The Competency section in the Performance menu opens the Competency Framework — Eduversal's professional growth ladder for HQ Subject Specialists. It is not a test and not a grade. It is a clear map of the skills your role needs, broken into small steps you climb at your own pace, with your progress shown back to you. This page explains it in plain English. If a word looks new, Section 7 — Glossary explains it.
What is the Competency Framework?
A read-only map of the 6 skill areas (domains) and 29 named skills (competencies) that make up the HQ Subject Specialist role. Each skill has a 4-step growth ladder. The framework page shows you the whole picture; the actual lessons live on the Learning Path page next door.
Who uses it?
Every Eduversal Subject Specialist — Math, English, Bahasa, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Religion. The content you see is filtered to the subject(s) on your profile (
ch_subjects[]). The Performance menu is open to every central_user; central_admin bypasses every gate.
One important separation. Competency is a formative system — it exists to help you grow, at your own pace, with no annual grade. It is not the same as Appraisal (a once-a-year scored judgement, also in the Performance menu) or KPI (school-set numbers, also in the Performance menu). Your self-assessment scores stay private — HQ never sees them. Section 5 draws the map of how these systems differ.
Eduversal runs three competency tracks — one for partner-school teachers, one for school leaders, and one for HQ Subject Specialists. This page shows the Specialist track. It is hybrid by design: it blends coaching skills, deep subject knowledge, and network-level leadership, because that is exactly what a Specialist does. Here is the one-page version.
Six domains, grouped into three clusters
🎓CSM
Cambridge Subject Mastery
Deep command of the syllabus, mark schemes, and assessment objectives in your subject.
Subject-deepening
🔍COF
Classroom Observation & Feedback
Watching lessons fairly, giving low-inference feedback, running calibrated observations.
Coaching-observer
🌱TPD
Teacher Professional Development
Designing and running CPD that actually changes practice; facilitating a subject community.
Coaching-observer
📊CQA
Curriculum & Quality Assurance
Pacing, scheme-of-work quality, moderation, and standards across the network.
Subject-deepening
🧭NLS
Network Leadership & Strategy
Leading initiatives across schools; holding the Charter boundaries (NN1 + NN2).
Network-strategy
🌐XEN
External Expertise & Network
Working with Cambridge, external partners, and AI/coursework authenticity questions.
Network-strategy
Across the 6 domains there are 29 competencies (most domains have 5; CQA has 4). The v2 refresh (2026-05-19) added five at the top of each subject ladder — csm-5 AS/A-Level depth, cof-5 coursework & NEA moderation, tpd-5 subject community of practice, nls-5 Charter NN1+NN2 discipline, and xen-5 Cambridge AI & coursework authenticity.
The 4-step CPD ladder
Every competency is climbed in up to four steps. You do not need all four for every skill — some competencies only start at Practitioner or only run to Lead. The framework page shows which rungs each one offers.
1
Awareness
You have read about and discussed the practice. You can describe what good looks like.
2
Practitioner
You apply it consistently with one or two partner schools.
3
Advanced
You adapt it across the network and coach other Specialists in it.
4
Lead / Mentor
You lead network-wide development on it and are recognised externally.
Grounded in four standards bodies
Every competency carries chips linking it to the standards it is built on. Click a chip anywhere in the app to read the source text in a popover. (PMD and the grey pedagogy chips show their context on hover.)
| Chip | Stands for | Example | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTS 3.2 | Cambridge Teacher Standards 2023 | Subject content knowledge | cambridgeStandardRefs[] |
| Profesional | Permendiknas No.16/2007 (Indonesian teacher-competency pillars) | Professional competence pillar | permendiknasRefs[] |
| ES 7.3 | Eduversal Academic Standards (23 sections, 393 madde) | Teacher Appraisal System madde | eduversalStandardRefs[] |
| AICF · Domain A | Eduversal AI Competency Framework v1.0 | AI-in-teaching foundation | aicfRefs[] |
| 📖 Kraft 2018 | Research / pedagogy bibliography | Coaching meta-analysis | pedagogyRefs[] |
Specialists cover 11 of the 27 Cambridge Teacher Standards — on purpose. A Specialist works with teachers, not as a teacher, so the framework only maps to the 11 standards that match the coaching + subject-leadership role. The hero tile on the framework page counts this live as
11/27.
