Portrait of a Graduate

Which concepts are critical thinking and problem solving?

• Collect, assess and analyze relevant information.

• Make sound judgments and decisions.

• Identify, define and solve authentic problems and essential questions.

• Set goals with tangible and intangible success criteria

Which concepts are related to information, communications, and technology literacy?

• Use digital technology, communications tools, and/or networks to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information in order to function in a knowledge society.

• Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues

  surrounding the access and use of information technologies

• Persist to accomplish difficult tasks and to overcome academic and

  personal barriers to meet goals.

Which concepts relate to initiative and self direction?

• Go beyond basic mastery of skills and/or curriculum to explore and

  expand one’s own learning and opportunities to gain expertise

• Set goals with tangible and intangible success criteria

• Monitor, define, prioritize and complete tasks without direct oversight

• Reason effectively.

Which concept or concepts relate to resilience?

• Persist to accomplish difficult tasks and to overcome academic and

  personal barriers to meet goals.

• Learn from and work collaboratively with individuals representing

  diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts

• Demonstrate understanding of others’ perspectives and needs

Which concepts relate to empathy?

• Demonstrate understanding of others’ perspectives and needs

• Listen with an open mind to understand others’ situations

• Conduct themselves in a respectable, professional manner

Which concepts relate to social and cross cultural skills?

• Learn from and work collaboratively with individuals representing

  diverse cultures, religions and lifestyles in a spirit of mutual respect and open dialogue in personal, work and community contexts

• Know when it is appropriate to listen and when to speak

• Leverage social and cultural differences to create new ideas and increase both innovation and quality of work

• Persist to accomplish difficult tasks and to overcome academic and

  personal barriers to meet goals.

Which concepts relate to creativity and innovation?

• Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming, divergent & convergent thinking).

• Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts.

• View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small success and frequent mistakes.

• Collect, assess and analyze relevant information.