal is to help my students

communicate, work together, think critically and problem solve. My vision is to
have my students learn how to learn and to adapt to the constant