📁 Where this comes from. The framework itself lives in Firestore at
competency_framework/specialists; the per-step lesson content lives in the levels/ subcollection (doc id {compId}_{level}, e.g. csm-1_awareness). HQ authors it from the JSON seed (scripts/competency/seed-ch-competency-framework.js + the v3 content backfills) — never edit Firestore by hand; edit the source, bump the version, and re-seed. The whole taxonomy is also published read-only on /references → Frameworks.
Each competency moves through the same five-step loop. It is a circle, not a line — you repeat it for each skill, and for each level on each skill. This is the order things usually happen.
1
Step 1
Browse the map
Open the Competency Framework. See the 6 domains, 29 skills, and which level you are aiming for next.
Framework →
2
Step 2
Self-assess (private)
Rate yourself 1–4 on each statement for a skill. This is honest and private — it only nudges your "next step", HQ never sees it.
Learning Path →
3
Step 3
Learn the step
Read the reading, the case study, the common pitfalls, and the reflection prompts for that level on the Learning Path.
Learning Path →
4
Step 4
Claim evidence
Submit a file or description showing you do this skill at that level. Goes to your Specialist Portfolio for review.
Portfolio →
5
Step 5
Get approved
central_admin reviews your evidence. Once approved, the level is "earned" and counts towards a domain certificate.
Certificates →
Self-assessment is NOT a certificate. Rating yourself highly does not earn you a level — it just points you to the right next step. A level only becomes "earned" when you submit evidence and a central_admin approves it. Self-assessment scores (
saScores_central) are stored privately and never feed your appraisal or anyone's view of you.
The Competency Framework is the entry point, but it works as a set of four pages — your CPD home. The framework is in the Performance menu; the other three sit in your My Hub menu. They all read from the same data, so progress you make on one shows up on the others.
Competency Framework
/competency-framework · Performance menu
What it is
The read-only map of the whole Specialist track — 6 domains, 29 competencies, the 4-step ladder, and the four standards-body chips on each skill. The "what does good look like?" page.
What you see
A "My Progress" dashboard at the top (overall %, competencies earned, domain certificates, what's remaining, your average self-assessment), then a search + level-filter toolbar, then one card per domain with each competency as a clickable row. Click a competency to jump into its lessons on the Learning Path.
What to do
Use it to understand the role and to track progress. It does not store anything you type — the learning + self-assessment happens on the Learning Path.
Learning Path
/learning-path · My Hub menu
What it is
The actual CPD course. Open any competency to read its lesson for each level — reading, case study, common pitfalls, reflection prompts, glossary — and to self-assess yourself 1–4 on the statements.
Why we built it
The framework shows the target; the Learning Path is where the growth happens. It is where you self-assess (writes
saScores_central privately), read the level content, and mark a stage done.What to do
Pick a competency, read the level you are aiming for, self-assess honestly, then go claim evidence in the Portfolio.
- (Renamed from
specialist-pathon 2026-05-23 for cross-hub parity with Academic Hub.) - A central_admin can layer HQ-edited reading text on top of the base content from inside the lesson modal (an "override").
Specialist Portfolio
/specialist-portfolio · My Hub menu
What it is
Your evidence locker. Submit a file or written description claiming a competency at a level. Each submission lands in
competency_evidence with platform: 'central' and a status of pending / approved / rejected.What to do
When you can show you do a skill at a level, submit your proof here. A central_admin reviews it on the Competency Admin page. Approved evidence is what turns a level from "self-assessed" into "earned".
Specialist Certificates
/specialist-certificates · My Hub menu
What it is
Your earned certificates. A domain certificate is awarded by central_admin once you have demonstrated the competencies in that domain at the top level. Reads from
competency_certificates.What to do
Nothing to fill in here — it is your trophy shelf. Certificates are issued from the Competency Admin page; this page shows the ones you have earned.
One more page, for HQ reviewers. The Competency Admin page (Teacher Programs menu, central_admin only) is where reviewers approve or reject evidence and issue certificates — across all three tracks (teachers / leaders / specialists), not just yours. You submit on the Portfolio; HQ reviews on Competency Admin.
Eduversal runs four professional development systems on the same Cambridge anchor. Competency is one of the formative ones — it helps you grow. New users mix these up. This is the cheat-sheet.
