Official JAG competency wording: Explain the importance of taking responsibility for actions and behaviors
Category: Decision-Making
Source themes: accountability, integrity, self-awareness
Source: JAG Competencies Descriptions.docx.
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Reviewed OSEU and Wolakota interview connections
N118 — Explain the importance of taking responsibility for actions and behaviors
Explore N118 · Traditions of Compassion, Help and Respect - Sidney Byrd - OSEU #7 · OSEU 7
Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): The speaker explicitly links values with accountability for actions. Students can examine responsibility and impact without treating one speaker’s perspective as universal.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The teaching concerns values supporting communities through change, now addressed by 7.1; revised 7.3 focuses on continuing the way of life. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
See, in the traditional way, that was not a part of what I was doing. Three things. Have compassion for one another. Have compassion for one another. Help one another. Be the first to help your neighbor. Finally, he said, Kichonihampo. Have respect for one another. If you do these three things, our nation will rise, we'll live, survive. Do these three things. And I got to thinking, you know, that's true. These old wise men tell us these things. Three elements for living. If we do those things, we'll survive. So we can depend on each other to help one another. That's what makes us strong. So I'm a firm believer in that, the traditional way. So, one day, we're going to stand accountable for our actions. And what are we going to say? Are we going to say, we followed the tenets, the teachings of the one we call Wanikia. We have the most powerful gift this world has ever known. You know what it is? It's love. Any problem can be solved with love. Our problem is, we don't use it. So we create problems. There'll be no more wars. There will no longer be selfish people, greedy people. There will be sharing and giving. Our problem is we don't take it. So we create problems. I can't ever forget the wisdom of these old men, Kakosha, Lenakichuyo, remember these things. So we would treat everybody like we want to be treated by ourselves, love one another. So I'm now in the sunset of my life and I'll hang on as long as I can but following those teachings will make the difference in our lives.
Learn About: How does Sidney Byrd connect accountability with the teachings he describes?
Learn From: What could taking responsibility look like after a mistake in a situation you choose?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0153; video o29NO-UyUXk; passage containing: one day, we're going to stand accountable for our actions.. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
N118 — Explain the importance of taking responsibility for actions and behaviors
Explore N118 · The Importance of Stories - Duane Hollow Horn Bear - OSEU 5 · OSEU 5
Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Responsibility is stated directly in the passage. Students can explain why considering a story’s teaching does not remove accountability for their own behavior.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: The revised standard retains the meaning supported by the cited interview passage. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
But we make decisions in our lives, and we have to be responsible for those decisions. So hear the stories, be open to them.
Learn About: What does Hollow Horn Bear connect with openness to stories and responsibility?
Learn From: How could a story inform a choice while leaving responsibility with the decision-maker?
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0189 · video ID j_KeSBj28Oo · cited transcript passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
N118 — Explain the importance of taking responsibility for actions and behaviors
Explore N118 · The Story of the Girl and the Wolf - Pearl Kennedy-Colombe - OSEU #5 · OSEU 5
Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): Pearl Kennedy Colombe tells of a girl who forgets a promise to a helpful wolf, apologizes, and resumes bringing food. This supports N118 by inviting students to explain why keeping commitments matters.
Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.
Another story they tell, it happened over across the river. This girl was going to school at Stephane and she was sickly. She had TB and she ran away. She didn't like it, the nuns were kind of mean to her because of her being sickly, you know. So she ran away. And at that time, there were still a few wolves around. And she made it into that creek by the river, she made it there. And it was getting dark and it was like an autumn time of the year, cold. And she was really feeling bad and here this wolf came up. And he told her, and they talk native, you know, Dakota. And he told her, I'll help you. If I help you, what would you do for me? So she told him, I'll bring you meat every day. I'll bring you something to eat. And leave it, you know, a certain place. And here, that went on for, you know, about a year. And here, she was still getting, you know, sick. So here one day she forgot.
Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of promises and responsibility? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?
Learn From: How could you explain why keeping commitments matters? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.
05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0044; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZcG9bCrRiU; opening passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.
Human Shaped Learning connection
Chapter 14: Conflict as an Opportunity for Learning
Reviewed teaching connection: Reviewed connections: N118. Also supported by N118 competency. Explore a fictional disagreement; practice expressing needs, listening, accountability, and repair.
Human Shaped Learning with Front Matter.docx · Ch. 14, actual manuscript pp. 106–112; Strategies for Supporting Healthy Conflict
Chapter 3: Building Trust in the Classroom
Suggested teaching connection: Suggested teaching connection for trust, based on N118 competency. Use consistent expectations, attentive listening, and invitations for students to offer ideas.
Human Shaped Learning with Front Matter.docx · Ch. 3, actual manuscript pp. 28–34; What Trust Looks Like in the Classroom
Chapter 4: Learning Happens in Relationship
Suggested teaching connection: Suggested teaching connection for dialogue, based on N118 competency. Use a shared problem, invite students to explain ideas to one another, and make time for respectful dialogue.
Human Shaped Learning with Front Matter.docx · Chapter 4: Learning Happens in Relationship
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