A Game Changer for Soft Skills Development

Literacy Link South Central (LLSC) is pleased to announce a new project funded through the Royal Bank of Canada’s Future Launch initiative. Called “A Game Changer for Soft Skills Development,” this curriculum development project will support youth aged 15-29 in developing the skills they need to succeed in work and life.

In the months ahead, LLSC staff will work with a youth advisory committee and several project partners to identify the “soft skills” (such as communication, time management, and working with others) that are most critical to employers, yet remain difficult for young job seekers to develop. Then, using a lens of gamification and gaming psychology, we will develop curriculum to help youth increase those skills in an engaging, motivating format.

“This funding represents an excellent opportunity for our organization to work directly with youth to not only help them increase their soft skills, but learn from their perspectives and incorporate them into our training material,” said Project Manager Summer Burton.

Literacy Link South Central has a long history of developing innovative training material for adult literacy programs using the theories of Gamification. Literacy development through the guided building of a drone quadcopter, a 12-workbook series devoted to the tools of the Maker Movement, and our award-winning Innov-8 Basketball curriculum are examples LLSC will build from when developing our new Game Changer curriculum. For more information on LLSC’s innovative curriculum development, please visit https://www.llsc.on.ca/resources1#InnovationinLiteracy

The funding that makes this project possible is part of RBC’s 10-year, $500-million initiative to help Canadian youth prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. To learn more about RBC’s Future Launch initiative, please visit https://www.rbc.com/community-social-impact/apply-for-funding/future-launch-guidelines.html