A.C. Reynolds Middle

Developing, Learning, Leading

76 Transferable Skills

Information Management Skills:

Ability to ...

• Sort data and objects
• Compile and rank information
• Apply information creatively to specific problems or tasks
• Synthesize facts, concepts and principles
• Understand and use organizing principles
• Evaluate information against appropriate standards

Design and Planning Skills:

Ability to ...

• Identify alternative courses of action
• Set realistic goals
• Follow through with a plan or decision
• Manage time effectively
• Predict future trends and patterns
• Accommodate multiple demands for commitment of time, energy and resources
• Assess needs
• Make and keep a schedule
• Set priorities

Valuing Skills:

Ability to ...

• Assess a course of action in terms of its long-range effects on the general human welfare
• Make decisions that will maximize both individual and collective good
• Appreciate the contributions of art, literature, science and technology to contemporary society
• Identify one's own values
• Assess one's values in relation to important life decisions

Human Relations and Interpersonal Skills:

Ability to ...

• Keep a group "on track" and moving toward the achievement of a goal
• Maintain group cooperation and support
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities
• Interact effectively with peers, superiors, and subordinates
• Express one's feelings appropriately/understand the feelings of others
• Use argumentation techniques to persuade others
• Make commitments to people
• Be willing to take risks
• Teach a skill, concept or principle to others
• Analyze behavior of self and others in group situations
• Demonstrate effective social behavior in a variety of settings and under different circumstances
• Work under time and environmental pressures

Research and Investigation Skills:

Ability to ...

• Use a variety of sources of information
• Apply a variety of methods to test the validity of data
• Identify problems and needs
• Design an experiment plan or model that systematically defines a problem
• Identify information sources appropriate to special needs or problems
• Formulate questions relevant to clarifying a particular problem, topic or issue

Communication Skills:

Ability to ...

• Listen with objectivity and paraphrase the content of a message
• Use various forms and styles of written communication
• Speak effectively to individuals or groups use media formats to present ideas imaginatively
• Express one's needs, wants, opinions and preferences without offending the sensitivities of others
• Identify and communicate value judgments effectively
• Describe objects or events with a minimum of factual errors
• Convey a positive self-image to others

Critical Thinking Skills:

Ability to ...

• Identify quickly and accurately the critical issues when making a decision or solving a problem
• Identify a general principle that explains interrelated experiences or factual data
• Define the parameters of a problem
• Identify reasonable criteria for assessing the value or appropriateness of an action or behavior
• Adapt one's concepts and behavior to changing conventions and norms
• Apply appropriate criteria to strategies and action plans
• Take given premises and reason to their conclusion
• Create innovate solutions to complex problems
• Analyze the interrelationships of events and ideas from several perspectives

Management and Administration Skills:

Ability to ...

• Analyze tasks
• Identify people who can contribute to the solution of a problem or task
• Identify resource materials useful in the solution of a problem
• Delegate responsibility o f completion of a task
• Motivate and lead people
• Organize people and tasks to achieve specific goals

Personal/Career Development Skills:

Ability to ...

• Analyze and learn from life experiences - both one's own and others'
• Relate the skills developed in one environment (e.g., school) to the requirements of another environment (e.g., work)
• Match knowledge about one's own characteristics and abilities to information about job or career opportunities
• Identify, describe and assess the relative importance of one's needs, values, interests, strengths and weaknesses
• Develop personal growth goals that are motivating
• Identify and describe skills acquired through formal education and general life experiences
• Identify one's own strengths and weaknesses
• Accept and learn from negative criticism
• Generate trust and confidence in others
• Take risks
• Accept the consequences of one's actions
• "market" oneself to prospective employers