Key Competencies; a first thought
Are performance indicators necessary for defining the key competencies? I have heard recently from those at the ministry and presumably in the know.. “Don’t go assessing the key competencies until the final Curriculum is out”. Well that was back in August but we’re in December now and staring the next academic year in the face. As is the way with these things. Lots of wait and see, wait and see, hold off from doing anything. Then it’ll be ”What do you mean oyu haven.t been donig that! You were supposed ot be ing doing that all year!”
I hope that is time we’ll have a little more clarity along the way regarding these competencies.
In the rush to assimulate KC in our current practise my school has been looking at producing Matrices and indicator sheets what ever the current ATOL phrase is.
For participating and contributing level 1 looks like this:
Level 1
Participates cooperatively within a group or class situation
Takes turns and shares resources
Listens to and responds positively to others ideas
Respects and cares for our immediate environment
Understands people are different
But really! Is this necessary? and what it looks like in my school compared to yours, is it really that different that we need to invent our own wheel?
Totally agree with you - why the rush to come up with something though? The new curriculum is not fully implemented until 2009 (I think) - maybe more will come out of our one day inservice on it next year!!! In the meantime I’m sure we’ll all be grateful with what your school comes up with!
One day inservice, next year? This is the type of thing I’m going to be missing out on with not being associated with a school next year! Stink! If anyone has a spare place next year for the key competency inservice that I can piggy-back into I ‘d be grateful.
Why do we need to assess it anyway? What will that data be used for?? That is what I always wonder about the miles of assessments that seem to be developed for no apparent reason. I think we might have tried to do something about breaking them into indicators when the draft came out but it all went into oblivion.