Wayfinder | Future-Ready Skills + AI Resources

Human + Future-Ready Skills

Prepare students for what’s next with future-ready skills.

Wayfinder ensures future readiness by teaching students important skills like resilience, adaptability, and effective communication. In today’s evolving world, Wayfinder elevates essential life skills alongside academic knowledge, ensuring students are equipped to thrive.

Our future-ready curriculum is designed to support students' well-being and teaches skills for navigating their future with confidence and purpose. Wayfinder emphasizes student growth and addresses relevant topics like social media, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship in engaging ways.

Digital Citizenship for Students

Developing Safe + Responsible Digital Behaviors for Students

Phones, social media, AI—the future is digital. Students who learn to use it wisely and build digital citizenship skills will shape what comes next (and won't be shaped by their tech!).

Wayfinder gives students the tools to build digital literacy skills, create healthy online habits, and balance social media use so they can navigate digital spaces with confidence and purpose.

Get resources related to essential aspects of digital citizenship and teach K-12 students how to thrive both online + offline.

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Portrait of a Future-Ready Graduate

Learn what educators and district leaders can do to prepare tomorrow’s graduates in our new white paper—Portrait of a Future-Ready Graduate.

Get the white paper to explore:

Research-backed strategies for teaching adaptability, critical thinking, collaboration, and more
How automation and AI are reshaping the workforce—and what it means for students
Real-world examples of schools successfully fostering future-ready graduates

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Preparing Students for the Future of Work

Top companies agree: the skills tomorrow’s graduates need for professional success are predominantly those built through social development. According to the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Future of Jobs Report, 9 out of the top 10 most in-demand skills are intra + interpersonal competencies.

Read our Preparing Students for the Future of Jobs Info Guide and learn:

Workforce trends + shifts
Top workforce skills for future-ready grads
Strategies to bridge interpersonal skills + career readiness

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What is AI Literacy in K-12 Education?

AI Literacy means understanding how artificial intelligence works, how it’s used, and how it affects our world. It includes knowing how to use AI tools, think critically about them, and recognize their impact on daily life.

For today’s K–12 students, AI literacy is essential. As AI shapes everything from social media to future careers, students need the skills to use technology responsibly, make informed choices, and thrive in a rapidly changing digital world.

The Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge

AI Leadership + The Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge

On April 23, 2025, the White House signed an executive order, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth, to advance the use of AI in K-12 schools. The main goals from the executive order include:

Launching a task force on AI in education, bringing together leaders from various federal agencies.
Introducing the Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge to engage students and educators in innovative uses of AI.
Advancing AI-focused Registered Apprenticeship programs to build a skilled workforce.

According to the Executive Order, the Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge aims to "encourage and highlight student and educator achievements in AI, promote wide geographic adoption of technological advancement, and foster collaboration between government, academia, philanthropy, and industry to address national challenges with AI solutions."

School districts and state education agencies are expecting additional information on grants and professional development opportunities related to this Executive Order, with federal guidance expected to influence how these programs develop over time.

“They’re Going to be Wayfinders”: Helping Students Navigate Life with AI

“They’re Going to be Wayfinders”: Helping Students Navigate Life with AI

Read our newest article to explore Wayfinder’s approach to teaching AI literacy in school to prepare students for a modern world shaped by uncertainty and opportunity.

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AI’s Limits are Making Future-Ready Skills More Important

Discover how AI can offer teachers a helping hand, make their jobs more manageable, and ensure their instruction is more effective for students.

Learn how future-ready skills are becoming more important in the age of AI

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How Aurora Science + Tech Nurtures Future Leaders with Wayfinder

Schools like Aurora Science + Tech (AST) are leading the charge in equipping students with essential life skills that transcend the classroom walls.

Read how Aurora Science + Tech nurtures future leaders.

Tomorrows Skills Today AI Webinar

Tomorrow's Skills Today: Preparing Students for an AI World Panel

This panel discussion features leading experts in AI as they explore how AI is impacting education and the workplace.

Watch the recorded panel discussion that unpacks crucial questions about how these emerging trends are shaping the educational landscape and what skills students need to thrive in today's AI-powered world.