CORE COMPETENCY REFLECTION

Today you will be working on your first blog post. This blog post will be a Core
Competency Reflection. For this task you will need to complete the following:
○ Reflect on each core competency and highlight/note what you do well and
what they think you should focus on for growth this year
○ Write a reflection blog post about strengths/areas of growth needed for
each of the 6 Core Competencies.
○ Hand in on Teams & upload to Blog Journal Page

Personal Awareness & Responsibility

1. Self-Determination
2. Self-Regulation
3. Well-being
I believe I’m pretty lacking in this department as I lose motivation quickly after having a
burst of it, making it difficult for me to stay consistent. I strive to improve myself in
staying consistently self-determined by the end of the year. Though I’m self-reliant and
dislike getting help from others, I also neglect to take care of myself on many occasions,
usually because I’m too absorbed in something else. I find managing time efficiently
difficult, but knowing it’s a learned skill, I hope to become much more self-sufficient and
responsible.

Social Responsibility
1. Contributing to the community and caring for the environment
2. Solving problems in peaceful ways
3. Valuing diversity
4. Building relationships
Though I generally get along and know how to lead a conversation, I tend to isolate
myself and have a very low social battery which is a big weakness of mine. I also fail to
come off as too amicable at times. I’m also not too big on collaborating in general, as I
like doing everything on my own terms, which is a mindset I need to set aside.

Critical Thinking
1. Analyze and Critique
2. Question and Investigate
3. Develop and Design
I’m a very critical person, almost to a fault, and am always looking for ways to improve
my work. I reference other materials, think of my own, and am able to innovate.
Creative Thinking
1. Novelty ad Value
2. Generating Ideas
3. Developing Ideas
At times, I have so many ideas that I have difficulty settling on just one. When
brainstorming for ideas, everything I see easily becomes reference material for new
ideas.

Communication
1. Connect and engage with others
2. Acquire, interpret, and present information
3. Collaborate to plan, carry out, and review
4. Explain/recount and reflect on experiences and accomplishments
My ability to communicate is all dependent on the first category of personal awareness
& responsibility. When I have myself together and am up to date with everything
needed, I can communicate and lead efficiently, but otherwise, I am too self-conscious
of my own lack of knowledge to contribute in a significant way. It’s most important for me
to improve on self-stability as it is my biggest flaw, and it bleeds into other aspects of my
core competencies.

Personal & Cultural Identity

1. Relationships and Cultural Identity
2. Personal Values and Choices
3. Personal Strengths and Abilities
I’ve spent a long portion of my life figuring myself out and my own identity, as I
remember disliking how vague I was about so many things. Though they still waver at
times, I’ve come to largely recognize my own values, goals, strengths and weaknesses.
I also know how to appreciate and see from the perspectives of the various cultures
around our world and know what role I play within mine.