1. SCANS Skills
We all want our children to be successful in life. We wonder, though, if there's anything we can do to help ensure that they are successful.
In 1990, then Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin, wondered the same thing and formed the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS).

2. The Five Competencies Resources Interpersonal Information Systems
Technology

3. Resources allocates time allocates money
allocates material and facility resources
allocates human resources

4. Interpersonal participates as a member of a team teaches others
serves clients/customers
exercises leadership
negotiates
works with cultural diversity

5. Information acquires and evaluates information
organizes and maintains information
interprets and communicates information
uses computers to process information.

6. Systems understands systems monitors and corrects performance
improves and designs systems

7. Technology selects technology applies technology to task
maintains and troubleshoots technology

8. The Three Foundation Skills
Basic Skills
Thinking Skills
Personal Qualities

9. Basic Skills reading writing
Mathematics (arithmetical computation and mathematical reasoning)
listening
speaking

10. Thinking Skills creative thinking making decisions solving problems
seeing things in the mind's eye
knowing how to learn
reasoning

11. Personal Qualities individual responsibility self-esteem sociability
self-management
integrity