Core Competency Self-Assessment

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Critical and Reflective Thinking

Describe 1 Leadership Quality you possess. Provide an example of that quality. 

A leadership quality I possess is active listening. I display this quality of mine often in VOX meetings, as I always listen to other executive and general members’ inputs. In meetings, executive members go over things that went both good and bad for certain events. Ways to improve for the future are discussed, and everyone’s inputs are uploaded onto VOX’s OneNote which I am responsible for writing every meeting.

Describe 1 Leadership Skill you possess. Provide an example of that skill.  

A leadership skill that I possess is communication. I always display this skill because I always communicate with my Cultural Connections project group and VOX Executive members in order to give my input as well as be more aware of the perspectives and ideas of other members of the team. In addition, I also make sure to give my opinions to the Social Justice/Equity Committee to make sure I am communicating my perspective the best I can to the committee as well.

Describe 1 Leadership Quality you would like to develop by the end of the course.  

A leadership quality I would like to develop by the end of the course is patience. I get easily impatient when things do not work out as planned, and I would like to become a more patient person in order to become less frustrated and make more mindful decisions. I believe it is an important quality to have when trying to understand team members more and be able to empathize with them better.

Describe 1 Leadership Skill you would like to develop by the end of the course.  

A leadership skill I would like to develop by the end of the course is risk management. I sometimes act before thinking, so I end up missing any risks that may come up. Thus, I am not that skilled in managing any risks that may come up in planned events. Risk management is a skill that would be crucial to develop, as being proficient in managing risks can lead to stressful situations being solved quicker and more efficiently.

Titration Lab

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Communication

For this Titration lab, communication skills were used the most throughout the steps. On the first day of the “rough” titration lab, my partner and I were unable to complete the titration since we spent a lot of time figuring out what to do. Thanks to that first day that was unsuccessful, however, my partner and I used our communication skills in order to more efficiently get steps done so that we could complete our titrations and get the necessary recordings written and techniques shown to our science teacher to get confirmation of doing our techniques the correct way. My partner and I communicated often whenever there was anything confusing or anything to ask one another, which is how we were able to complete three proper titrations and were also able to receive the technique stamps as well.

Game Design 12 Self-Assessment

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In Game Design 12, I have so far been working on making a 3D character that I chose to create in a program called Blender. At first, it had been incredibly challenging to use Blender at all, but now that I have had about 2 months of experience with it, I am much more comfortable with using the program and I have developed in my knowledge of Blender and Mesh model-making. Now that I have more experience with the course and the Blender program, if I was given the opportunity to try making my Mesh Model again, I would have chosen an easier character to build and I also would have wasted much less time at the beginning of the semester trying to figure out how the program works.

I give, receive, and act on feedback. (Communication)

I can persevere with challenging tasks. (Personal Awareness and Responsibility)

I build on others’ ideas and add new ideas of my own or combine other people’s ideas in new ways to create new things or solve straightforward problems. (Creative Thinking)

Social Justice Core Competency Self-Assessment

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Collaborating

I believe that The Power of Narratives is the most suiting to the collaborating core competency. For this assignment, the class was separated into groups with the same stories, then again split into different groups where we discussed the similarities, differences, and summaries of the articles that were from the actual experiences of Indigenous individuals. Groups had to collaborate by respecting one another’s turn while speaking and working together to find the answers to the group questions we were given. I believe there were various areas where my group showed strength in collaborating. My group made sure to introduce ourselves to create a more comfortable atmosphere, and we made sure to summarize the stories we read while also keeping in mind the group questions we had to answer so that by the end of the shared summaries of the stories, we would be able to give a clear answer. In addition, since one person was speaking for the group, we made sure to organize what the speaker would be presenting to the class in order to properly represent what our group had discussed. However, there was an area for growth as well since I believe our group could have spent less time on summarizing the articles so that we could have more time to add to our answers to the group questions.

Core Competency Self-Assessment

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Communicating

My Artifact: Button Dichotomous Key

I was able to put my communication and collaboration skills to use with the button dichotomous key assignment. By working in a group with other people on this assignment, I was able to improve my collaboration skills. I made sure to make sure everybody in my group had a chance to share any ideas they had. My team also listened to other people’s ideas and gave feedback or a suggestion to make the idea better in order to improve our button dichotomous key. I would like to continue to grow in my areas of communication. Although I listened to other people’s ideas as well as shared my own ideas, I felt that there were several times I hesitated in sharing because I thought my idea was not good enough, even though it was viewed positively when it was brought up later on. As an active listener, I notice that I should stop hesitating to share my ideas to help my group in moving forward.

