Core competencies
Personal awareness & responsibility
Strengths:
1. I am learning to take care of myself – when in rough situations I’ve learned to find ways
to calm myself down then do something to make me happy. For example, when I’m
stressed about schoolwork, I take a short break to go for a walk and get some fresh air,
and then I get back to doing what I need to do.
2. I can express my needs and seek help when needed- I am good at doing this when I am
lost or confused and need guidance. For example, if I feel like I am falling behind in class
because I don’t understand, I will ask the teacher to talk privately and figure out a plan
on how I can catch up and get on the right track
Weakness:
1. I understand learning takes patience and time- at times when I don’t understand
something right away or as quickly as others, I get frustrated with myself, and I no
longer want to try doing it. I struggled a lot with this issue in my math class, that’s why I
got a tutor!
Social responsibility
Strengths:
1. I value diversity, defend human rights, advocate for others and act ethically in all my
interactions, including online – I can demonstrate all these things every day in person
and online throughout my social media platforms. For example, some people may use
the excuse of “it’s just a joke” to cover for something wrong and disrespectful, and I will
stand up for it.
2. I have positive peer and intergenerational relationships – my peer and intergenerational
relationships are almost always positive and friendly. I can tell what people like and how
they feel so I can adapt to their personality and become a good friend around them
Weakness:
1. I can identify and appreciate different perspectives on issues and use and evaluate
strategies to resolve problems – I struggle with this because I tend to only view my
perspective when trying to solve a problem. Eventually I do try to view the issue from
other perspectives, but sometimes it’s too late.
Critical thinking
Strengths:
1. I understand the purpose for my work and consider my audience – I understand the
purpose for my work I do inside and outside of school. It is important to me to be
educated and do things that may challenge me to learn more and dig deeper
2. I can analyze and critique my work and my learning - I look over my work multiple times
before submitting it and ask friends and teachers for advice on how to improve my
work. For example, when note taking in class I look over my notes again a couple times
before I start to study.
Weakness:
1. I can assess my progress - sometimes I struggle to assess my progress specifically with
my homework I tend to fall behind sometimes and to do this I could pay more attention
to my progress when it comes to projects and due dates.
Creative thinking
Strengths:
1. I can persevere, and understand that failure can be productive - I strongly believe that
failure can be productive and teach many lessons because I have failed a lot and I think
that is a big factor of why I turned into a strong person now because failure is OK and
benefits me more than it brings me down
2. I can use the environment around me, including others, and my unconscious mind to
generate new ideas- I am able to use resources and people around me to create new
ideas and learn new things when it comes to projects and assignments, I often try to get
more than just my opinion for my work by using resources around me
Weakness:
1. I can take my ideas, evaluate, develop, and refine them and make something productive
out of them- I struggle with this competency because although I am able to take ideas
and develop them I don't always use them to be productive and sometimes I waste my
time too much and not even use it helpfully.
Communication
Strengths:
1. I can work with other students to plan, inquire, and solve problems - I consider myself a
extroverted person so I don't find it difficult to communicate with others and plan things
with my peers. For example, in Group projects I will often take leadership and
communicate on who will be doing what in the project.
2. I can listen, learn to contribute meaningfully to discussion and debate, consider
different perspectives, and build consensus. - I find that discussion is for learning and
gathering information for example in class discussions i like to participate to voice my
opinion an hear others’ opinions as well because they may change my perspective on
the topic
Weakness:
1. I can reflect on the process of learning and share what I have learned - I feel like i don't
always reflect on the process of my learning because i don't always see it as something
very important or something to be shared but it is probably beneficial so i will start
doing it.
Personal & cultural identity
Strengths:
1. I understand what is important to me - I know what is important to me and what I value
in life and I think that builds my character and it is clear what my values are for example
I will say no to things that I know will be bad for me in my life because i care about the
important things more.
2. I know my strengths and what makes me unique - throughout my years in high school I
learned my strengths and my weaknesses and that helps me with my decisions daily and
my learning because I know what I need to spend more time on and what I am most
skilled.
Weakness:
1. I can define myself in terms of my relationship to others and to the world – I’m not sure
what to say for this, I just didn’t have a weakness in this section.
