Core+Competencies



**PSD’s ** **Core Competencies ** ||
 * **Critical Thinking and Problem Solving ** ||  **Analyzing information, researching and drawing appropriate conclusions and solutions **  ||
 * **Creativity and Innovation ** ||  **Generating or recognizing new alternatives or possibilities; creating new knowledge **  ||
 * **Collaboration ** ||  **Working productively with others to reach a goal by reaching consensus, finding compromise or building community **  ||
 * **Citizenship ** ||  **Respecting diversity, understanding context & connectedness and fostering interdependence demonstrating the ideals and behaviors of citizenship at the local, regional and global level **  ||
 * **Communication (Oral, Written and Visual) ** ||  **Effectively creating, delivering and receiving messages using verbal, written and symbolic modes **  ||
 * **Information Technology ** ||  **Using electronic information & knowledge tools to interpret, analyze, compose and communicate **  ||
 * **College and Career Readiness ** ||  **Mastering relevant academic content and employability skills so students will thrive in college-level courses or skilled workforce opportunities upon graduation from high school **  ||