Supporting Self-Assessment of Core Competencies
Sharon Jeroski
February 2017
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Creating a whole
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Topics
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Self-assessment: Overview
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Some forms we can use for self-assessment ...
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Notes about self-assessment
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Processes for Self-Assessment of Core Competencies
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Starting with the student ...
THE COMPETENCIES ARE ALL ABOUT STRENGTHS.
THEY ARE NOT THE INCOMPETENCIES!
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A process for getting started
Based on ideas developed by Jen Carter, SD 22
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Options
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A process for reviewing progress
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Conference. Connecting to core competencies
Option: Teacher records Core competencies: Creative Thinking and Personal Responsibility
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��Starting with one of the Core competencies: Self-assessing Personal Awareness & Responsibility��
Based on Critical Thinking activity from SD 67 (Okanagan Skaha.)
Contact Judith King: jking@summer.com
Prepare materials
Sources:
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Have ongoing large and small group discussions
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Self-assessment options: Getting started
Use the words and phrases for ongoing self-assessment activities and discussions. For example:
A bit like me Quite Like me Very much like me
Note: these are from IB self-assessment categories
Have students choose one or two words/phrases that fit each category for themselves and share with a partner or the teacher.
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More Options
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More Options
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The process of self-assessment is ALWAYS more important than the record!
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Examples: “I CAN ...”
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Celebrate my efforts and my work | Set goals that match my skills |
Make healthy choices | Make and carry out a plan |
Tell other people about what I am good at | Use strategies that help keep me calm |
Be focused and determined | Show what I want and need |
Stick with tasks that are hard for me | Stand up for myself and my ideas |
Take responsibility for my learning | Keep my personal information private when I am online |
Recognize the consequences my actions have on others | Recognize my emotions |
Example of a “sort”
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A bit like me | Quite like me | Very much like me |
Stand up for myself and my ideas | Make healthy choices | Celebrate my efforts and my work |
Stick with tasks that are hard for me | Recognize my emotions | Tell other people about what I am good at |
Take responsibility for my learning | Recognize the consequences my actions have on others | Keep my personal information private when I am online |
| Use strategies that help keep me calm | |
Questioning to Prompt Reflection
Generally, questions most effectively stimulate thinking (including reflective thinking) when they are:
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Sources of Reflective Questions
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Sample Questions for Reflecting on Core Competencies
Based on Work from the Curriculum and Assessment Network (CAN) . Note: Many questions touch on more than one competency.
Communication
How did you show you were listening thoughtfully? In what ways did your listening contribute to the group’s understanding?
What are some ways you like to show your learning? What makes [name a form they identified] work for you?
What do you do when you disagree with someone in your group or discussion? How did you learn/develop that strategy?
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Sample Questions for Reflecting on Core Competencies
Based on Work from the Curriculum and Assessment Network (CAN) . Note: Many questions touch on more than one competency.
Critical Thinking
[After some experiences with a topic or question] How has your thinking about .... changed? What made it change?
What strategies do you use to decide whether to believe something you read/on a social media site? How did you develop those strategies? What advice would you give a younger student about figuring out what is true?
[In response to reading/hearing/offering an opinion] Who might have the same opinion about [this issue]? Who can you think of that might disagree? What reasons might they have for seeing things differently?
Creative thinking
How do you come with ideas when you want to make something new – at school or at home? Tell me about a time when you felt really good about a new idea you had?
What helps you get new ideas?
What makes you want to think of new ideas or try something new?
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Sample questions (continued)
Social Responsibility
How do you use words and actions to encourage other students who might be feeling a bit sad or discouraged? (What are some words and phrases you use?)
What contribution to our school do you feel good about? How did you get started doing that?
What are some ways you are a good friend? What strategies are you good at for making and keeping friends?
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Sample questions (continued)
PPC Identity
What are your strengths as a learner?
How do your learn best?
What's most important to you? (Can be anything at school, home, community ...)
Tell me about one or two people or groups that influence your thinking and your actions. Why are they important to you? How do they influence you? How do you influence them?
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Sample questions (continued)
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
Tell me about one your learning goals. [prompt: Something you want to get better at or learn how to do.] How did you come to choose that goal? Tell me about something you are doing to help you work on that goal.
What do you do to help yourself when you are feeling a bit discouraged about your work?
Think of times when you have to wait. What strategies do you use when you are feeling impatient? How did you develop that strategy? (Prompt: When did you start? How does it work?)
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