The scholar will build new knowledge by inquiring, thinking critically, identifying problems, and developing strategies for solving problems. 

• Think – The scholar will display curiosity and initiative. 
  • Formulate questions about a personal interest or a curricular topic. 
  • Recall prior and background knowledge as a context for new meaning.
• Create – The scholar will engage with new knowledge by following a process.
  • Use evidence to investigate questions.
  • Devise and implement a plan to fill knowledge gaps. 
  • Generate products that illustrate learning. 
• Share – The scholar will adapt, communicate, and exchange learning products with others in a cycle. 
  • Interact with content presented by others. 
  • Provide constructive feedback.
  • Act on feedback to improve.
  • Share products with an authentic audience. 
• Grow – The scholar will participate in an ongoing inquiry-based process. 
  • Seek knowledge continually.
  • Engage in sustained inquiry.
  • Enact new understanding through real-world connections. 
  • Use reflection to guide informed decisions. 

The scholar will demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to inclusiveness and respect for diversity in the learning community. 

• Think – The scholar will contribute a balanced perspective when participating in a learning community. 
  • Articulate an awareness of the contribution of a range of learners.
  • Adopt a discerning stance toward points of view and opinions expressed in information resources and learning products. 
  • Describe understanding of cultural relevancy and placement within the global learning community.
• Create – The scholar will adjust awareness of the global learning community.
  • Interact with learners who reflect a range of perspectives. 
  • Evaluate a variety of perspectives during learning activities. 
  • Represent diverse perspectives during learning activities. 
• Share – The scholar will exhibit empathy and tolerance for diverse ideas.
  • Engage in informed conversation and active debate. 
  • Contribute to discussions in which multiple viewpoints on a topic are expressed. 
• Grow – The scholar will demonstrate empathy and equity in knowledge building with the global learning community.
  • Seek interactions with a range of learners. 
  • Demonstrate interest in other perspectives during learning activities.
  • Reflect on personal connections within the global learning community.

The scholar will work effectively with others to broaden perspectives and work toward common goals. 

• Think – The scholar will identify collaborative opportunities.
  • Demonstrate a desire to broaden and deepen understandings. 
  • Develop new understandings through engagement in a learning group. 
  • Decide to solve problems informed by group interaction. 
• Create – The scholar will participate in personal, social, and intellectual networks. 
  • Use a variety of communication tools and resources. 
  • Establish connections with other learners to build on their own prior knowledge and to create new knowledge. 
• Share – The scholar will work productively with others to solve problems. 
  • Solicit and respond to feedback from others. 
  • Involve diverse perspectives during inquiry processes. 
• Grow – The scholar will actively participate in learning situations with others. 
  • Contribute to group discussions.
  • Recognize learning as a social responsibility. 

The scholar will make meaning for oneself and others by collecting, organizing, and sharing resources of personal relevance. 

• Think – The scholar will act on an information need.
  • Determine the need to gather information. 
  • Identify possible sources of information. 
  • Make critical choices about information sources to use. 
• Create – The scholar will gather information appropriate to the task.
  • Seek a variety of resources.
  • Collect information representing diverse perspectives. 
  • Question and systematically assess the validity and accuracy of information. 
  • Organize information by priority, topic, or other systematic scheme. 
• Share – The scholar will exchange information resources within and beyond the learning community.
  • Access and evaluate collaboratively constructed information sites. 
  • Contribute to collaboratively constructed information sites by ethically using and reproducing others’ work. 
  • Join with others to compare and contrast information derived from collaboratively constructed information sites. 
• Grow – The scholar will select and organize information for a variety of audiences.
  • Perform ongoing analysis of and reflection on the quality, usefulness, and accuracy of curate resources. 
  • Integrate and depict in a conceptual knowledge network an understanding gained from resources. 
  • Communicate curation processes openly for others to use, interpret, and validate.

The scholar will discover and innovate in a growth mindset developed through experience and reflection. 

• Think – The scholar will develop and satisfy personal curiosity. 
  • Read widely and deeply in multiple formats. 
  • Reflect and question assumptions and possible misconceptions. 
  • Engage in inquiry-based processes for personal growth.
  • Write or create for a variety of purposes. 
• Create – The scholar will construct new knowledge. 
  • Problem solve through cycles of design, implementation, and reflection. 
  • Persist through self-directed pursuits by tinkering and making. 
• Share – The scholar will engage with the learning community. 
  • Express curiosity about a topic of personal interest or curricular relevance. 
  • Co-construct innovative means of investigation. 
  • Identify collaboratively innovative solutions to a challenge or problem. 
• Grow – The scholar will develop through experience and reflection. 
  • Respond iteratively to challenges.
  • Recognize capabilities and skills that can be developed, improved, and expanded. 
  • Accept feedback for positive and constructive growth with an open mind.

The scholar will demonstrate safe, legal, and ethical creating and sharing of knowledge products independently while engaging in a community of practice and an interconnected world.

• Think – The scholar will follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.
  • Apply information, technology, and media responsibly to learning. 
  • Understand the ethical use of information, technology, and media.
  • Evaluate information for accuracy, validity, social and cultural context, and appropriateness for need. 
• Create – The scholar will use valid information and reason conclusions to make ethical decisions in the creation of knowledge.
  • Use and reproduce others’ work ethically. 
  • Acknowledge authorship and demonstrate respect for the intellectual property of others. 
  • Include elements in personal-knowledge products that allow others to credit content appropriately.
• Share – The scholar will share new information with a global community responsibility, ethically, and legally.
  • Share information resources in accordance with modification, reuse, and remix policies. 
  • Disseminate new knowledge through means appropriate for the intended audience. 
• Grow – The scholar will engage with information to extend personal learning.
  • Personalize use of information and information technologies. 
  • Reflect on the process of ethical generation of knowledge. 
  • Inspire others to engage in safe, responsible, ethical, and legal information beha