Personal and Social Responsibility
Students must be able to set and pursue personal, academic, family, and civic goals. They need the knowledge and skills to make ethical decisions; play an effective role in society at local, national, and global levels; become informed, thoughtful, and responsible citizens; and to participate in the life of their schools, community, and the wider world through service. Personal and social responsibility includes leadership and responsibility; communication and collaboration; productivity and accountability; social and cross-cultural skills; initiative and self-direction; financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy; civic literacy; and health literacy.

Digital-Age Literacy
Given the realities of globalization in a digital world, our students need to develop the strategies and skills to communicate effectively, work with diverse groups of people, use information and communications technologies, analyze information quality, and discern bias. These 21st Century knowledge and skills are necessary to learn and work in an age of accelerating societal change. Digital-Age Literacy includes global awareness information literacy, media literacy, and information and communication technologies literacy.

Learning and Thinking Skills
Learners and workers in the 21st century must be able to engage in complex thinking and reasoning processes as they complete meaningful, relevant tasks within the range of academic domains and real-world contexts that require problem solving. Learning and Thinking Skills include critical thinking and problem solving skills, flexibility and adaptability, and creativity and inovation skills.

Adapted from Partnership for 21st Century Skills and Catalina Foothills District