1. Competencies Critical to
CRITICAL CORE:
Competencies Critical to
Student Success

2. CPCC Professional Panel featuring: And More!
Academic Learning Center
Workplace Learning and Cooperative Education
First Year Experience
Graduation
International Student Programs
Office of Mentoring and Bridge
Outreach and Recruitment
And More!

3. We all work with students outside of the classroom!!!
What do we have in common?
We all work with students
outside of the classroom!!!

4. What is the Critical Core?
An articulated pathway that ensures exposure to and opportunity to attain proficiency in the CRITICAL CORE competency areas of
Critical Thinking
Communication
Personal Growth and Cultural Literacy
Information Technology and Quantitative Literacy.

5. Why is the Critical Core Important to Everyone at the College?
It emphasizes the attainment of 21st century skills that are expected by employers and four-year educational institutions, and required for personal, academic, and professional success.

6. Why is the Critical Core Important to Everyone at the College?
Establishes a transferable skill set within our graduates.
95% of employers give hiring preference to college graduates with skills that will enable them to contribute to innovation in the workplace.
93% of employers say that a “demonstrated capacity to think critically (Critical Thinking), communicate clearly (Communication), and solve problems (Information Technology and Quantitative Literacy) is more important than [a candidate’s] undergraduate major.
 Data adapted from Survey of employers from the Association of Colleges and Universities.

7. How are we reinforcing one or more Critical Core skills in our daily work with students outside the classroom?

8. How can we deepen the integration of critical core competencies into our daily work with students outside of the classroom?

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