Soft skills are important in many occupations and becoming more recognized as essential for the job market. There are many parts to soft skills and replacing some old way of doing these skills will make me a better educator.

Soft skills is what gets people hired. In this industry, most people have their own unique/specific technical approach that can be taught on the job or in-training. Having an open mind and a collaborative spirit is the prerequisite! 

Based on my past experience as an AV Tech for a 3rd-party tech recruiter and negative past student interactions, I believe that soft skills are just as important, if not more so, than technical skills. If you don't have decent people skills or home training, you're DEAD in the water.

which skill has been cited as the most valuable in staying true to professionalism?

Indubitably, communication is the cord that ties all the soft skills together and makes delivery seamless without offending anyone irrespective of their cultural belefs and various background. I attest to the fact that emotional intelligence should rank as high as communication because if you noyt able to regulate your thoughts than you make not be able to perform  effeciently as a team member when opinions are diversed and one's

One of the hall marks of professionalism is good communoication skills and a dependable emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills.

An instructor should be a perfect model of dependability and integrity.

Worthy of note to mention that soft skills is the cord that ties hard skills and application of it to achieve success as a learner, if im the best student in the class but cannot apply common sense or seeing team work with my colleagues as extermely important, then success can hardly be achieved no matter the amount of effort invested.

In this module I have learnt that as importance as attending school is to master a skill, sustaining the skill and making it profitable during application is only accentuated through soft skills, no one wants a recluse in a job where your disposition and personable appearance speaks volume. Ability to relate to other workers is as important as been top of the class in academics.

Comment on Jason Rostkowski's post: Since the advent of Pro Tools in the late 1980's, computers have become the catalyst in digital audio technology. It's not just enough to know audio hardware, but also how to manage the analog and digital realms based on what you are doing.

Lifelong learning means to keep on top of new methods and technologies in your chosen field of study. That in itself is a challenge for teachers, as well as students.

Comment on Jason Rostkowski's post: I agree with this statement. Also, taking personal accountability for your thoughts and actions should be emphasized as well. In this post-pandemic environment, I find that quite a few students don't do this.  The practice of 'Passing the buck' should be addressed.