Adaptability -Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities. -Demonstrate agility in thoughts and actions. -Respond productively to feedback, praise, setbacks, and criticism.-Understand, negotiate, and balance diverse views and beliefs to reach workable solutions.
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Civic Literacy -Participate effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes.- Exercise the rights and obligations of citizenship at local, state, national, and global levels. -Understand the local and global implications of civic decisions.
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Collaboration -Honor and leverage strengths to build collective commitment and action. -Enrich the learning of both self and others. -Seek, contribute, and respond to feedback to achieve collective outcomes. -Elicit diverse perspectives and contributions.
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Communication -Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts. -Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions. -Use communication for a range of purposes and audiences.
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Confidence -Believe in one’s ability to ultimately attain a defined goal. -Persist to overcome adversity and obstacles to uncover alternate strategies to achieve goals. -Reflect on successes and failures as a means to refine the path moving forward. -Take initiative and act with purpose.
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Conflict Resolution -Engage in appropriate communication to resolve disagreements peacefully and productively.
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Conscientious -Recognize how personal decisions and actions have an impact beyond oneself. -Demonstrate a diligent work ethic and attentiveness to detail. -Work responsibly by being organized, thorough, and efficient.
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Content Knowledge -Develop and draw from a baseline understanding of knowledge in an academic discipline. -Transfer knowledge in combination with new learning to deepen understanding and influence conclusions and solutions. -Use content knowledge in real-world situations.
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Contributors -Act with integrity and empathy while demonstrating personal accountability and make positive contributions to the world. -Actively pursue opportunities that make a positive difference in the lives of others.
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Courageous -Demonstrate vulnerability and learn from mistakes. -Engage when the outcome or benefit is unknown or unclear. -Demonstrate mental fortitude to pursue meaningful goals, despite daunting challenges.
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Creativity -Demonstrate originality, imagination, and new ways of thinking about things. -Transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, and relationships to create new or meaningful ideas, methods, or interpretations.
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Critical Thinking -Understand the “bigger picture” and propose solutions that are mindful of the impact they may have on other parts of a system. -Consistently improve the quality of one’s own thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing. -Applies disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence.
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Cultural Competence -Understand, communicate with, and effectively interact with people across cultures. -Awareness of one’s own world view. -Developing positive attitudes towards cultural differences. -Gain knowledge of different cultural practices and world views.
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Curiosity -Eagerly explore the world around them. -Inquisitively seek answers and understanding. -Are energized by new learning and insights, including those different from currently held ideas, beliefs, and values.
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Empathy -Demonstrate awareness, sensitivity, concern, and respect to connect with others’ feelings, opinions, experiences, and culture. -Imagine what others are thinking, feeling, or experiencing. -Imagine the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others.
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Entrepreneurial -Think boldly and act courageously to actively seek change. -Imagine new ways to solve problems and create value for others. -Exercise initiative by organizing a venture to take advantage of an opportunity.
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Environmentally Responsible -Make responsible decisions that consider relationships to natural systems, communities, and future generations. -Recognize society's impact on the natural world (e.g., population growth, population development, resource consumption rate, etc.). -Take individual and collective action towards addressing environmental change.
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Financial Literacy -Know how to make appropriate personal economic choices. -Understand the role of the economy in society.
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Global Citizens -Value and embrace diverse cultures and unique perspectives through mutual respect and open dialogue. -Demonstrate personal, civic, social, local, and global responsibility through ethical and empathetic behaviors. -Contribute and take action to make the world a better place
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Innovation -Translate original and inventive thinking into viable solutions. -Take risks and know how to develop, organize, and manage new initiatives and/or ventures.
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Integrity -Adhere consistently to a set of core values that are evident in choices and behaviors. -Earn others’ trust and respect through honest, principled behaviors.
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Leadership -Are visionary and inspire positive action in others. -Recognize, invest in, and leverage strengths to build collective ownership and action. -Create the environment or the conditions that empower others to grow and succeed. -Build relationships with others through trust and compassion.
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Learner's Mindset -Embrace curiosity to experience new ideas. -Possess the desire to learn, unlearn, and relearn. -Find and maximize opportunities to actively listen and elicit diverse perspectives from others. -Develop positive attitudes and beliefs about learning.
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Media Literacy -Access, select, organize, curate, critically consume, and produce relevant information appropriately. -Recognize perceptions, biases, and assumptions in all forms of media. -Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical, legal, and humanistic issues surrounding the access and use of media.
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Networking -Interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts. -Cultivating productive relationships for business or employment.
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Perseverance -Exhibit steadfastness in achieving success despite difficulty, opposition, and/or failure. -Embrace the idea that failure is a part of success and quickly pivot to keep moving forward.
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Problem Solving -Identify, evaluate, and prioritize solutions to difficult or complex situations. -Implement and reflect critically on a solution.
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Rational Optimism -Recognize challenges, use enthusiasm and energy to influence others, and marshal resources to move forward. -Exhibit mindsets which include hope and gratitude.
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Resourceful -Access, select, and use resources efficiently and wisely to achieve success. -Transfer and adapt learnings from diverse experiences
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Responsibility -Act honestly and demonstrate care for the interests of the larger community and greater good. -Honor commitments and own the outcomes, whether positive or negative.
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Self/Goal-Directed -Proactively organize tasks and actions and thoughtfully make decisions, prioritizing short-term and long-term goals. -Initiate and take action independently, leveraging resources to accomplish goals.
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Technology Literacy -Leverage appropriate tools to consume, create, communicate, and connect. -Adapt to constantly evolving tools and appropriately integrate into daily life.
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