Arizona Professional Skills

The Arizona Professional Skills are taught as an integral part of all CTE programs. They are recognized by business and industry leaders as being the most critical knowledge and skills necessary to obtain the job, be successful in the job, and advance in any career pathway. They are the result of 11 focus groups conducted around the state by the Arizona Department of Education, Career and Technical Skills Department, working in cooperation with the Arizona CTE Quality Commission, advocates for accountability and excellence in Career and Technical Education.

Professional Skills: Standards, Rubrics, Resources

• Professional Skills Standards

Complex Communication

• Complex Communication Rubric

Collaboration

• Collaboration Rubric

Thinking and Innovation

• Thinking and Innovation Rubric

Professionalism

• Professionalism Rubric

Initiative and Self-Direction

• Initiative and Self-Direction Rubric

Intergenerational and Cross-Cultural Competence

• Intergenerational and Cross-Cultural Competence Rubric

Organizational Culture

• Organizational Culture Rubric

Legal and Ethical Practices

• Legal and Ethical Practices Rubric

Financial Practices

• Financial Practices Rubric