Self-Assessment for Report Cards Term Three – Please Read

Self-Assessment and B.C. Core Competencies (SKILLS):

As we transitioned into a new curriculum in B.C., we also introduced the Core Competencies, which are a set of skills that help us be successful learners — not just in school, but for life.

Sound familiar? That’s because even before we had the Core Competencies, in Ms. D’s MACC class we were talking about the Learner Profile. The Learner Profile gave us some words we could use daily to focus on being better learners. By working on being knowledgeable, open-minded, a thinker, an inquirer, a communicator, caring, a risk-taker, reflective, balanced, and principled, we can gain skills that will help us through life!

The B.C. Core Competencies are skills used in K-12, across disciplines, and in all types of school work and interactions. The skills are organized into the follow areas: Communication, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Positive Personal & Cultural Identity, Personal Awareness & Responsibility, and Social Responsibility.

Each of these areas has a set of “I can….” statements associated with it, so students can have the language to do self-assessment on how they are developing these skills. While we, as teachers, will guide students in these areas, we will not be assessing them. The students will do it! There isn’t a “mark” for this. It is an opportunity for students to reflect and be involved in reporting.

For our class, the self-assessment will appear as reflections in the E-Portfolio, and students will also play a role in providing input to the final report card. Earlier this month, I sent parents information on how to access the E-Ports, and there will be a specific link provided on the report card.

On Friday, to help with the process of assessing, we took our Learner Profile words, put them on chart paper, and then organized the “I CAN” statements from the BC Core Competencies around each word. We discovered that it was very easy to continue using these simple words to sum up the larger listing of skills under each area. So, when you read your child’s self-assessment, you will see both Learner Profile words and “I Can” statements from the Core Competencies.

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to talk with me. Please also see the Ministry’s information about Core Competencies.

Thank you for reading and have a good evening!

Ms. D