Kavod IB Learner Profile
Kavod explorers demonstrate a commitment to respecting themselves, their communities and the world by exemplifying OLAM qualities as:
- Persevere through difficult tasks and stay positively focused
- Approach uncertainty with forethought and determination and are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change
- Use critical and creative thinking skills to analyze and take responsible action on complex problems and exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions
- Understand the importance of balancing the intellectual, physical, and emotional aspects of our lives
- Thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience and understand our strengths and weaknesses to support our learning and personal development
- Nurture curiosity, develop skills for inquiry and research, and explore new ideas and innovative strategies
- Develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines and engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance
- Learn with enthusiasm and sustain a love of learning throughout life
- Express themselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways
- Collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups
- Know how to learn independently and with others
- Seek and evaluate a range of points of view and be willing to grow from the experience
- Show empathy, compassion and respect
- Act with integrity and honesty, a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere
- Take responsibility for our actions and their consequences
- Have a commitment to service, and act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us
- Recognize our interdependence with the world in which we live by appreciating our own cultures as well as the values and traditions of others
Kavod Explorers Share Their Favorite OLAM Values