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Profile of a Learner

Naperville Community Unit School District 203's Profile of a Learner strives to develop students who embody:

Learner's Mindset

Embrace curiosity to experience new ideas, while developing positive attitudes and beliefs about learning.
Possess the desire to learn, unlearn and relearn.
Find and maximize opportunities to actively listen and elicit diverse perspectives from others.
Adopt a dynamic mindset, embracing flexibility and taking ownership, with intrinsic motivation and an eagerness to evolve.

Adaptability

Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities, roles, and situations.
Demonstrate agility and resilience in thoughts and actions.
Respond productively to feedback, praise, setbacks, and criticism.
Understand, negotiate, and balance diverse views and beliefs to reach workable solutions.

Communication

Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contests.
Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions.
Use communication for a range of purposes and audiences including to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade.
Seek, contribute, and respond to feedback to achieve collective outcomes.

Critical Thinking

Understand the bigger picture and propose solutions that consider the effects on the whole system.
Consistently improve the quality of one's own thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing.
Apply disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence.
Access, evaluate, and integrate information effectively, using appropriate tools and resources wisely, ethically, and efficiently.

Global Citizen

Demonstrate awareness, sensitivity, concern, and respect to connect with others' feelings, opinions, experiences, and culture.
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.
Elicit diverse perspectives and contributions.