Behavior Standards

• Learning Strategies
  
  • Demonstrate critical-thinking skills to make informed decisions
  • Demonstrate creativity 
  • Use time-management, organizational and study skills 
  • Apply self-motivation and self-direction to learning 
  • Apply media and technology skills 
  • Set high standards of quality 
  • Identify long and short term academic, career and social/emotional goals
  • Actively engage in challenging coursework 
  • Gather evidence and consider multiple perspectives to make informed decisions 
  • Participate in enrichment and extracurricular activities

• Self-Management Skills
  • Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility 
  • Demonstrate self-discipline and self-control
  • Demonstrate ability to work independently 
  • Demonstrate ability to delay immediate gratification for long-term rewards 
  • Demonstrate perseverance to achieve long and short term goals 
  • Demonstrate ability to overcome barriers to learning 
  • Demonstrate effective coping skills when faced with a problem 
  • Demonstrate the ability to balance school, home and community activities
  • Demonstrate personal safety skills 
  • Demonstrate ability to manage transitions and ability to adapt to changing situations and responsibilities 

• Social Skills
  • Use effective oral and written communication skills and listening skills 
  • Create positive and supportive relationships with other students
  • Create relationships with adults that support success
  • Demonstrate empathy 
  • Demonstrate ethical decision-making and social responsibility 
  • Use effective collaboration and cooperation skills 
  • Use leadership and teamwork skills to work effectively in diverse teams
  • Demonstrate advocacy skills and ability to assert self, when necessary 
  • Demonstrate social maturity and behaviors appropriate to the situation and environment