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Competency

Valencia educators will design learning opportunities that promote student life skills development while enhancing discipline learning.  Through intentional inclusion of growth-promoting strategies, instructors, counselors and librarians will facilitate the students’ reflection, knowledge, and appreciation for self and others; gradual assumption of responsibility for making informed decisions; and formulation and execution of their educational, career, and life plans.  As a result, students can transfer those life skills to continued learning and planning in their academic, personal, and professional endeavors.


Indicators

  • help students to continue clarifying and developing purpose (attention to life, career, education goals)
  • help students assume responsibility for making informed decisions
  • help students transfer life skills to continued learning and planning in their academic, personal, and professional endeavors
  • establish student & faculty contact that contributes to students’ academic, personal, and professional growth
  • seek out struggling students and identify options through dialog (and appropriate referrals)
  • establish student services staff, librarian, and teacher connections
  • employ electronic tools to aid student contact (Atlas, MyPortfolio, WebCT, email, etc.)

 

Indicators provide examples of how competencies can be demonstrated in an Individualized Learning Plan. While all competencies need to be demonstrated, only some indicators need to be employed in the ILP process.

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