by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Essential Questions
Either in or out of school students have serious thinking to do when choosing career paths. In this case, having a list of meaningful questions can make that choice easier. Performance strategist Laura Garnett has provided a hundred of them in 100 Essential Questions...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Leadership
At some point, students will want to think or talk seriously about seeking an ideal career path. They might very well have this talk with their parents or even with you, their teacher. Others may choose a career counsellor to help them make the tough decisions and...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Solution Fluency
The primary focus of modern education is and always has been ensuring student readiness. This is a readiness, of course, for the best life we can have after school. For most, this means either graduating into post-secondary education or into promising careers. We...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
What are the college soft skills that will benefit your learners graduating into post secondary schools? We’ve whittled it down to 5, and what they can do right now to start sharpening them. But first, a word of truth. The Internet is awash in advice about the...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | STEM
With a strong development of jobs that require STEM education and training in recent years, more teachers are needed for these subjects. Additionally, more students should be shown the merits of these careers and what they can do with a STEM education in the future....
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Solution Fluency
via eLearning Infographics Students work hard to create awesome projects in school that they’re very proud of. They are personal milestones of growth, and testaments to our kids’ creative genius. Digital portfolios are a convenient way to showcase the best of...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Project Based Learning
via The Conversation Ernst and Young was the first prominent graduate employer to decide that its own entry criteria were a more accurate judge of job applicants than the degree classifications on their CVs. But similar moves away from a reliance on degree grades are...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Student Engagement
Via ABC Sixty per cent of Australian students are training for jobs that will not exist in the future or will be transformed by automation, according to a new report by the Foundation for Young Australians. The not-for-profit group, which works with young Australians...