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Core competenciesCommunication: In physical education we did a figures assignment in which we had to connect and engage with others we didn’t previously know. This is an example of communication because we had to collaborate and create an entire figures routine. In doing so we made new connections with people in our class, honing in our communication skills....
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Core CompetenciesCreative Thinking I am a creative thinker. Recently, bringing up the “About Me” poster I am currently working on in graphic arts 11, I believe the project corelates with this core competency. I believe that as a creative thinker, I can generate ideas that are right to me and clearly display them on a medium. Considering the poster, I generated my own ideas and thoughts to plan out the outline of the piece. With the critiques of others, I was able to incorporate the suggestions that I believed were suitable and would improve what I had in mind while keeping it personal to me, respectively. I was also able to review the artworks of others and provide new ideas and those that build off the piece. ...
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Core CompI have demonstrated the social and responsible core companies by being the manager for the Boys Junior Basketball Team. Being a manager is not only about taking stats of how many points each player got, it is way more than that. You are part of the team now, even if you are not playing on the court. When the boys are playing or practicing, I must be there to help out the coach and the players and adapt to different situations. For example, when one of the players got injured at a game, I had to help him out and make sure he was alright while the coach had to lead the team during the game. I have learned to encourage the players and teach them to look on the bright side while they practice but also explain things they can improve on. Because each athlete has room for improve no matter how good they are and that's what motivates them to keep going, is the thought of getting better. This has helped me to become more confident in myself and learn many lessons that will help me further more in my future years. Last year, I was an athlete myself and played for the basketball team as well. My goal is to eventually coach a basketball team myself and I could start by observing what my coaches do and become an assistant coach which I already am at basketball camps. This will also help with creating more drills because athletes love to try new things and it makes their brains work. This will help me become a better athlete and a better leader in the future....
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Core ValuesRiley Gowans In the school year thus far, I have demonstrated Creative thinking, Collaboration and communication. Firstly, in my science we had a group project where we had to make a roller coaster. In this project I had to collaborate with my group members to help each other in successfully creating a working roller coaster. Working together with each other made it way easier to create a better output when using our time wisely and staying on task while still having fun with friends while gain some valuable information that I will be able to use for future projects or in m y future. Secondly, also in my science class in the same group project I demonstrated good creative thinking skills as I had to brainstorm and come up with valuable ideas that my group could use in our final product. Using these ideas, I was able to use them in successfully creating a working roller coaster while having fun. Lastly, in my careers class I demonstrated good communication skills as for our YPI project it took lots of careful planning and good communication to create a good and meaningful project. I had to communicate with my group to plan out dates and to plan out our final project. With out communication in groups, it makes it extremely difficult to do good on our project....
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Core CompI have demonstrated the social and responsible core companies by being a head coach in the Coquitlam Adanacas Lacrosse Association. When I am coaching, I am responsible for 18 girls from the ages 7-9 years old. In this time when they are playing or practicing, I must adapt to the different needs of all the kids at once. This has led me to be able to navigate when one of my athletes are crying and I can calm them down but also motivating them to keep playing. When my team is losing a game, I learn how to encourage them to see the positive side of things by telling them the good things they are doing but also showing them the changes that can be made to make it a closer game. I believe I have grown by being more confident in my ability to handle and control my athletes. This is because last year I was an assistant coach, and I was able to observe and watch how different coaches work with the athletes in different high stress situations. My goal Is to eventually coach at a higher level and be an established coach. I will do this by moving up to coach at a different level as an assistant coach again, so I am able to learn and change how to coach at different ages. This will also make me a better coach as I can learn and run different drills that I did when I was that age and reflect on how my past coaches made my teammates and myself better athletes and leaders....
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Core Competency Post - Kevin SarlakCore Competency: Critical thinking In my senior year, I learned many things, but the one that stands out to me now is definitely my critical thinking skills. Skills such as analyzing and critiquing were sharpened especially during my English 12 class with Mr. Purdy, in his class I was asked to proof-read and critique my classmates’ works, and they were asked to do the same with mine. I carried out my task with care and efficiency, then proceeded to convey the information to my partner, I improved my critiquing skills by giving him some good ideas on where to fix up his work, and he did the same. Furthermore, during my English 12 course, I was given a dozen and more quotes to question and investigate, which also deepened my critical thinking. The quotes which were supplied were all from famous writers, all professionals at what they did, and I was given the task to question them; to find out why they wrote what they wrote. In the end, I handed in my quote journal consisting of all the quotes Mr. Purdy supplied us with for about a month or two, and I ended up getting a 9/10 on the assignment itself, so I think that speaks for itself when it comes to questioning and investigating topics I’m presented with....