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Critical Skills Program - Antioch Center for School Renewal - Antioch University New England

Critical Skills Program

Gain valuable support and experience by sharing with classmates. The Critical Skills Program offers educators a set of powerful learning experiences in support of classroom and school change initiatives.

Through the model of the Critical Skills Classroom, we help you to develop a cohesive approach to address many of the challenges faced by educators today:

aligning curricula with state and district learning frameworks
designing real-world, problem-based learning experiences
shaping safe, collaborative classroom and school cultures
integrating critical skill development with content learning
implementing competency-based assessment practices
achieving substantive and compelling learning for students

Our program faculty and staff are experienced master teachers and leaders who have significant experience and success implementing this Critical Skills Classroom model and have completed advanced Critical Skills and leadership training. This program has been bringing the Critical Skills Classroom to schools throughout New England and elsewhere for more than twenty years.

“Critical Skills gave me the framework and the rationale to do what I knew was right for children. It helped me create experiences in the classroom with a larger vision in mind.”—Bonnie Irwin Fifth/Sixth Grade Teacher, Thetford Elementary School

The Critical Skills

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Critical Skills Model

The Critical Skills were identified through an extensive and unique collaboration among educators, business people, government officials, and community leaders. The work of this taskforce was to examine and articulate the skills critical for success to meet the many demands in today’s complex and everchanging world. These are the skills needed by all graduates from our schools and should be a classroom focus, alongside the subject matter, at all grade levels.

Problem Solving

Decision Making

Communication

Organization

Critical Thinking

Creative Thinking

Collaboration

Leadership

Last Updated: 5/12/08