Keys of Excellence:
Incorporating Habits of Mind
This Is It!
Pay attention - Keep a good attitude and use your time wisely.
- Manage Impulsivity
- Responding with wonderment and awe
- Remaining open to continuous learning
Ownership
Take responsibility for what you say and do - always tell the truth and don’t blame others
- Applying past knowledge to new situations
- Remaining open to continuous learning
- Taking responsible risks
- Thinking interdependently
Speak with Good Purpose
Think before you speak - Make sure your words help others, not hurt them
- Listening with understanding and empathy
- Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
- Managing impulsivity
Commitment
Do your best - Take action - don’t give up
- Striving for accuracy
- Taking responsible risks
- Persisting
- Thinking interdependently
- Remaining open to continuous learning.
Failure Leads to Success
Learn from mistakes -It’s okay to make a mistake if you learn something
- Persisting
- Questioning and Posing Problems
- Finding humor
Integrity
Do what’s right - do the right thing no matter what
- Thinking about thinking (metacognition)
- Managing impulsivity
- Taking responsible risks
- Thinking interdependently
- Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Flexibility
Be willing to do things differently - You don’t always get what you want - be open to something different
- Thinking flexibly
- Creating, imagining, innovating
- Thinking Interdependently
- Gathering data through all senses
- Thinking about thinking (metacognition)
Balance
Take care of yourself and others - Do things to help your growing brain, healthy body, and happy heart
- Gathering Data through all senses
- Finding humor
- Responding with wonderment and awe