| Creative Curiosity |
Identify opportunities to learn something new or explore a concept more deeply |
Engage in activities that foster imagination, innovation, and creativity |
Articulate their learning about a concept more deeply and/or the ways in which their views were challenged while engaging with others; Building skills in divergent thinking and problem-solving that allow for the exploration of multiple potential solutions |
Develop the ability to generate and test new ideas, and to think creatively to solve problems with others |
| Self Concept |
Identify the factors that shape identities, including cultural, social, and personal experiences and values |
Develop a sense of self-worth and belonging, and the ability to express one's identities authentically |
Build skills in self-reflection and self-expression, and develop the ability to communicate one's thoughts, feelings, needs, and beliefs to others. |
Develop agency and the ability to make informed decisions based on one's own values |
| Healthy Connections |
Reflect on and identify what healthy and unhealthy connections look like |
Identify personal needs and boundaries |
Practice effective communication through active listening, compromise and boundary setting |
Navigate relationships with transparency, reciprocity and empathy for self and others |
| Critical Consciousness |
Acknowledge, question, and challenge inequalities and inequities that exist in systems |
Engage in self-reflection and self-analysis to understand one's own role in shaping and perpetuating social, political, and economic systems |
Build skills in analyzing, and addressing biases, privileges and power dynamics through honest conversations in order to understand others' perspectives and lived realities |
Collaborate with communities to transform the systems that perpetuate inequities, injustice and oppression in relentless pursuit of liberation for all |
| Strategic Adaptability |
Acknowledge the opportunities in adjusting to new situations, environments, challenges, and failures |
Identify and evaluate personal behaviors and responses to failure, ambiguity and change while recognizing the interconnectedness of complex systems |
Build skills in problem-solving, decision-making, and communicating to cope with change, uncertainty, and stress |
Demonstrate the ability to navigate unpredictable environments, learn from failure, to assess risk and take action |
