Managing self

This competency is associated with:

• Self-motivation,
• A “can-do” attitude,
• Students seeing themselves as capable learners.

It is integral to self-assessment. Teachers and parents have a crucial role in helping children set manageable but challenging goals. It involves knowing what the next step in the learning journey will be. Good goal-setting requires careful planning.

Students who manage themselves:

• Are enterprising, resourceful, reliable, and resilient.
• Establish personal goals, make plans, manage projects, and set high standards.
• Have strategies for meeting challenges.
• Know when to lead, when to follow, and when and how to act independently.

At Otonga we help our children to evaluate their progress in this competency with indicators for: 

• Time management
• Task management
• Goal setting

We believe that learning in this critical life skill should begin as early as possible - and that we are still learning as adults.