Nine essential skill sets to prepare young people to navigate, and help shape, our future world.
The Future9 Competencies are a free, open resource to power your vision for future-ready learning for all.
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The Nine Competencies
The Nine Competencies
Build Community
I can nurture my relationships and connections with others to build and sustain my community.
Design Solutions
I can identify challenges in the world around me and design ways to address them.
Engage in Inquiry
I can pursue answers to meaningful questions through primary and secondary research.
Express Ideas
I can develop and communicate my ideas with purpose and clarity.
Learn Interdependently
I can lead my own learning while collaborating with and contributing to the learning of others.
Navigate Conflict
I can process my feelings, attune to others, and contribute to constructive resolution.
Read the World
I can engage with diverse ideas and a range of media to understand and critically examine the world around me.
Reason Quantitatively
I can reason through, represent, and communicate mathematical problems and approaches to solving them.
Sustain Wellness
I can develop practices to support my own well-being, embrace difference, and foster intercultural competence.