Growth:

• Identify my own personal characteristics and values (e.g., dependable, integrity, ethical)
• Demonstrate an ability to present my own perspective in a situation
• Reflect on possible consequences, both positive and negative, before expressing my thoughts
• Analyze how thoughts and emotions affect decision making and responsible behavior
• Practice effective communication (e.g., listening, reflecting and responding)
• Demonstrate flexibility in my thinking or my actions (e.g., ask for suggestions; think of alternatives; adapt to unexpected changes)
• Identify and apply the steps of a decision-making model
• Analyze factors that lead to goal achievement and success (e.g., managing time, adequate resources, confidence)
• Apply goal-setting skills to promote academic, career and lifelong success
• Persevere and be flexible when faced with change
• Stay with a challenging task until completed

Understanding:

• Demonstrate responsibility for personal hygiene
• Present myself appropriately for the setting
• Apply self-reflection techniques to recognize my strengths, areas for growth and potential future plans
• Explore possible career and volunteer opportunities based on my interests and strengths
• Identify common resources and role models for problem solving
• Implement a plan to build on strengths, meet a need or address a challenge
• Analyze how using school and community support can contribute to school and life success
• Recognize how my behavioral choices can impact my school and life success
• Analyze the short- and long-term effects of safe, risky and harmful behaviors
• Analyze emotions that contribute to or detract from my ability to effectively problem solve
• Analyze and assess my response to emotions in multiple formats
• Recognize common stressors and how they might impact me
• Recognize physiological responses to emotions and identify strategies I can use to relieve stress
• Demonstrate responsible social media use

Interaction:

• Monitor how facial expressions, body language and tone impact interactions
• Understand group dynamics and respond appropriately within the group
• Identify appropriate and inappropriate uses of social and other media, and the potential repercussions and implications
• Identify peer pressure strategies to reduce risky behaviors and resist dangerous activities
• Identify the impact of social media in relationships
• Develop awareness of how my actions might create conflict (e.g., spreading rumors, misuse of social media, wrongful accusations)
• Identify positive supports during a conflict situation/crisis
• Evaluate strategies for preventing and resolving interpersonal conflicts
• Apply conflict-resolution skills to de-escalate, defuse and resolve differences
• Be able to listen to and acknowledge another’s perspective and rationale
• Distinguish when it is appropriate to seek adult help or when conflict can be managed by peers

Decisions:

• Evaluate situations that are safe and unsafe and consider how I can stay safe (e.g., personal interactions, location, technology)
• Monitor how responsible decision making affects progress toward achieving my goals
• Analyze daily schedule of schoolwork and activities to meet goals
• Recognize how, when and who to ask for help
• Collaboratively develop and model classroom rules, routines and norms
• Identify a problem, state what the problem is and identify the perspectives of those involved
• Identify a desired outcome of the problem
• Use creativity and innovation to generate multiple possible solutions and discuss each option in relation to resources, situation and personal principles
• Identify the best solution to the problem and analyze if it is likely to work
• Generate a plan for carrying out the chosen option
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the solution
• Make adjustments and amendments to the plan
• Accept responsibility for my personal decisions, including consequences

Empathy:

• Recognize nonverbal cues from others and respond appropriately
• Use conversational skills to understand the perspective of others
• Analyze ways in which my behavior may affect the feelings of others and adjust my behavior when it is negatively impacting others
• Identify constructive ways to provide support and encouragement to others
• Provide support and encouragement to others in need within our community
• Show respect and sensitivity for other people’s perspectives and cultures
• Recognize the impact of both positive and negative peer pressure on social relationships
• Demonstrate ways to express empathy for others
• Explain how individual, social and cultural differences may increase vulnerability to stereotyping and identify ways to address it
• Analyze the effects of taking action to oppose bullying based on individual and group differences
• Practice strategies for accepting and respecting similarities and differences
• Practice strategies for accepting similarities and differences, and work together to problem solve using group strategies
• Compromise and work effectively within groups