Triple-Credentialing
The same content, three legitimate claims
Power Hour's 18 skills can be credentialed against three independent, validated frameworks at the same time. That's the mechanism that makes the skill spine defensible to funders, employers, and evaluators simultaneously.
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Of 18 map to FL framework
FL Chamber 2019 Framework
Florida-employer-validated. 13 verbatim from the framework + 2 promoted from sub-skills (Leadership, Negotiation).
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Of 18 map cleanly to Top 10
Top 10 Durable Skills
America Succeeds / Pathsmith™ analysis of 76M+ job postings. Validates labor-market alignment of the durable skills in our spine.
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HI constructs activated
HelloInsight Applied SEL
Validated measurement (Cronbach αs 0.81–0.86). Pre/Mid/Post survey at sessions 1, 3, 6 measures growth.
What this means for funders
The same 18 skills, working through the same 6 clusters, generate evidence in three currencies at once: Florida employer alignment, national labor-market alignment, and validated SEL measurement. That's not three programs — that's one program with three legitimate credentialing claims.
Provenance
Where the 18 Skills Come From
The skill spine is intentionally derived, not invented. Every skill traces to a named, defensible source — and where Power Hour adds or modifies, the rationale is explicit.
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From the FL Chamber Foundation 2019 Employability Skills Framework — verbatim or lightly renamed.
Reliability · Communication · Problem Solving · Systems Design Thinking · Resource Management · Interpersonal Skills (split, see below) · Willingness to Learn (renamed Learning Agility) · Teamwork · Adaptive Thinking (merged with Adaptability) · Entrepreneurial Mindset · Technology Use (merged) · Critical Thinking · Applied Academic Skills (renamed Project Execution) · Design Thinking Mindset · Virtual Collaboration.
Reliability · Communication · Problem Solving · Systems Design Thinking · Resource Management · Interpersonal Skills (split, see below) · Willingness to Learn (renamed Learning Agility) · Teamwork · Adaptive Thinking (merged with Adaptability) · Entrepreneurial Mindset · Technology Use (merged) · Critical Thinking · Applied Academic Skills (renamed Project Execution) · Design Thinking Mindset · Virtual Collaboration.
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Promoted from FL sub-skills to standalone skills — mission-critical for women-in-leadership / wage-gap focus.
Leadership — FL framework had this as a sub-bullet under Interpersonal Skills. We promoted it because the program is literally named for women in leadership.
Negotiation — FL framework had this as "Negotiates to resolve conflicts" under Interpersonal Skills. The wage gap and ask gap demand a discrete depth ladder.
Leadership — FL framework had this as a sub-bullet under Interpersonal Skills. We promoted it because the program is literally named for women in leadership.
Negotiation — FL framework had this as "Negotiates to resolve conflicts" under Interpersonal Skills. The wage gap and ask gap demand a discrete depth ladder.
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Split out of FL "Interpersonal Skills" umbrella — for concreteness and teachability.
Networking & Relationship Building — the broader "Interpersonal Skills" was a 5-item basket; we surfaced this skill as standalone because it has its own depth ladder (Y1 informational interviews → Y4 portable network).
Networking & Relationship Building — the broader "Interpersonal Skills" was a 5-item basket; we surfaced this skill as standalone because it has its own depth ladder (Y1 informational interviews → Y4 portable network).
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Net-new Power Hour additions — from existing E5 framework, pulled into the spine.
AI & Tech Fluency — merges FL "Technology Use." Goes beyond use to judgment: when to use AI, when not to, how to critique its output.
Financial Resilience — lifetime earnings, post-grad budget, salary negotiation, total comp. The economic muscle of a women-in-leadership program.
AI & Tech Fluency — merges FL "Technology Use." Goes beyond use to judgment: when to use AI, when not to, how to critique its output.
Financial Resilience — lifetime earnings, post-grad budget, salary negotiation, total comp. The economic muscle of a women-in-leadership program.
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Merged duplicates — FL had Adaptive Thinking, E5 had Adaptability. Single name.
Adaptability — the merged skill, sitting in Cluster 1 as a Foundation-of-Self anchor.
Adaptability — the merged skill, sitting in Cluster 1 as a Foundation-of-Self anchor.
How to cite
"FL Chamber Foundation 2019 Employability Skills Framework + 3 Power Hour additions." Never just "18 from the FL Workforce Study" — that legacy phrasing was incomplete and obscured the provenance.
