| In the summer of 2003, The Houston A+ Challenge invited area businesses to partner with Reagan High School teachers to pilot an externship program as part of a massive, three-year, district-wide high school redesign initiative called Houston Schools for a New Society. The pilot was so well received that The Houston A+ Challenge expanded the program. The externships will help teachers develop a better understanding of the attributes needed by high school graduates to succeed in the workplace. These attributes, developed by area business leaders as part of the Houston Schools for a New Society, are part of the Profile of Houston’s 21st Century High School Graduate and include:
• effective communicator
• proficient problem-solver
• self-directed worker and thinker
• culturally aware in a global world
• knowledgeable of worldwide issues
• cooperative team member
• efficient technology-user
• responsible citizen
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