Growth:

• Incorporate personal management skills on a daily basis, including work/study skills, personal resources and time management
• Demonstrate control of my behavior in multiple settings
• Evaluate the role my attitude plays in success (e.g., pessimism vs. optimism)
• Apply honesty and personal integrity in all situations
• Practice strategies for coping with and overcoming stress and negative feelings (e.g., rejection, social isolation)
• Advocate for the rights of myself and others
• Demonstrate empathy in a variety of settings, contexts and situations
• Apply effective listening skills in a variety of settings and situations
• Demonstrate high-valued personal characteristics such as dependability, timeliness and inclusion of others
• Consider ethical, safety, health and societal factors when making decisions
• Set a positive academic, career or life goal with action steps, time frames and criteria for evaluating achievement
• Demonstrate flexibility in thinking or actions (e.g., ask for suggestions; think of alternatives; adapt to unexpected changes)
• Demonstrate a high level of work ethic and commitment

Understanding:

• Recognize my own personal learning style and find ways to incorporate my style in school and out of school
• Set priorities in building on strengths and identifying areas for improvement
• Advocate for my own needs related to my identified strengths and areas for growth
• Explore possible career and volunteer opportunities based on identified interests and strengths
• Identify organizations in my community that provide opportunities for me to develop my interests or talents
• Evaluate how behavior choices can affect goal attainment
• Analyze and use resources for problem solving
• Implement a plan to build on a strength, meet a need or address a challenge
• Seek out and identify adult role models and support systems that contribute to my school and life success
• Recognize physiological responses to emotions and identify strategies I can use to relieve stress
• Demonstrate responsible social media use
• Distinguish and appropriately dress for casual, social and business situations

Interaction:

• Evaluate how societal and cultural norms effect personal interactions
• Present myself professionally and exhibit proper etiquette for setting (e.g., class, work, social)
• Demonstrate strategies for collaborating with peers, adults and others in the community to move group efforts forward
• Plan, implement and evaluate participation in a group project
• Define social networking and its impact on my life
• Identify consequences of safe and risky behaviors
• Reflect upon my personal role in applying and responding to peer pressure
• Develop understanding of relationships within the context of networking and careers
• Explain benefits of setting limits for myself and others
• Identify my role in managing and resolving conflict (e.g., staying calm, listening to all sides, being open to different solutions)
• Apply conflict-resolution skills to de-escalate, defuse and resolve differences
• Identify how all parties in conflict might get their needs met (win-win)
• Listen to and acknowledge another’s perspective and rationale

Decisions:

• Assess lessons learned from experiences and mistakes
• Implement responsible decision-making skills when working toward a goal and assess how these skills lead to goal achievement
• Utilize skills and habits of applying standards of behavior by asking questions about decisions that students or others make, are about to make or have made
• Evaluate situations that are safe and unsafe, weigh options for safety and practice safe behaviors (e.g., personal relationships, location, technology)
• Analyze daily schedule of schoolwork and activities for effectiveness and efficiency
• Identify a problem and analyze the problem to consider the perspectives of those involved
• Identify the desired outcome to the problem and analyze if it is attainable
• Use creativity and innovation to generate multiple possible solutions and analyze each option in relation to resources, situation and personal principles
• Identify and ask systematic questions that clarify various points of view and lead to the best solution
• Implement the chosen solution
• Make adjustments as necessary to the plan to ensure the goal is met
• Contribute and support decisions that have a positive impact on community

Empathy:

• Evaluate opposing points of view
• Analyze the factors that have influenced different perspectives on an issue
• Differentiate between the factual and emotional content of what a person says
• Compare multiple perspectives on an issue
• Identify verbal, physical and situational cues that indicate how others may feel
• Recognize how perspective and biases impact interactions with others
• Understand how cultural similarities and differences contribute to the larger social group
• Advocate for rights of others as well as  for myself
• Work cooperatively with others to implement a strategy to address a need in the community
• Evaluate how society and cultural norms have an effect on personal interactions
• Recognize and respond to social cues in a manner that contributes to lifelong success
• Collaborate with a group to produce positive outcomes