Where The Blood Mixes

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There are many examples within the literature that illustrate the character of Mooch. Clearly, Mooch is a person that possesses both positive and negative traits to his persona. To begin, Mooch is understanding. Mooch defends the aggressive actions that his wife, June, had done to him because June was “extra sensitive due to her menapause”. Although it would have been unsurprising for Mooch to be upset at his wife’s actions, Mooch chooses to sympathize with his wife’s behaviour towards him instead. To continue, Mooch is a caring character. When Mooch’s friend, Floyd, was “passed out at the bar”, Mooch placed Floyd in between garbage bins. It may seem as though this was not the greatest idea, but Mooch’s intentions were to hide his unconscious friend to prevent Floyd from getting robbed. However, Mooch irresponsibly spends money. When Mooch ends up spending all of June’s “grocery money on another drink”, it provides insight in Mooch’s drinking problem. Mooch not only spends his money on getting drinks and pull-tabs, but he also steals June’s grocery money that she had been consistently saving up. It is evident, from the examples provided above, that Mooch is a complex person.

Core Competency Goals

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How do you show that you are listening thoughtfully? In what ways does your listening contribute to your understanding?

I can show that I am listening thoughtfully by asking questions related to the topic that is being discussed or having my full attention on the presenter so that they are aware that I am not off-task or ignoring them while they are talking about a topic. My listening contributes to my understanding of topics because I would not have to spend extra time looking into the topic again, since I was paying attention the first time it had been explained in class. I would also be able re-call certain examples that were given from the teacher, and I would also spend lesser time on my assignments.

I notice when people feel left out and do this… to make sure they feel included.

When I notice that some people are excluded (whether it is unintentionally or intentionally), I like to invite them over and include them in my group so that they will not feel left out and lonely.

When I need to boost my mood or re-focus, I like to take a break from anything that I had been doing, and I like to redirect my attention onto my hobbies for a few minutes to relax myself and get rid of some of the stress or overwhelmingness. For instance, sometimes I like to listen to a song or two for a few minutes in order to boost my mood. To re-focus, I like to put my phone away or put my full attention onto the assignment I had been working on in order to prevent myself from being distracted again.

Socials Studies 10 Reflection

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ANYTHING YOU WANT

Socials Reflection

Self Reflection

  1. What skills of yours does this showcase?

It showcases how I am able to find the similarities between two different events such as the unemployment happening in the 1930’s to COVID-19 unemployment.

2. What core competency does this fill?

It fills my thinking competency skill by showing how I can find similarities/differences between different events.

3. Why did you choose this?

I chose this assignment because it could represent that I could find similarities of two different events from diverse points of views., such as inflation and the dependance unemployed people began having on the government for support.

4. What did you learn during this project?

I learned that understanding and learning about events could help me figure out what things they have in common as well as their differences. Some of the impacts/results from the events made it clear that although there was both unemployment in both situations, there will always be more differences and similarities if you look closely into both events.

Core Competency Reflection

I work to inform myself about issues surrounding me. I chose this statement because I look carefully into events when doing projects in order to make sure I know many aspects of a certain event so that I am able to present it with knowledge of what I am working on and what happened so I would gain knowledge from this project.

I can understand and share information about a topic of interest in a clear, organized way. I chose this statement because my information is almost always neatly organized so that I as well as the audience I am presenting to can have a clear and direct understanding of the information I researched.

I can tell the difference between facts and opinions. I chose this statement because when doing assignments I understand the difference between what I believe and what is a real fact. I made sure to not include any of my personal opinions onto my project because I need to share actual solid information about my topic that I would present.

I give, receive, and act on feedback to progress in my goals. I chose this statement because I always strive to improve and use the feedback I have received in order to prevent myself from making mistakes like that in the future.

What is 1 goal you have for yourself going forward?

“I consider more than one way to proceed in an investigation.” I would like to work on this because I often do not make a backup plan for myself and head for considering only one way to research. In the future, I will research from diverse sources and use books as well as websites so that it will not only be entirely online research.