Transcript A SCANS Report for America 2000

A SCANS Report for
America 2000
What the US Department
of Labor Wants From
YOU As an Employee in
America’s Work Force.
SCANS?
Secretary’s
Commission on
Achieving
Necessary
Skills
Why SCANS?
To help educators make
high school courses
more relevant to the
needs of a modern work
force.
The work place has changed
and you need to know these
skills to help you better
succeed.
BASIC SKILLS
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READING
WRITING
ARITHMETIC
MATHEMATICS
LISTENING
SPEAKING
BASIC SKILLS
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CREATIVE THINKING
DECISION MAKING
PROBLEM SOLVING
SEEING THINGS IN
THE MIND’S EYE
• KNOWING HOW TO
LEARN
• REASONING
READING
Can I locate, understand, and
interpret information from
manuals, graphs, online
resources, and schedules-to
perform tasks?
WRITING
How well do I communicate
my thoughts, ideas,
information, and messages in
writing? Do I understand the
difference between formal
register and informal register
when communicating?
ARITHMETIC
How well do I make
estimates in my head?
Can I use whole numbers
and percentages in
practical situations? Do I
have a sense of
measurement for time,
space, or distance?
MATHEMATICS
Can I solve practical
problems with mathematical
techniques?
Do I know how to figure how
much carpet to buy? Do I
know how much paint it
would take to paint a room?
LISTENING
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RECEIVES
ATTENDS
INTERPRETS
AND RESPONDS
TO VERBAL
MESSAGES
SPEAKING
How well do I present
information to others?
Do I speak clearly and
respond to listener
feedback?
CREATIVE THINKING
• Uses
imagination
and combines
ideas and
information in
new ways.
DECISION MAKING
How well do I evaluate risks and
choose the best alternatives? How
often do my choices get me into
trouble?
PROBLEM SOLVING
• Do I recognize when a
problem exists?
• Do I know how to find
the resources I need?
• Can I make a plan to
solve it?
• Do I evaluate
progress?
• Can I revise the plan if
it doesn’t work?
Seeing Things Through
the Mind’s Eye
Do I see the total picture?
Do I see a building when I read a
blueprint?
Can I see the system’s operation
from the schematic or storyboard
design?
KNOWING HOW TO
LEARN
How well do I take the foundation
skills that have been provided to
me for many years and apply them
to new information? What kind of
foundation do I really have?
REASONING
• Do I have logical
thinking skills?
Do I approach a
problem with a
plan? Am I able
to see the next
step to
accomplish a
goal?
BASIC SKILLS= ACADEMIC
GRADES these are EASY TO
MEASURE….
NOW ON TO the Most
IMPORTANT SKILLS FOR
SUCCESS.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
• RESPONSIBILITY
• SELF-ESTEEM
• SOCIAL
• SELFMANAGEMENT
• INTEGRITY
• HONESTY
RESPONSIBILITY
• DO I EXERT A HIGH LEVEL OF EFFORT
TO ACHIEVE A GOAL? Do I have a Good
Work Ethic?
• WHAT ABOUT MY ENTHUSIASM?
• AM I PUNCTUAL IN ARRIVAL,
ATTENDANCE, and for DEADLINES?
• ARE MY STANDARDS HIGH?
• DO I HAVE MATERIALS FOR CLASS?
• DO I PERSIST EVEN IF I THINK THE
WORK IS HARD?
SELF-ESTEEM
• DO I BELIEVE IN
MYSELF?
• WILL I LET
OTHERS SEE MY
SKILLS OR DO I
HIDE WITH
POOR
BEHAVIOR?
• DO I REALIZE I
INFLUENCE
OTHERS?
• WILL I TRY TO
DO THE RIGHT
THING WHEN
OTHERS DON’T?
SOCIAL
HOW DO I TREAT OTHERS?
DO I TRY TO HELP OR
BELITTLE?
AM I ABLE TO RESPECT
OTHERS?
SELF-MANAGEMENT
DO I SET GOALS AND
COMPLETE WORK?
DO I EXHIBIT SELF-CONTROL?
DO I PLAN WITH & UTILIZE
TIMELINES?
DO I RESPOND TO FEEDBACK
WITHOUT GETTING
DEFENSIVE?
INTEGRITY/HONESTY
• CAN I BE TRUSTED?
• IF ASKED TO GET A
TASK DONE AND
LEFT
UNSUPERVISED, DO I
WORK or GOOF OFF?
• DO I TELL THE
TRUTH EVEN IF IT
MIGHT BE
UNCOMFORTABLE
FOR ME?
You will be responsible for
giving yourself a portion of your
own SCANS grade in this class.
To be successful adults in the
work place you will learn to
develop the SCANS skills that
every employer wants.