Spicewood Elementary School During our second round of Exhibition Mentor Meetings, students met with their groups to further discuss and reflect upon what lies at the heart of the PYP program, the Learner Profile.
The leaves and branches are the attributes that we “see” on the outside. Students are risk-takers as they present to their classmates, open-minded during discussions with their peers, and caring as they take action and collect cans for our community. With their mentors, students discussed on these attributes and how they contribute to being a more globally-minded person.
The Learner Profile works in conjunction with the attributes, or the “roots”. The roots are our values. They are what people can’t see all of the time, but lie under the surface. Our values are built upon our experiences, interactions with other people, and reflection on those experiences. By learning more about and demonstrating the attributes, students build a value system based on these experiences. At Spicewood, our teachers integrate the Learner Profile and attributes into everyday conversations, student conversations and collaboration.
By the time our students enter 5th grade they are well versed in the language of a globally minded-thinker. During Mentor Meetings, students shared how it is our take responsibility to model these attributes to those around us. This meeting culminated with several students finding even more value in their learning here. And, what’s even more important is that their actions and words shows us what it means to be an IB student each and every day!