Teachers in science and mathematics education face many challenges as
curricula around the world turn towards STEM education as a way of
ensuring that students acquire competencies that transcend traditional
subjects. However, implementing competency-oriented teaching has proved
challenging. KOMPIS was a project that aimed at developing ways of dealing
with some of these challenges. In this paper, we present a two-dimensional
model derived from KOMPIS that has been demonstratively useful in
supporting competence-based curriculum development and teacher planning.