Critical Thinking & Metacognition

By the end, the learner can

• Risk identification: analyzes store operations, inventory controls, and employee behavior patterns to identify conditions that create loss exposure
• Policy compliance assessment: evaluates whether store-level practices align with corporate loss prevention guidelines and identifies gaps requiring corrective action
• Maintenance priority analysis: evaluates competing maintenance needs across multiple turbines and ranks work orders by risk, downtime impact, and available resources

Session plan

1. 10 minHow these are scoredWhere this shows up: public safety settings and community or institutional environments, working with public members, supervisors, emergency responders. Conditions to expect: high-consequence, protocol-driven, risk-sensitive. Entry roles this maps to: Animal Control Workers, Correctional Officers and Jailers, Crossing Guards and Flaggers.
   • evaluates competing budget proposals by assessing assumptions, projected returns, and alignment with organizational funding priorities
   From Managers, All Other (11-9199.00)
2. 15 minSituationsWork the task on your own first. Support is available, but ask for it out loud so the group hears what got you stuck.
   • Tools in play: Office suite software, Spreadsheet software, Electronic mail software.
3. 10 minWhere the group splitCompare answers before the debrief. Where the room split is the useful part — the split usually marks a real judgment call rather than a knowledge gap.
   • Where did two people read the same situation differently, and what did each notice?
   • Which answer would survive a supervisor asking "why did you do it that way?"
4. 10 minThe pattern behind the answersClose the loop: what changed between the first attempt and the last, and what would have to be true for critical thinking to hold up on a bad day.