Autonomous Responsibility

No consistent evidence of autonomous responsibility in daily contexts

• Does not demonstrate autonomous responsibility behaviours
• Relies entirely on adult direction for related tasks

Beginning to show autonomous responsibility with significant support

• Inconsistent autonomous responsibility; needs adult prompting
• Partial performance in familiar, structured settings

Demonstrates autonomous responsibility consistently in familiar contexts

• Applies autonomous responsibility reliably in routine situations
• Requires prompting to transfer to new or demanding contexts

Accepts accountability for own decisions and their consequences; exercises independence while recognising limits of own knowledge.

• Demonstrates autonomous responsibility independently across varied contexts
• Sustains performance without adult support or reminders

Applies autonomous responsibility flexibly; can articulate and model it for others

• Articulates own process when applying autonomous responsibility
• Transfers skill spontaneously to novel domains