The Core Competence of Brokenshire College

As I was listening with the discussion, I came to realize how important each core values and competence of a certain organization is. That's why I review the core values of Brokenshire College (BC).

Now here are the Core Values and Competence of BC:

Excellence

Striving for the highest personal achievement in all aspects of schooling and individual and community action, work and life-long learning

This value include:

• giving recognition to students achieving high standards
• frequently encouraging and acknowledging individual improvement
• celebrating school community achievements
• encouraging students' awareness of broader life opportunities.

In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:

• reaching personal best performance
• maintaining high learning expectations
• setting and meeting high standards
• persisting through challenges and difficulties in learning.

Justice

Accepting and promoting the rights, freedoms and responsibilities of being part of Brokenshire College

This value includes:

• listening to different views on school related issues
• consulting parents, staff and students about major changes
• ensuring that minority groups have a voice in decision making processes
• choosing appropriate processes for decision making.

In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:

• consulting and negotiating assignment timelines
• respecting the rights and responsibilities of others
• accepting responsibility for one's own learning.

Service

Being accountable for your individual and community’s actions towards yourself, others and the environment

This value include:

• reflecting policy and school community needs in school rules
• supporting the decisions of the school
• accepting responsibility for the school's involvement in community activities
• including in school rules strategies to reinforce appropriate behaviour as well as consequences for breaking rules.

In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:

• self-discipline
• modelling expected behaviours
• involvement in strategies to encourage compliance with school rules.

Integrity

Being consistently honest and trustworthy

This value inludes:

• open and transparent decision making processes
• consistent school policies and actions.

In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:

• trusting others to work independently
• doing what you say you will do
• teachers mark students work consistently to agreed standards
• clearly explaining and enforcing rules

Compassion

Being a proactive and productive individual and group member, having pride in and contributing to the social and economic wealth of the community and the nation

This value includes:

• communicating openly within and between different groups in the school community
• encouraging and considering new ideas
• forming partnerships with business and community organisations.

In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:

• contributing to class discussion
• encouraging creative thinking about issues and problems
• accepting roles in group activities.

Transformational Leadership

Practices reflect the ability to support individual growth and challenge inequity in the classroom and schoolwide.

This value includes:

• School leaders engage in transformative leadership, in which they intentionally become critically aware of their own tacit assumptions and expectations and assess their significance and consequence in decision making.
• Transformative leaders engage in reflective processes that enable self-evaluation of personal values, beliefs, and experiences, and they intentionally promote the conditions and experiences for transformation in their staff.
• This includes nurturing the voices of others and building their capacity to take leadership in the school community.

FAITH

Faith is our fidelity and love of God as expressed in our Christian leadership and service witnessing to openness and responsiveness to the needs of the church and our community.