Inquirers

We develop our natural curiosity and acquire the new skills necessary to conduct research and inquiry independently using online primary and secondary resourcers.

Knowledgeable

We explore concepts, ideas, and issues from a global perspective - while working from home, we stay connected to the world and endeavor to learn about things that have global relevance.

Thinkers

We apply our skills critically and try to solve the complex new problems that our new world presents. We consider the ethics of our actions in a changed world.

Communicators

We use digital media to understand and express ideas confidently, creatively, and in more than one language. We collaborate effectively online, assuming positive intentions from each other and communicating clearly and kindly.

Principled

We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness. We maintain our academic honesty as we work online.

Open Minded

We understand and appreciate our own cultures, perspectives, and histories and those of others.

Caring

We have a personal commitment to service - especially in this unique moment. We seek out opportunities to help those in our community & in our world who have been impacted the worst.

Risk Takers

We approach this difficult, unfamiliar situation with courage and forethought and are willing to take on new roles, and explore new ideas and strategies.

Balanced

We understand the importance of finding a new intellectual, physical and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others despite these trying times.

Reflective

We give thoughtful consideration to our digital learning and experience. We are able to assess and understand our own strengths & limitations in distributed learning and improve as we learn.

The Learner Profile at NJIS is a set of ten attributes, agreed on by the International Baccalaureate Organization, which we believe are the core attributes of a 21st century learner and citizen. Our planning and teaching processes embed these attributes into each and every unit of instruction, and students are supported to become not just academically successful, but caring, engaged members of their communities and societies.