Oyster River High School COMPETENCIES AT ORHS

Competency Development at ORHS Competencies are written through reflection and collaboration. The faculty at ORHS has worked to answer the fundamental questions, “What do we want kids to know and be able to do?” 21st Century Learning Expectations – 21st CLE represent what the faculty and staff at ORHS feel are the foundational qualities that students need to be successful in college, career and life. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Knowledgeable Person Skilled Information Processor Critical and Creative Thinker Self-Directed Learner Responsible Citizen Effective Communicator Collaborative Worker

New Hampshire Work-Study Practices are similar to our 21st CLE and in 2014 a group of educational professionals across the state concluded that there are four areas that should be addressed: Communication, Creativity, Collaboration and SelfDirection. The ORHS 21st CLE are the habits of engaged learning that we feel are important for all students at ORHS to leave having developed. The competencies in this document are examples of our department wide programmatic competencies which address our 21st CLE’s. These competencies were written as a school wide collaborative activity to reflect the competencies that students engage in as they progress through our course of studies. Many courses have additional competencies and all have standards that are specific to the content. Competencies do not “stand alone” and are meant to be paired with standards. Completion of competencies for each course reflects a student’s ability to master the standards.

Glossary ••• Competency is a mastery of knowledge and content in a setting that requires a student to transfer learning in the curriculum. Competencies are designed keeping the Common Core in mind. 21st Century Learning Expectations are similar to Work Study Practices. These are the foundational expectations that all students will be exposed to and acquire (at different mastery levels) as they progress through their years at ORHS. Departmental Programmatic Competencies are competencies written as a school wide collaborative activity to reflect the competencies that students engage in as they progress through our course of studies. These are directly connected to our 21st Century Learning Expectations. Standards are specific measurable phases of student achievement. They are “I can” statements that are course specific and content driven. Completion of competencies for each course reflects a student’s ability to master the standards. Rubrics & Assessments are designed as tools to reflect a student’s level of mastery of standards and in turn competencies.

Programmatic Competencies Art Department Programmatic Competencies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Students will apply appropriate media, techniques, and processes. Students will identify and apply the elements of visual art and principles of design. Students will select and apply a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas. Students will analyze, interpret and evaluate their own and others’ artwork. Students will analyze and make connections among the visual arts and I relation to history, culture and daily life. 6. Students will act as a responsible citizen of ORHS in the classroom. English Department Programmatic Competencies 1. Students will be able to apply literary tools to analyze and critique a variety of texts based on the appropriate lens of reading. 2. Students will be able to write effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences by following the writing process as well as demonstrate command of standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage when writing. 3. Students will be able to find and synthesize information from multiple reliable sources, using proper documentation, in order to solve a problem, to persuade, to evaluate, or to inform. 4. Students will be able to communicate respectfully and effectively to a variety of audiences in both formal and informal settings as well as be able to listen, internalize, and respond appropriately in small and large group settings. Mathematics Department Programmatic Competencies 1. Students will demonstrate mathematical skills and communicate understanding of mechanics of various mathematical topics. 2. Students will reason abstractly and quantitatively through problem solving. 3. Students will Model and apply mathematical concepts via functions, graphical representations, and data collection. Science Department Programmatic Competencies 1. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to design and conduct controlled scientific experiments and/or field study and to work collaboratively as appropriate. 2. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively in a variety of scientific formats. 3. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the limitations and uncertainties in science and how it relates to other bodies of knowledge and society. 4. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to analyze data, develop a claim from evidence and to support their argument using scientific reasoning and relevant scientific literature.

Social Studies Department Programmatic Competencies

1. Human Systems: Students will be able to analyze human systems and their impact on human 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

history. Conflict and Cooperation: Students will be able to evaluate how conflict and cooperation have shaped history. Learning from the Past: Students will be able to identify and analyze how historical events relate to current trends and events in order to forecast possible outcomes. Change Makers: Students will be able to identify and analyze how citizens around the world, can influence change within their society; culturally, socially, economically and politically. Culture: Students will be able to describe, understand, and value people from other cultures. Well-Informed Citizen: Students will be able to gather, utilize and credit diverse resource materials to understand a specific topic, develop an informed position, then express their ideas clearly.

World Language Spanish and French levels 1-5/AP Programmatic Competencies Taken from the ACTFL World Language Standard 1. Interpersonal Communication: Students will interact and negotiate meaning in spoken or written conversations with grammatical accuracy and clarity to share information, reactions, feelings and opinions. 2. Presentational Speaking: Students will present information, concepts or ideas to inform, explain, persuade or narrate with grammatical accuracy and clarity on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners. 3. Presentational Writing: Students will present information, concepts or ideas to inform, explain, persuade or narrate on a variety of topics with grammatical accuracy and clarity using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners. 4. Interpretive Listening: Students will understand, interpret and analyze what is heard, viewed on a variety of topics. 5. Interpretive Reading: Students will understand, interpret and analyze what is read or viewed on a variety of topics.

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