Curriculum Standards:

BC Core Competencies

- Katie Mathew
EDUC 702
 New curriculum
Today we live in a state of constant change. It is
a technology-rich world, where communication
is instant and information is immediately
accessible. The way we interact with each other
personally, socially, and at work has changed
forever. Knowledge is growing and information
is changing extremely quickly, creating new
possibilities. This is the world our students are
entering.

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 Core Competencies
The Core Competencies are sets of intellectual,
personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that
all students need in order to engage in deep, lifelong
learning. Along with literacy and numeracy
foundations, they are central to British Columbia’s
K-12 curriculum and assessment system and directly
support students in their growth as educated
citizens.

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 Core Competencies &
Content Areas
Integration of Core Competencies in all areas
Students develop Core Competencies when
they are engaged in the “doing” – the
Curricular Competencies – within a learning
area. As such, they are an integral part of the
curriculum. While they manifest themselves
uniquely in each area of learning, the Core
Competencies are often interconnected and
are foundational to all learning.

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Unpacking the Core
Competencies
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What is one way in which you are

already teaching communication,
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competencies in your classroom?

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 Communication

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 Thinking

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 Personal & Social

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 Integrating the Core
Competencies
Think about…
➢ Lesson design
➢ Unit planning
➢ Modelling

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 Assessing the Core
Competencies
By design, the Core Competencies are the foundation for the Big
Ideas, Curricular Competencies, and Content of the curriculum. This
ensures that students are always mindful of their growth in the
Core Competencies through awareness and self reflection,
self-assessment, and evidence of growth. As self-reflection
becomes as natural part of the learning process, it promotes
personalization, inclusion, diversity, and student ownership of
learning.

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What is one big

question you still have
about the Core
Competencies?

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 An example:
Science Assignment

A class considered issues related to space travel. They

engaged in several discussions, participated in a jigsaw
activity, and completed a think-pair- share to explore a
variety of issues. They then researched the Mars One
project (a one-way trip to Mars in 2023) and selected the
most important issues to consider for this project. The
students decided that technological issues, health issues
(physical and mental) and resource issues were the most
important.

In groups, they completed an application to participate in

the Mars One project. Their application could be presented
in any format, including PowerPoint, essay, or video.
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 Work sample:

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 Examples of
self-assessment questions

➢ What are your How do you

➢ ➢ How did the
strengths as a collaborate with scientific
person? others? information you
➢ What do you do to What do you do
➢ learned about
help yourself when you Mars affect the
when you are disagree with way you
feeling a bit someone in a structured your
discouraged? group? application?

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 Profile Analysis

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Take action...
→ Re-develop one lesson to include at
least one of the core competencies, as
well as a student self-assessment
→ Try it out with students
→ Briefly reflect and report your results
in this google form
 Thanks!
Questions?
Comments?

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 References
◇ BC Ministry of Education (2016). Building Student
Success. Retrieved from
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/

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