Cross-Reference
Triple-Credentialing Alignment Table
Each of the 18 skills mapped to (a) its FL Chamber 2019 source, (b) its Top 10 Durable Skills equivalent, and (c) its primary HelloInsight construct. Cluster assignment in the first column.
| Skill | FL Chamber 2019 | Top 10 Durable | HelloInsight Construct | Cluster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01Reliability & Self-Discipline | FL: Reliability | ✓ Character / Integrity | Applied SEL | C1 · Nov |
| 02Learning Agility | FL: Willingness to Learn | ✓ Metacognition | Adaptive Mindset | C1 · Nov |
| 03Adaptability | FL: Adaptive Thinking (merged with E5 Adaptability) | ✓ Adaptability | Adaptive Mindset | C1 · Nov |
| 04Communication | FL: Communication | ✓ Communication (α=0.83) | Communication | C2 · Dec |
| 05Networking & Relationship Building | FL: split from Interpersonal Skills | ~ Collaboration (partial) | Career Knowledge · Applied SEL | C2 · Dec |
| 06Virtual Collaboration | FL: Virtual Collaboration | ~ Collaboration (partial) | Collaboration (α=0.81) | C2 · Dec |
| 07Critical Thinking | FL: Critical Thinking | ✓ Critical Thinking | Critical Thinking (α=0.85) | C3 · Jan |
| 08Problem Solving | FL: Problem Solving | ✓ Problem-Solving | Critical Thinking | C3 · Jan |
| 09Systems Design Thinking | FL: Systems Design Thinking | — | Critical Thinking | C3 · Jan |
| 10Teamwork | FL: Teamwork | ✓ Collaboration | Collaboration (α=0.81) | C4 · Feb |
| 11Resource Management | FL: Resource Management | — | Goal Orientation (α=0.86) | C4 · Feb |
| 12Project Execution | FL: Applied Academic Skills (renamed) | ~ Initiative (partial) | Goal Orientation | C4 · Feb |
| 13Leadership | FL: promoted from sub-skill | ✓ Leadership | Applied SEL · Career Knowledge | C5 · Mar |
| 14Negotiation | FL: promoted from sub-skill | ~ Communication / Leadership (partial) | Applied SEL · Communication | C5 · Mar |
| 15Financial Resilience | PH net-new (E5) | — | Career Knowledge · Goal Orientation | C5 · Mar |
| 16Entrepreneurial Mindset | FL: Entrepreneurial Mindset | ✓ Initiative + Creativity | Growth Orientation (α=0.82) | C6 · Apr |
| 17Design Thinking Mindset | FL: Design Thinking Mindset | ~ Creativity (partial) | Growth Orientation | C6 · Apr |
| 18AI & Tech Fluency | PH net-new (E5, merges FL Tech Use) | — | Adaptive Mindset · Critical Thinking | C6 · Apr |
Reading this table
✓ = direct match · ~ = partial / overlapping match · — = no equivalent in that framework. Most "no equivalent" cells are deliberate: the Top 10 Durable framework strips out tool-specific skills (tech, academic, financial), which is exactly where Power Hour's distinctive value-add lives.
Cluster ↔ Research Bridge
Each Cluster, Anchored in Evidence
Each of the 6 clusters maps to specific findings from the OST research base. The cluster names changed; the research backing didn't.
01 · NOV
Foundation of Self
SEL foundations + identity work + belonging come first. Reliability, learning agility, and adaptability are the developmental anchors high schoolers need before they can take on career identity work.
Evidence: Erikson Identity vs. Role Confusion; Cantor et al. on belonging precedes content; HelloInsight Adaptive Mindset construct.
02 · DEC
Communication & Connection
Top 10 Durable Skills #1 by demand: Communication. Networking opens doors that grades alone can't. Virtual Collaboration is now a baseline skill for any white-collar work.
Evidence: America Succeeds (76M postings): Communication is the #1 most-requested durable skill; Granovetter's "strength of weak ties" on networking.
03 · JAN
Thinking Tools
Critical thinking is the cognitive backbone of every other skill. Problem solving and systems design make abstract thinking concrete and applied.
Evidence: WEF Future of Jobs: analytical thinking is the most important core skill in 2025; HelloInsight Critical Thinking α=0.85.
