The Institute for the Future published its “Future Work Skills 2020”, where it identified its six drivers, or “disruptive shifts that will reshape the workforce landscape”:

extreme longevity

computational world

superstructured organizations

rise of smart machines and systems

new media ecology

globally connected world

The International Data Corporation published a white paper called “Skills requirements for tomorrow’s best jobs”. It highlights the following as some of its key skills for the future:

Communication skills

Detail oriented

Customer service oriented

Organizational skills

Problem solving

What do you think we can do to help students become ready for the future workforce?

Working with students in special education means reinforcing reading, writing and math skills essential for their future. This also includes information regarding college and tech schools available in the area in which they live and in subject matter they are interested in. Reinforcing their confidence and motivation is key to their success outside of high school.

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As a Special Education Teacher, I think that the workforce should be presented to the students in various ways. Although, all subjects offered to my students are to be utilized to help them within then the workforce, I also take them to Job Fairs, do College tours, and visit worksites to expose them to the types of jobs that are readily available to them. I also, help reinforce their reading and writing skills which are extremely important.

Responsibility, communication, collaboration, organization, professionalism - these are all skills we have got to make sure our students are cultivating in our classrooms.

As a transitional kindergarten teacher, I need to get my students to be able to use their words to explain what they are thinking and to solve their problems. I tell them I can't see inside their brains, so they have to let me know what is going on in there. I think if we all used our words to solve problems, there wouldn't be the violence there is in this world.