Virginia’s visual arts instructional programs reinforce Virginia’s 22 Workplace Readiness Skills These skills are organized around three core areas that promote opportunities and reinforce student understanding of Virginia’s workplace readiness skills: Personal qualities and abilities, interpersonal skills, and professional competencies.

The purpose of this document is to highlight standard nine of the 2020 Visual Arts Standards of Learning. This standard in all grade levels relates connecting music content, skills, and processes to career options, college opportunities, and the 21st Century workplace. Teachers and curriculum specialists can use this document to plan a sequence of instruction that prepares students for career, college, and workplace connections in visual arts education.