Competency — what this page is about
Formative. A 4-level CPD ladder per Cambridge-aligned skill. You-led, no deadline, no grade. Source:
competency_framework/{trackId}. Tracked in user_competencies/{uid} (CH field earned_central). Surfaces: Performance → Competency Framework + the 3 My Hub pages.Appraisal — annual summative review
Summative. Once a year. Scored 1–4 + composite A–F band, against a published rubric. Source:
appraisal-framework-v2.json. Surfaces: Performance → Appraisals. A graded judgement — the opposite end from formative competency growth.KPI — school-level metrics
Quantitative. Per-school configured (1–5 stars + weights). Source:
teacher_kpi_config per school. Surfaces: Performance → KPI Management. Numbers, not a CPD ladder.Induction — Year 1 onboarding
Formative + year-1 only. New hires get a mentor + 4 windows + a private journal. NEVER feeds appraisal scoring (Charter NN1). HQ never reads named journal entries (NN2). Surface: Teacher Programs → Induction Admin.
Cambridge cross-references run through all four. Click any CTS X.Y chip in any page (including this one) to see the full Cambridge Teacher Standard 2023 text in a popover. The chip wiring is shared across the rating systems via
cambridge_crossref/index. There are no write paths between these systems — competency growth never moves your appraisal score and vice versa.
Pick the card that matches your role. The page detects your profile and reveals only the relevant card — but you can also read the others to understand what your colleagues see.
Every competency-flavoured word, defined in one sentence. If a word here still isn't clear, it's a candidate to bring up in the next Coordinators meeting.
Competency— one named skill
A single named skill, e.g. "Syllabus & Mark Scheme Mastery" (
csm-1). There are 29 in the Specialist track. Each one has its own ladder of up to 4 levels.Domain— a group of skills
A cluster of related competencies. The Specialist track has 6:
csm · cof · tpd · cqa · nls · xen.Track— a whole framework
An audience-specific framework. There are 3:
teachers (TH), leaders (AH), and specialists (CH). This page is the specialists track.CPD ladder— the 4 levels
Awareness → Practitioner → Advanced → Lead/Mentor. CPD = Continuing Professional Development. Not every competency offers all four rungs.
Self-assessed vs Earned— the key distinction
Self-assessed = a private 1–4 rating you give yourself (
saScores_central), HQ never sees it. Earned = an officially approved level (earned_central) — requires evidence + central_admin approval. Self-assessment alone is not a certificate.Evidence— your proof
A file or description you submit (stored in
competency_evidence) claiming a competency at a level. Submitted on the Specialist Portfolio, reviewed on Competency Admin.Override— HQ-edited reading
HQ-edited reading text layered on top of the base level content (
content_overrides_central/{compId}_{lvl}). Lets HQ tailor a lesson without re-seeding the framework.Hybrid track— why it's mixed
The Specialist track blends three clusters: coaching-observer (
cof + tpd), subject-deepening (csm + cqa), and network-strategy (nls + xen) — because that is exactly what a Specialist's job spans.Grounded-in band— the provenance strip
The band on the framework page naming the four standards bodies the content is built on: CTS · PMD · ES · AICF, plus research anchors.
CTS— Cambridge Teacher Standards
The 2023 27-item teacher standards (mor chip). Specialists map to 11 of the 27 (intentional). Click any CTS chip for the verbatim popover.
PMD— Permendiknas No.16/2007
The 4 Indonesian teacher-competency pillars: pedagogik · kepribadian · sosial · profesional (yellow chip). Shown on hover.
ES— Eduversal Academic Standards
The network's own 23-section, 393-madde policy manual (cyan chip). Cited at madde level, e.g.
ES 7.3. Click for the source popover.AICF— AI Competency Framework
Eduversal's AI Competency Framework v1.0 (orange chip). Anchors the AI-in-teaching competencies; click for the source popover.
Domain certificate— the trophy
Awarded when you demonstrate the competencies in a domain at the top level. Shows on the My Progress dashboard + the Specialist Certificates page.
ch_subjects[]— your subject specialty
The subject array on your profile (e.g.
['biology']). It filters which framework content you see. Empty = no subject access. Set by central_admin on /console.Charter NN1 / NN2— Non-Negotiables
NN1 = induction data never feeds appraisal scoring. NN2 = HQ never reads named journal entries. The
nls-5 competency is itself about holding these boundaries.