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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 onAchievingNecessary
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• READING• WRITING• ARITHMETIC• MATHEMATICS• LISTENING• SPEAKING
BASIC SKILLS• CREATIVE THINKING• DECISION MAKING• PROBLEM SOLVING• SEEING THINGS IN THE
MIND’S EYE• KNOWING HOW TO
LEARN• REASONING
READINGCan I locate, understand, and
interpret information from manuals, graphs, online
resources, and schedules-to perform tasks?
WRITINGHow 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?
ARITHMETICHow 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• 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
• SELF-MANAGEMENT
• 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?
SOCIALHOW DO I TREAT OTHERS?
DO I TRY TO HELP OR BELITTLE?
AM I ABLE TO RESPECT OTHERS?
SELF-MANAGEMENTDO 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.