Building Future-Readiness in College Learners: Growing Future-Ready Skills with Meaningful Impact

Building Future-Readiness in College Learners: A Practical Tool for Growing Future-Ready Skills with Meaningful Impact — From Self to Systems is a free, educator-developed tool is designed to help faculty and higher ed professionals bring future-ready skill development into their classrooms, programs, and co-curricular spaces.

Grounded in national frameworks for career and future readiness as well as decades of research and practice in teaching, leadership, learning design, and systems thinking, this practical tool bridges the gap between abstract competencies and meaningful student growth.

Inside, you'll find:

• 8 core competencies with clear daily habits (“core actions”) and behavior-based developmental levels
• 3 integrative competencies—Civic Responsibility, Global Perspective, and Intentional Resilience—built from cross-competency behaviors and systems thinking
• Student-centered language designed to support STARR storytelling and reflective practice
• Flexible application across disciplines, learning levels, and institutional priorities

Whether you're guiding a course, designing curriculum, leading a learning initiative, or mentoring students, this open-access tool helps make learning visible, valuable, and transferable—across contexts and over time.