Future - Ready Skills
Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Agency, and Citizenship: These six essential skills are embedded into all classes at ILHS. Students are assessed and receive feedback in these areas throughout their four years at ILHS, with the goal of practicing and growing their mastery skills to prepare them for success in college, career, and life. Students have opportunities to demonstrate their skills during student-led conferences, Better World Day, and other project showcases.
ILHS students build a Mastery Learning Record, a virtual, interactive portfolio that allows students to tell their story as learners and demonstrate their success at achieving their mastery skills through examples of their accomplishments inside and outside of school. The mastery learning record presents colleges and universities with a complete picture of what a student has done and is able to do. Check out the Mastery Transcript Consortium website to learn more about the Mastery Learning Record. To see a sample record you can check out Raven Corvid's MLR at https://record.mastery.org Access Code: U5QNLV
Innovation Lab High School Foundational Future-Ready Skills
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Innovation Lab High School Foundational Future-Ready Skills |
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Communication |
Collaboration |
Critical Thinking |
Creativity |
Agency |
Citizenship |
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Discussions Advances collective understanding through listening, contributing relevant ideas, and engaging with others' viewpoints. |
Cooperation Works productively with diverse team members, valuing both relationship quality and shared goal achievement |
Information Literacy Finds, evaluates, and uses information from different sources responsibly. |
Mental Flexibility Shifts between different thinking modes, perspectives, and disciplines to develop diverse approaches and connections. |
Initiative to Learn Pursues knowledge independently based on understanding of personal curiosity and identifies meaningful questions to investigate. issues. |
Global Awareness Demonstrates diverse perspectives, cultures, and global |
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Real-Time Presentations Delivers content adapted to the audience and purpose, demonstrating clarity, presence, and ability to maintain engagement. |
Accountability Meets team commitments as agreed upon and on schedule. |
Analysis Evaluates evidence critically to develop claims supported by reasoning that guide decisions and actions |
Ideation Generates, refines, and selects ideas to address improvement through challenges, opportunities, or creative pursuits. |
Growth Orientation Demonstrates personal reflection, adapting to feedback, and using setbacks as opportunities for growth. |
Empathy Applies insights from understanding others' experiences to drive meaningful action. |
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Written Communication Produces organized and purposeful written content that addresses the task and audience requirements |
Feedback Provides and receives constructive input that improves work quality and relationships |
Modeling Analyzes systems and constructs representations to predict outcomes and test theories |
Creative Courage Pursues untested ideas and approaches despite uncertainty of outcomes |
Project Management Organizes and executes complex tasks by establishing goals, managing time, and allocating resources to deliver results. |
Ethics Examines complex topics by weighing competing values and considering effects on different groups. |
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Networking Builds connections with peers, mentors, and community members to exchange information and support goals |
Role Flexibility Adapts to fulfill different team functions based on changing needs and personal strength |
Problem-Solving Addresses complex challenges using structured approaches to create solutions that meet intended |
Expression Produces imaginative works that convey ideas, emotions, or perspectives. |
Craftsmanship Creates physical products and solutions with precision, care, and appropriate techniques. |
Community Engagement Advocates for and engages in activities that address community needs |
Additional information about the Future-Ready Skills, such as Advanced Skills and details about each skill can be found in this
expanded overview and the longer full documentation of all skills.
When applying to colleges and universities, students submit their Mastery Learning Record, which links to a student's high school transcript. This interactive page includes a student statement, display of skills demonstrated while at ILHS, courses taken, and links to evidence curated and featured by the student. This functions as a digital portfolio where a student does not just claim to have particular skills or talents, but actually shows evidence of what they’ve done, their abilities, and who they are as a student. Colleges can still view the student’s traditional high school transcript with its course lists and grades through the MLR, but they are first presented with this much more complete picture of the student.