Employers to ask PHS students for soft-skill scores

Recognizing the importance of skills such as collaboration and initiative, at least 15 employers have pledged to ask Plymouth High School students for their soft-skill evaluations.
Plymouth High School began evaluating students on soft skills this year, in an effort to better prepare them for higher education, employment and society in general.
Teachers evaluate each student in each class on four soft skills: collaboration, respect, initiative and work habits, using a shared rubric that outlines expectations.
PHS students receive quarterly measures of their progress on developing soft skills along with their academic grades on their report cards. The measures range from 1 to 4, with the highest level being 4.
The soft-skill measures do not appear on official transcripts, so it is up to students to share the information with potential employers, admissions counselors and scholarship award committees.
A number of area businesses that employ students have signed the “Employer Agreement with Plymouth High School Regarding Soft Skills Assessment,” which indicates that they value the interpersonal and social skills taught and promoted at PHS. In addition, the businesses promise to ask potential employees to share the soft skills evaluations from their report cards.
Businesses who have signed the employer agreement:
Camp Anokijig
Chiro-Health Chiropractic Care Center
City of Plymouth
G & K Subway, Inc.
Kaats Water Conditioning, Inc.
Masters Gallery Foods
Meyer Motors
Northwestern Mutual - Plymouth
Plymouth Foam
Plymouth Piggly Wiggly
Plymouth Professional Massage Therapy
Plymouth School District - Summer School
Rocky Knoll Health Care Center
Sargento Foods Inc.
Van Horn Automotive
Additional businesses interested in signing the agreement should contact the high school office at 893-6911.