CORE COMPETENCIES

Core competencies are sets of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that are important for learning and success. Each year, students will be invited to complete self-assessments to understand who they are as learners, communicators and thinkers as well as how caring, self-regulating, self-determined, resilient and responsible they are as people.

Communication includes a student’s ability to connect and engage with others; to acquire, interpret and present information in a variety of forms, including digitally; to collaborate, plan and carry out a presentation; and to explain, recount and reflect on their experiences.

Critical & Reflective Thinking involves making judgments based on reasoning:  considering options; analyzing information using specific criteria; and drawing conclusions. Critical thinking includes being open-minded and considering your own thinking, and that of others; including a balanced assessment of what makes sense.  Creative Thinking involves the generation of new ideas and concepts that have value to the individual or others, and the development of these ideas and concepts from thought to reality. 

Personal and Social competency is the set of abilities that relate to students' identity in the world, both as individuals and as members of their community and society. A positive personal and cultural identity is the awareness, understanding, and appreciation of all the facets that contribute to a healthy sense of oneself. Personal awareness and responsibility include the skills, strategies, and dispositions that help students stay healthy, set goals, monitor progress, regulate emotions, respect their own rights and the rights of others, manage stress, and to be resilient and persevere in difficult situations. Social responsibility involves the ability and disposition to consider the interdependence of people with each other and the natural environment; to contribute positively to one’s family, community, society, and the environment; to resolve problems peacefully; to empathize with others and appreciate their perspectives; and to create and maintain healthy relationships.

CORE COMPETENCY STATEMENT EXAMPLES: Reflect on the statements below – is this a strength for me? Can I describe specific examples when I have demonstrated the competencies?

COMMUNICATION:

[  ] I am able to express myself clearly when speaking.

[  ] I listen actively to others in a genuine attempt to understand.

[  ] I am able to organize ideas & communicate clearly in many ways.

[ ] I am able to use information and examples to support my work.

[ ] I can use technology to organize and present information to others.

CRITICAL & REFLECTIVE THINKING:

[ ] I analyze & form reasoned judgments about something I read or watch.

[ ] I examine my own thinking and consider other people’s thinking.

[ ] I can generate questions to gather information and learn more.

[ ] I can evaluate and consider all the information that I read or hear.

[ ] I am willing to change my thinking in response to new information.

CREATIVE THINKING:

[ ] I can create original or new ideas.

[ ] I can develop my ideas and/or expand on the ideas of others.

[ ] I can adapt and revise my ideas in response to new information.

[ ] I can develop ideas from thought and turn them into reality.

PERSONAL AWARENESS & RESPONSIBILITY:

[ ] I am reflective. I set goals for myself.  I am a self-regulating person.

[ ] I recognize my stress or emotions and able to manage my feelings.

[ ] I am resilient and persevere when things are difficult.

[ ] I engage in activities to support my physical and emotional well-being.

POSITIVE PERSONAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITY

[ ] I can describe my family, my heritage and my community.

[ ] I understand that my identity is made of many interconnected aspects.

[ ] I know what is important to me and what my values are.

[ ] I am confident. I know my strengths. I know my areas for growth.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

[ ] I contribute positively in small groups and in my classes.     

[ ] I respect that a community includes multiple perspectives & cultures.

[ ] I can clarify problems and generate possible strategies or solutions.

[ ] I care about issues that impact both the local and global community.

[ ] I am kind, caring and respectful towards all other people.

Graduation Requirements

All students are required to complete 80-credits over Grades 10-11-12 to meet the Ministry of Education’s graduation requirements and achieve a Dogwood certificate.  Please note, specific university, college, apprenticeship and career requirements vary, and it is each student’s responsibility to confirm and meet additional course requirements required by the post-secondary institution(s) of their choice. 

The required 80-credits for graduation in British Columbia     

[  ]     English Language Arts 10   (**English First Peoples 10)

[  ]     Social Studies 10                                

[  ]     Science 10                               

[  ]     Math 10                         

[  ]     Physical and Health Education 10                   

[  ]     Arts or Applied Design, Skills & Technologies 10, 11 or 12

[  ]     Career Life Education        

[  ]     English Language Arts 11            

[  ]     Math 11                         

[  ]     Social Studies 11 or 12 (**BC First Peoples 12) 

[  ]     Science 11 or 12                       

[  ]     English Studies 12 (**English First Peoples 12) 

[  ]     Grade 12 course                       

[  ]     Grade 12 course                       

[  ]     Grade 12 course                       

[  ]     Other Grade 10, 11 or 12 course  

[  ]     Other Grade 10, 11 or 12 course           

[  ]     Other Grade 10, 11 or 12 course  

[  ]     Other Grade 10, 11 or 12 course  

[  ]     Career Life Connections & Capstone 

All students must also complete the Graduation Numeracy Assessment (GNA) and two Graduation Literacy Assessments (GLA 10 and GLA 12) to meet graduation requirements. 

** All students must also complete a 4-credit Indigenous-Focused course to meet graduation requirements.