Here at Conover, we are passionate about emotional intelligence and soft skills. We’ll be looking at six big examples which we think shine a light on how important understanding and developing soft skills can be. 1. News - Stephen Hawking: Black Holes “Are Not The Eternal Prisons” We Once Thought Source: [...]
Known For: 16th President of the United States, Ending Slavery Primary Soft Skills: Empathy, Communication Skills, Attitude, Resiliency, Critical Thinking I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. - Abraham Lincoln How did a man born in the woods of Kentucky with less than 18 months of formal education [...]
Download our Infographic on Soft Skills! 2/ 3 of Success in the Workplace is Soft Skills Why are soft skills and soft skill assessments important for business? Read the facts below and see for yourself. Understanding soft skills (or emotional intelligence) and how it contributes to any work organization [...]
On July 22, 2014, President Barack Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law. This is the first legislative reform of the public workforce system in more than 15 years. WIOA replaces the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and retains and amends the Adult Education and Family [...]
On December 26th, President Obama signed the 2-year budget deal proposed by Paul Ryan and Patty Murray. The bipartisan budget deal will restore about $22.5 billion in fiscal year 2014 of the $26 billion in non-defense discretionary funding cut out of the budget in fiscal year 2013. While it's still [...]
Well, it finally happened. The sequester has come, and with it a 5% cut to most Special Education budgets. While that’s certainly not good news, it is better than the proposed 9% cut that had been talked about ad nauseum for the last several months. The big question now is: [...]
In light of the events of last week, it is with a heavy heart that I write this blog post. While I can’t imagine the level of pain and hurt that those families are experiencing, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone whose lives are forever changed by the [...]
With the reporting requirements of the IDEA legislation and increased focus on transition and Indicator 13, data-tracking and accountability in Special Education is becoming an even bigger issue. And to be honest, it should. Be Accountable for Student's Success Now let me preface that statement by saying that I can [...]
There are two critical resources that we all have: 1) time, and 2) money. For the vast majority of us, these two are linked. We go to our jobs every day and trade our time for money so we can buy the things we need. In education, the formula is [...]
It’s been said that the first step in solving a problem is recognizing that there’s a problem. One of the biggest problems I hear from school districts all over the country is that they don’t have enough time to properly administer, score, interpret, and catalog assessment results that are required [...]