The IB learner profile assists students in developing into internationally minded citizens who recognize their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, helping create a better and more peaceful world.
As IB learners, we strive to be:
- Inquirers: We know how to learn independently and with others.
- Knowledgeable: We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.
- Thinkers: We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.
- Communicators: We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
- Principled: We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
- Open-minded: We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.
- Caring: We act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and the world around us.
- Risk-takers: We are resourceful and resilient when facing challenges and change.
- Balanced: We recognize our interdependence with other people and our world.
- Reflective: We work hard to understand our strengths and weaknesses to support learning and personal development.
"What is the Learner Profile", Smore October 2023, https://secure.smore.com/n/vcxy7-comets-pyp-monthly-newsletter
Ways Parents Can Help Develop Students to Be Inquirers at Home:
- Visit places that spark inquiry, like museums, parks, or nature preserves.
- Explore the areas of your child's interest by visiting the library to borrow books.
- Develop an understanding of the Internet. Work with your son or daughter when the Internet is being used, and explore why some websites may not reputable.
- Model being an inquirer: Ask questions and wonder!
- Ask open-ended questions, such as "What do you notice?"
- Model being a learner: "Here is how I will find out."
- Praise your child for asking a question.
- Meet a question with a question - "How could you find that out?"
- Be prepared to inquire together - "Let's figure this out together."
- Have your child write down their wonders in a journal. Spend time researching these wonders!
"Ib Learner Profile: Inquirer.” Smore, 3 June 2020, https://www.smore.com/hf3nr-ib-learner-profile-inquirer.
Willard has policies that will help parents and stakeholders better understand our IB Program.
- Assessment Policy - Grading Philosophy and Process
- Language Policy - Development of Language
- Special Education/Inclusion Policy
Our policies are located on our website under the International Baccalaureate tab > IB Program > Policy Documents - https://willard.pusd.us/academics/international-baccalaureate/ib-program/policy-documents
International Mindedness
International Mindedness is central to the IB Mission of creating a peaceful and better world through education that builds intercultural understanding and respect. International Mindedness is a view of the world in which people see themselves connected to the global community and assume a sense of responsibility towards its members. Internationally minded people appreciate and value the diversity of peoples, cultures, and societies in the world.
