Portrait of a Learner

The WHY

We all seek meaning and purpose in our existence and strive towards achieving balance in our lives.

The WHAT

A Balanced Person can independently pursue their passions, apply their values and balance their resources to achieve a sustained sense of personal wellbeing and purpose.

The WHY

We all look for recurring patterns and enduring principles to help us make sense of things.

The WHAT

A Rational Problem-solver can independently solve complex problems using sound reasoning based on an enduring understanding of causation.

The WHY

We all seek personal identity; we all need a place to belong.The groups we belong to, and how they organize themselves, have a defining influence on our lives.

The WHAT

A Respectful Relationship-Builder can independently build respectful relationships with diverse individuals and groups, building networks to achieve individual and collective goals.

The WHY

We all share a duty of stewardship for the ecosystems we inhabit and a need to understand how they work.

The WHAT

A Contributing Citizen can independently contribute to sustainable, equitable social and ecological ecosystems through leadership, humility, empathy and the practice of service.

The WHY

We are all creators; we are all capable of imagining new futures, new tools, new artifacts, and making them real.

The WHAT

An Innovative Creator can independently conceptualize and create a unique artifact, aesthetic or technological, to enhance human experience and/or expand human possibility.

The WHY

We are all storytellers; we all send messages to each other, in different languages, for different purposes, in different genres, through different media.

The WHAT

A Compelling Communicator can independently design and deliver persuasive, informed communications, using different media, on matters of principle and ideas that matter.

El Retrato de un Estudiante (Spanish) PDF