Competency 2: Critical, Creative, and Transdisciplinary Thinking |
2.1 |
Examine personal beliefs and worldview with a critical lens to develop solutions, strategies, and recommendations |
- Identify and describes own personal beliefs and worldview in theory of change and leadership plan
- Examines critically own assumptions and biases and how those inform recommendations
- Identifies and differentiates Western and Indigenous concepts related to climate action leadership and resilience
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2.4 |
Apply transdisciplinary thinking to complex climate-related problems and issues |
- Applies a systems-thinking perspective
- Explores and identifies relationships between different disciplinary perspectives and/or understanding relevant to issue, problem, and/or question
- Shows evidence of contributions from multiple disciplines
- Integrates evidence to generate new ideas and concepts
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Competency 3: Research Literacy |
3.2 |
Evaluate the rigor and validity of adaptation research and information with a critical lens to deepen knowledge that informs arguments, choices, and practices |
- Applies a critical approach to research, literature, and information
- Identifies sources for credible information and research (Western and Indigenous)
- Conducts a systematic search for information
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Competency 4: Adaptive Leadership |
4.1 |
Discern and describe their personal leadership style, strengths, and limitations |
- Identifies personal leadership style
- Describes and compares strengths, limitations and opportunities in various leadership styles
- Connects their personal leadership style to their Theory of Change
- Identifies and discusses the potential impacts and outcomes of their Theory of Change
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4.2 |
Recognize their own multiple identities, experiences, and biases and how these affect their ability to lead |
- Describes an awareness of interdependence with others
- Reflects upon and describes own leadership patterns and behaviors
- Explores how own identity, experiences, and biases affect ability to lead and make change
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Competency 5: Communication and Knowledge Mobilization |
5.3 |
Mobilize knowledge to share, reuse, and contribute to the commons |
- Creates and contributes to the commons
- Develops materials that consider a variety of audience’s needs and preferences
- Synthesizes information and makes well-supported arguments
- Makes clear and relevant contributions to the field of climate action leadership
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Competency 6: Change Making Orientation |
6.2 |
Adapt in positive and resilient ways to changing circumstances and in working with ill-structured problems |
- Describes and applies characteristics of personal resilience in their theory of change
- Demonstrates an ability to be flexible and adaptive in the face of complexity
- Integrates goal-setting in their approach to climate action leadership and change
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