Teagan Fisher
CLC 12
Core Competency Reflection
Personal Awareness & Responsibility
Strengths:
1. I can set goals, regulate my emotions and persevere in difficult situations.
I enjoy setting goals for myself because it helps give me something to work toward. With schooling for
example, I laid out what I need to do and figured out how to do it in order to achieve my future goals. At
my current job I’ve had to deal with a lot of overwhelming and hard situations on my own and that has
helped me learn to stay calm and respond in an appropriate manner to deal with the situation.
2. I am learning to take care of myself.
Last year, I went through some stuff that resulted in me realizing I had no idea who I was. Over the past
year I have discovered what kind of music I enjoy, the people I like to be around, the style I like to wear,
and I have started to take better care of myself physically and mentally. I’ve made a routine for myself
that I follow everyday while also switching it up a little to keep myself engaged and happy. I enjoy
sharing with others the things I am doing to take care of myself with the hopes that they will do the
same.
Weakness:
1. I can express my needs and seek help when needed.
I really struggle with reaching out and seeking help when needed. Whether it be with an assignment at
school, an email at work or just seeking help for something I have been struggling with mentally. It’s a
very vulnerable thing to do and I feel strange asking for help when I truly need it. The last year I have
gotten better at not caring too much about how it is a vulnerable thing and just allowing myself to do
what I need to do in order to get something done.
Social Responsibility
Strengths:
1. I am aware of my community and environment and work independently and collaboratively for
the benefit of others.
When in certain environments and situations, I am good at matching the tone and working
independently and collaboratively with it. When a new semester starts it’s always a new environment as
there are different people and a new teacher, but I tend to get comfortable easily and can work well
with others quite quickly.
2. I value diversity, defend human rights, advocate for others, and act ethically in all my
interactions, including online.
Last year I took Social Justice and that was a very beneficial class for me. It helped me become more
aware of the events happening around me and has helped grow my love for diversity in this world. I
have a lot of diversity in my life, and I am truly grateful for it. I feel it’s helped shape who I am and the
decisions I make. I feel strongly about defending human rights and sharing my opinion when I feel
something that’s been said or done is not right.
Weakness:
1. I can identify and appreciate different perspectives on issues and use and evaluate strategies to
resolve problems.
I don’t like to admit it, but I do struggle with multiple perspectives on things. I find it overwhelming and
it affects the way I put together my own ideas. I have gotten better with it, but it still is hard for me
sometimes. I like hearing others' ideas for things because it can help add and build things, but when
there are a lot of perspectives it can often be a lot for me to handle at once.
Critical Thinking
Strengths:
1. I can analyze and critique my work and my learning.
Overtime, I have learned to better critique my work and incorporate new learning. It’s helped assist me
when writing a paper or responding to a message. It has also helped me think over decisions and ideas I
have before sharing them with others.
2. I understand the purpose for my work and consider my audience.
When it comes to writing a paper or completing an assignment, I always try to add all the knowledge I
have and put my best foot forward. Lately, I have adopted a new technique when doing assignments
and that is doing an assignment and putting all my effort in it and not just doing it for the sake of getting
it done and handed in. It has made me feel better about the work I do and has helped me mentally.
Weakness:
1. I can explore and create new ways to represent my learning around a variety of problems,
events, issues, and needs.
I try to incorporate my learning in certain situations I am put in, but it is sometimes hard. When
approaching an issue or problem, I may think I know the answer or solution to fixing it, but sometimes
there is something I don’t know. At my current job, I know a lot about how things work and the
programs we have, but there is always a situation where I am put in where I try to figure out the answer
to something on my own, but when I can’t I just reach out to my coworkers to help me out.
Creative Thinking
Strengths:
1. I can create new and unique ideas that may provide new perspectives that influence how people
think about topics.
I like to try and come up with creative ideas or suggestions when giving my opinion on something to
someone. I consider myself unique and I like to demonstrate that with the way I talk. If I am asked to
share my opinion on certain topics, I like to try and take a different approach to explain it to people in
different ways to try and make them look at it from a different point of view.
2. I can take my ideas and evaluate, develop, and refine them and make something productive out
of them.
When I come up with an idea, I like to try and evolve it into something more. I take suggestions from
others and play around with it till I believe it is good. I always like to show that I have put effort into
something to better represent my learning and how I am productive with it.
Weakness:
1. I can persevere and understand that failure can be productive.
Whenever I fail at something, it always leaves me feeling bad about what I’ve done. I think I could’ve
done it better if I took a different approach. I struggle to realize that making mistakes is part of life and it
is bound to happen. The best thing I can take from these situations is to turn it into a learning
experience and learn what not to do in the future. It is still a work in progress, but I have gotten better at
handling failure.
Communication
Strengths:
1. I can listen, learn to contribute meaningfully to discussion and debate, consider different
perspectives, and build consensus.
When I sit by and listen to a conversation, it helps me understand better. I have gotten better at sharing
my opinion even if it’s not that valid compared to others because you never know when an opinion you
have is a good one. I like listening to conversations to help better my understanding and view things
from a different perspective.
2. I can work with other students to plan, inquire, and solve problems.
I work well when it comes to collaborating with others. I enjoy sharing my ideas in a group setting and
receiving feedback to help better build my ideas. I often work better with people than alone because it
makes it easier to come up with solutions or ideas and ways to solve problems.
Weakness:
1. I can engage in deep and meaningful inquiry for a variety of purposes and audiences.
I have no problem getting engaged within conversations, but sometimes I don’t fully understand things
and do not know what the best response is. Listening to conversations between others and seeing how
the flow of things are, has helped improve my understanding of this. Often, if I can't think of a good
response I'll just sit by and listen along until I have thought of a good answer and then I will throw my
cents in the pot.
Personal & Cultural Identity
Strengths:
1. I understand what is important to me.
Over the last few months, I have prioritized things in my life and discovered the things that are
important to me. School and family are the most important things I have right now. Finishing school on a
high note is at the top of my list because I wish to have a successful career and for me to get there, I
need to take the steps needed to finish school.
2. I know my strengths and what makes me unique.
My strengths are being reliable and good at collaborating. I enjoy sharing with others and expressing
myself and opinions. I like to stand out, whether it be with the way I do my hair or the clothes I wear, or
just simply by the way I speak and present myself in front of others.
Weakness:
1. I understand how to use my strengths and abilities to my advantage, and I can explain how I use
them to contribute to my community.
I know most of my strengths and abilities to do things, but I don’t really use them to my advantage as
much as I could. I used to see some of my strengths as weaknesses until lately. I do try and use my
abilities the best I can, but I struggle with some ideas.
