t the heart of the Future9 is the belief These are some of the needs and hopes that shaped the Future9 that every young person deserves the Competencies into a whole-learner, trans-disciplinary, outcomes- Aopportunity, not only to prepare for a driven framework for learning design, assessment, growth measurement and reporting. complex and rapidly changing world, but to help shape it. You’ll find in this framework, not only a big-picture vision for future readiness, but a concrete set of ready-to-use skill progressions that The Future9 Competencies are a roadmap to future readiness. They will help you prioritize and measure the learning that matters most. define nine essential skill sets for preparing young people to navigate The framework o昀昀ers clear outcomes for future readiness, with six and shape our future world – inspired by the voices and perspectives developmental stages for charting the path. While there’s no single, of students, researchers, employers, parents and caregivers, linear pathway for building competency, the skill progressions within postsecondary institutions, and over a decade of our own research and this framework use strengths-based, student-friendly language to field work alongside educators. help learners approximate where they are, see visible evidence of their growth, and connect daily learning to future-readiness goals. We heard young people ask for learning experiences that were more To educators everywhere: Whether you’re defining learning targets meaningful and relevant to their future goals. We heard state leaders and building rubrics in your classroom, calibrating an entire faculty say they needed a more equitable and actionable way to measure on success criteria for cross-disciplinary skill development, mapping progress toward their Profile of a Graduate. We heard educators district-level assessment goals, or working to make a Profile of a struggling to prioritize among hundreds of age-based learning Graduate actionable and measurable, the Future9 are for you – a free, standards, without ways to locate where learners actually are that open resource to help you realize your vision for equitable, future- weren’t punitive, or that didn’t require them to build the tools from ready learning for all. scratch. We heard school counselors express concerns that the socio- emotional learning needs of students were invisible from academic standard frameworks. We heard parents wish for more assurance that their kids would graduate with the skills and opportunities to build a good life, navigate hardships with resilience, and be productive, contributing members of their community. Sydney Schaef, Ed.D., M.B.A. LEAD ARCHITECT, FUTURE9 COMPETENCIES Looking for an editable reDesign version to take to the classroom? Try out our PowerPoint slide deck! © 2024 reDesign. This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, a Creative Commons 2 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.