P.O.G.

How are you doing today?

What does P.O.G. stand for?

• Portrait of a Graduate
• Pumpkin of a Graduate
• Portrait of a Giraffe
• Pizza of a Graduate
• Portrait of a Gorilla

Which of these are skills that a student needs to become a successful Portrait of a Graduate?

• Communicator
• Collaborator
• Ethical and Global Citizen
• Creative and Critical Thinker
• Goal-Directed and Resilient Individual

What is something that you think of/about when you hear these skills (Communicator, Collaborator, Ethical and Global Citizen, Creative and Critical Thinker, Goal-Directed and Resilient Individual)?

One way to be a Communicator is to:

• Ignore knowledge and perspectives
• Use active listening
• Speak without purpose
• Write poorly

One way to be a Collaborator is to:

• Respect others you work with
• Refuse to work with others
• Ignore perspectives of others
• Ignore feedback from others

One way to be an Ethical and Global Citizen is to:

• Ignore languages spoken by others
• Harm the environment
• Demonstrate empathy, compassion, and respect for others
• Act irresponsibly and unethically

One way to be a Creative and Critical Thinker is to:

• Give up on hard questions
• Always think the same way that everyone else does
• Take ideas as they are without question
• Use reason and evidence to reach conclusions

One way to be a Goal-Directed and Resilient Individual is to:

• Avoid healthy and positive choices
• Give up on difficult tasks and unmet goals
• Use time and resources wisely to set goals and complete tasks
• Avoid self-reflection

Are these skills connected? Can you think of anything you could do that would fall under more than one of these skills?