04 · FEB
Doing & Delivering
Teamwork (=Collaboration in Top 10) is universally requested. Resource management and project execution turn intent into shipped work.
Evidence: HelloInsight Collaboration α=0.81, Goal Orientation α=0.86; OST research on capstone-style sustained projects vs. one-off events.
05 · MAR
Influence & Advocacy
Where Power Hour's mission shows up most directly. Leadership + Negotiation + Financial Resilience are the muscles that close the wage gap and the ask gap.
Evidence: Babcock & Laschever ("Women Don't Ask"): negotiation gap; Pew on lifetime earnings consequences of starting salary; AAUW on ask gap.
06 · APR
Innovation & Future Fluency
The future-ready layer. Entrepreneurial mindset + design thinking + AI & Tech Fluency prepare girls for jobs that don't exist yet — and for working with AI as a co-pilot.
Evidence: WEF Future of Jobs 2025: AI & Big Data is fastest-growing skill; OECD on durable skills resilience to automation; AI4K12 framework.
Research Base
The Underlying Research (Recap)
The full research base is in the legacy OST research doc. Key findings remain valid — they just now align to the skill spine instead of the 5 E's.
LABOR MARKET
Miami-Dade is hiring
+33,910 Professional Services jobs by 2034 (largest sector growth). +26,118 Healthcare jobs. Tech: $121K–$141K senior roles, 70–89% male — deliberate counter-programming opportunity.
SKILLS DEMAND
Durable skills win
76% of job postings request at least one durable skill (up from 64% in 4 years). 8 of 10 most crucial 2030 workforce skills will be durable. Optimal HS balance: 50–60% durable / 30–40% technical.
AI LITERACY
75% already use AI
75% of high school students used generative AI in 2024–25. The teaching opportunity isn't using AI — it's judgment about AI: when to use it, when not to, how to critique it. That's why Cluster 6 emphasizes critical evaluation, not just access.
EQUITY
Identity-relevant exposure matters
Women: 28% of STEM workforce nationally; ~5% are women of color. 40% of young women cite a single educator experience that shifted their STEM belonging. Mentorship from women of color is the strongest single intervention.
WAGE GAP
The numbers Power Hour exists to change
Hispanic women earn 55¢ per dollar. Black women: 61¢. Only 14% of girls are in traditionally male career pathways — where the highest wages live. Cluster 5 (Negotiation, Financial Resilience) targets this directly.
OST FORMATS
Sustained > one-off
3+ months of work-based learning accounts for ~⅓ of long-term earnings gains. Only 2% of HS students complete an internship — the gap Power Hour fills with 10 paid summer placements starting 2027.
Funder Pitch
One-Paragraph Version (For Funder Conversations)
The pitch in one paragraph
Power Hour is a 4-year career readiness program for high school girls at Girls Inc. of Greater Miami. We teach 18 named skills, grouped into 6 thematic clusters, scaffolded across 4 years through a vertical alignment matrix. The skills are derived from the FL Chamber Foundation's 2019 Employability Skills Framework, with two skills (Leadership and Negotiation) promoted to standalone status because the wage gap and ask gap can't be sub-bullets, and two net-new skills (AI & Tech Fluency, Financial Resilience) added to prepare girls for the AI-adjacent labor market. The same 18 skills work, simultaneously, against three validated frameworks: the FL Chamber 2019 Framework (Florida-employer endorsement), the America Succeeds Top 10 Durable Skills (76M-job-postings labor-market alignment), and the HelloInsight Applied SEL constructs (validated measurement with Cronbach αs of 0.81–0.86). That's how we credentialize a single body of content three different ways. Same content. Three legitimate claims.
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Cohort Target
75 consistent retention
25–33% of Girls Inc. of Greater Miami's 300-girl annual quota.
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Paid Internships
Summer 2027 launch
15 hrs/wk · 5–6 weeks. SYIP feeder ($0) or direct (~$1,500/intern).
<$1,500
Cost per student
Title 1 free; sliding scale otherwise
Equity baked into the pricing. The program is for the girls most likely to be locked out of high-wage pathways.
Legacy Reference
Original OST Research Doc
This is a supplement, not a replacement
The full research base — 1,131 lines of OST evidence, Miami labor market data, career cluster analysis, ecosystem mapping, and program design synthesis — lives in the legacy doc. Nothing in that document is wrong. What's updated here is the alignment table and the framing: how the 18-skill spine maps onto the same evidence base.