4.2 Assessing your own competence

Competence Assessment

Competence will be evaluated constantly in different ways. In educational institutions, the teachers and your student mates will make assessments. In everyday life and in work the supervisors, management and co-workers will assess your work performance. In following the different assessment, types are presented:

Self-evaluation

  • Self-assessment is part of evaluation and recognition of competence

  • Self-assessment means that you evaluate your own competences as well as the development objects

  • Self-assessment is usually difficult. That is why it is practiced at school and studies

  • Reading, doing, seeking information and planning will support your self-assessment skills

 

How to practice your self-assessment skills

Self-assessment is kind of “mirror” about how you see your skills, knowledge and your competence.

It is possible to practice with the following ways:

  • to prepare a form: valmis lomake (in Finnish language)

  • to write a short description about your skills and strengths

  • Portfolio (selection of work tasks you have accomplished, for example pictures, narratives ect.) Portfolio includes a CV. (= personal record sheet)

  • Description of matters which have been included your work

  • A test where you can show your competence and how to accomplish a work task

  • Description about the problem in work task and how did you resolve or how could you that problem

 

The assessment made in reception center

  • In reception centers usually do preliminary assessment of your competence

  • Prepare for this by understanding the meaning of competence and by thinking beforehand how to explain what you can do

  • You can check the competence survey and competence vocabulary here (Source: Pohjois-Karjalan aikuisopisto: Verkkomateriaaleja maahanmuuttajille)

 

Assessment made by educational institutions

  • In education the assessment is made constantly

  • In order to be admitted into the educational institutions as a student your level of knowledge and skills has to be evaluated. This is important in a point of view to choose the right and proper educational level

  • The counsellors at educational institutions will give more information that is specific to you for applying to school. They will also give you information about the evaluation process

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A guide for pre-integration
1 Everyday life in Finland
1.1 Welfare and well-being1.2. Participating and influencing the environment1.3. Health, wellbeing and culture1.4. Activities of daily living1.6. Equality and discrimination1.7. A child and everyday living in Finland1.8. Child´s protection and child welfare
2 Coping and sustaining wellbeing
2.1 Stress and crises2.2 Managing the stressful situation2.3 Nature as a support of wellbeing2.4 Relaxation2.5 Self-destructive thoughts and self-destruction2.6 Where to seek help?
3 Work in Finland
3.1 Working culture in Finland3.2 Education3.3 Labour legislation3.4 General work life skills3.5 Job seeking3.6 Stages in a job seeking process3.7 Job application and CV
4 Professional Competence and competence development
4.1 Earning and proving your competence4.2 Assessing your own competence4.3 Professional competence4.4 Demonstrating the competence4.5 Recognition and comparing the degrees earned previously in countries of origin4.6 Developing your own competence
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