Profile
OF A GRADUATE

Profile of a Graduate

Kenowa Hills understands the importance of vision, and the importance of seeing the future we want to achieve. Our Profile of a Graduate defines the skills, characteristics and dispositions that are essential for our learners to become globally competitive citizens. The Profile of a Graduate is the result of input from students, staff, parents, business officials and community members.

Empowered Learner

• Embraces curiosity to explore new ideas.
• Demonstrates flexibility to learn, unlearn, and relearn
• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes work according to short-term and long-term goals
• Takes initiative and utilizes resources to accomplish goals
• Seeks and responds productively to feedback.
• Perseveres through obstacles and difficulties.

Complex Thinker and Problem Solver

• Consistently improves the quality of one’s own thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing.
• Applies disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence to develop opinions and attitudes.
• Identifies and evaluates possible solutions to difficult or complex situations.
• Implements and reflects critically on a solution.
• Understands the “bigger picture” and proposes solutions that are mindful to the impact they may have on other parts of a system.
• Understands, negotiates, and balances diverse views and beliefs to reach workable solutions.

Responsible Collaborator

• Honors individuals’ strengths to build collective commitment and action.
• Enriches the learning of both self and others.
• Contributes and responds to feedback to achieve collective outcomes.
• Encourages diverse perspectives and contributions.
• Acts honestly and in the interest of the greater good.
• Honors commitments and owns the outcomes.

Impactful Citizen

• Listens with an open mind to understand others’ situations, perspectives, and needs.
• Demonstrate awareness and respect to connect with others’ experiences, feelings, and opinions.
• Makes safe, legal, and ethical choices.
• Takes action to make the world a better place.

Skilled Communicator

• Articulates thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts.
• Listens effectively for meaning, knowledge, intentions, values, and beliefs.
• Uses communication for a range of purposes and audiences (e.g. inform, instruct, inspire, or influence).