Seattle’s Learn and Work Ecosystem
Our long-term, collaborative approach leading a regional skillification effort has numerous downstream benefits to our community and our economy.
We have a translation problem. Because of the varied terminology and many methods used by K12, colleges and universities, nonprofit training providers, and employers to describe, capture, and honor learning, we cannot effectively “speak” to one another about skills and competencies.
As a result, the burden falls squarely on the shoulders of learners and workers—particularly immigrants, BIPOC, and people from low-income backgrounds—who must attempt to navigate through these muddy waters on their own.
Skillification is the process by which curricula, transcripts, job postings, and job descriptions are translated into a shared, skills-based language that is adopted and shared across our regional learn and work ecosystem.
