10 Essential Skills

In conjunction with the Council for Post-Secondary Education’s (CPE) efforts to ensure Kentucky College’s graduates receive not only a quality collegiate education, but a focused effort on the 10 Essential Skills, Ashland Community and Technical College is honored to partner with sister colleges across the state to participate as an Academy I member of the KY Graduate Profile.

ACTC’s mission is a commitment to Educate with excellence. Serve with purpose. Succeed for life. To help students demonstrate their ability to apply skills essential to the modern workplace, ACTC has combined our mission with the Graduate Profile initiative. Students who successfully complete identified assignments/assessments, and/or activities through Career Services are eligible to receive badges and apply for the Work Ready Certificate.

At ACTC, we believe the 10 Essential Skills are a fundamental necessity to ensuring our graduates have everything they need to not only be competitive in the 21st Century workplace, but excel beyond their counterparts. That is why students will have multiple opportunities to earn the 10 badges as they progress through their education. 

1. Communicate effectively
2. Think critically in order to solve problems and create new ideas and solutions
3. Apply quantitative reasoning skills to analyze and solve numerical problems
4. Interact effectively with people from different backgrounds
5. Adapt to changing circumstances while leading and supporting others
6. Perform professionally within their chosen field of study or occupation
7. Engage in civic life to improve society
8. Collaborate and work in teams
9. Apply academic knowledge, skills, and abilities to their chosen career
10. Use information for decision-making

Post-Secondary Work Ready Certification (WRC) Overview

The ACTC Career Services Department, Ashland Alliance, and the ACTC Career Services Advisory Committee share an understanding of what is needed to develop and launch a successful career in the tri-state area. In conjunction with the KY Graduate Profile’s 10 Essential Skills, the Post-Secondary Work Ready Certificate Program is a self-initiated program filled with various resources, activities, and opportunities for students to develop and gain measurable skills through services offered by the ACTC Career Services Department. Students that wish to earn their certificate and receive recognition at graduation must complete all established criteria outlined in the Ashland Community and Technical College Post-Secondary Work Ready Certification Program. Students should start their WRC process by registering on Handshake.