Validators — A New Job Category For Schools?
My capacity to read is probably 1/100th or closer to 1/1000th that of Robin’s. But, I must say, what she provides on the blog has for me, two valued features: a) facts, leads, references, quotes, who’s who, etc., etc. on the sorry field of education distortion as happening now; and b) an increased sensitivity I’ve gained for detecting these shifts and dangers in my own environment.
I think CPW has a developed sensitivity to catching and calling out “shifty” practices and I’m thankful to know about the incident where “Psychologically Managed Climate” was deliberately changed to more palatable terminology — “Positive School Climate”. It would be useful to list such interchangeable terms.
My sensitized vigilance signaled an alert to me yesterday. One of my long-ago jobs was working as a counselor in a government employment agency. We used the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT, now obsolete) for categorizing jobs. I became fascinated with job titles. I keep wondering what other terms like change-agent are coming forward to expedite these education “transformations” we keep talking about on ISC. The job “validator” jumped out from the paper I was reading yesterday!
Validator is someone who checks your competencies that you say you have acquired in work or experiences beyond the curriculum in university. University of Toronto has a framework of competencies that qualify for the CCR, Co-Curricular Record, which is attached to your transcript and is to be an aid to employability. It is not mandatory but highly recommended. What is a co-curricular record? https://ccr.utoronto.ca/about-ccr/q-a.htm The desirable competencies https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/student-life/sites/files/student-life/public/shared/pdfs/Competency%20Charts.pdf
In view of discussions on ISC and how competencies are being installed in K-12 programs we have been wondering how they are to measured or recorded, beyond the subjective checklists of teachers. Now I’m wondering if “validators” are going to be yet another supplementary school job added to the growing list of other staff in our schools as competencies keep being added to change minds of children?
[Posted on Invisible Serfs Collar 20161118]