By Savanah Alexandra Colangelo SCC instructors are being asked to provide hard evidence that they are teaching soft skills. During the KCTCS Faculty Sen- ate meeting in August, instructors were told that they must put greater focus on teaching “soft skills”...
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By Savanah Alexandra Colangelo SCC instructors are being asked to provide hard evidence that they are teaching soft skills. During the KCTCS Faculty Sen- ate meeting in August, instructors were told that they must put greater focus on teaching “soft skills” such as work ethic, communication skills, problem solving, professionalism and integrity, teamwork, and multi-task- ing. The state’s colleges and univer- sities are being pushed to develop a measurable way of showing that soft skills are being taught after a recent state Chamber of Commerce report on workforce readiness found that employers are having problems find- ing employees with these essential skills. The idea is this: in today’s com- petitive workplace, having technical skills is not enough. According to the Chamber report, employers need graduates who have soft skills as well, and the state’s institutions of higher learning, including SCC, are not providing them. The top three areas KCTCS is set to focus on are work ethic,
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