Communication - CCSD

Issued by Cherry Creek School District

Earner has demonstrated MASTERY in communication by assessing a challenging communication situation, demonstrating active listening skills, cultural awareness, and the strategic use of oral, written, and/or technical communication skills and tools to affect a meaningful outcome. This micro-credential is derived from the Colorado Department of Education’s 21st Century Essential Skills and recommended areas for affective programming for Gifted and Talented students.

Type Validation

Skills

Earning Criteria

COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT: Understands the context, audience, and purpose that is responsive to the task at hand.
LISTENING SKILLS: To hear in an attentive manner, to understand and interpret communication accurately.
CULTURAL AWARENESS: An in-depth understanding of societal and communal set-ups, environments, problems, struggles, norms, and cultures; to know and feel the people around you and interact with them productively.
COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS: Using language or symbols artfully and strategically to convince, influence or please.

Standards

Colorado Department of Education | 21st Century Skills

Colorado Department of Education identifies the following skills and knowledge areas key to college and/or career readiness in the 21st Century: Critical Thinking and Reasoning, Information Literacy, Collaboration, Self-Direction, and Invention.

Colorado Department of Education | Affective Development

Colorado Department of Education's Office of Gifted and Talented identifies the following skills and knowledge as key to college and/or career readiness in the 21st Century: Personal Competence, Social Competence, Leadership Competence, Cultural Competence, and Communication Competence.