The Pennsylvania Soft Skills Study | Origin: ED115R
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Soft Skills for Instructors --> The Pennsylvania Soft Skills Study
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Instructors need to be accountable to their students as well, even more so.
Haven't learned much yet, it's just more refining soft skills
The study highlighted teamwork as critical and it is a sift skill that instructors often underemphasized or assume students will pick up on their own rather than explicitly teaching and practicing.
Soft skills are important to become a successful instructor and I intend to apply that by promoting collaboration in clinical settings through assignments.
Having integrity as an instructor is important for a successful relationship between teacher and students.
Instructors should leave all problems at the door and deal with issues in the classroom without bias.
Soft skills training and education related to the top ten skills identified by the Pennsylvania study would benefit educators as much as ethics training and the other required annual trainings.
Being an overall good human being plays a role in soft skill development
Comment on christopher greene's
You are absolutely right. Integrity is the fundamental basis for all relationships wether professional or personal.
Team work and collaboration is important to student success and instructor satisfaction.
I think that communication skills is very important to educators. I think that collaboration is required to meet the needs of diverse studenhts
I learned from the Pennsylvania Soft Skills Study that employers put a high value on teamwork and productive working relationships. Long-term professional success frequently depends more on soft skills like problem-solving, communication, teamwork, and adaptability than on technical knowledge. The study also emphasizes how teachers can overlook these skills in favor of mainly technical instruction. I aspire to put what I've learned into practice by consciously strengthening these soft skills in peer interactions, group projects, and presentations. In addition to improving my academic experience, developing my ability for teamwork and collaborative problem-solving would better equip me for professional settings where success depends on interpersonal skills.
Communication is a big key in a good working relationship.
This is a refresher training for me. Teamwork is vital in the work relationship. Establishing rapport makes a lot of difference for instructors.
I have gotten better on this.
Common sense in the glue that holds all the other soft skills together.
There are a lot of factors that goes into an efficient teacher who has soft skills. A teacher has to be a role model for their students as to how to act professionally and follow the rules and protocols. Teachers also need to ability to resolve conflicts in a calm and composed manner while maintaining the perspective of all of their students.
Having an understanding that not every student is the same and will learn the same, while being able to adapt to assist each student to the best of our ability.
The teacher is a role model. What we show will often be more important than what we know. I thought integrity would be #1. If you have integrity then you should be a team player, dependable, have a positive attitude, etc. Since 55% of communication is nonverbal, we need to be aware of our nonverbal cues. We are the starting point to professionalism . We must model what constitutes a good professional.
If the instructor has a good understanding of soft skills then it becomes easy to model them for their students. Teamwork is an important skill to learn since it is a good skill to have in the work environment.
