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
