Characteristics of a Successful Learner
Behaviors and work habits are an important part of communicating to parents and students about student progress. However, they are reported separately from academic proficiency in a standards-based grading and reporting system to ensure clarity and transparency around a student's actual achievement in academic learning.
We based our Characteristics of a Successful Learner on our Portrait of a District 31 Graduate. These are the values and characteristics we wish to see demonstrated by our students when our vision is fully achieved.
Winkelman Characteristics of a Successful Learner
The Characteristics of a Successful Learner are reported on separately from academic learning using the following levels of proficiency:
- Meets = The student consistently demonstrates the characteristics of a successful learner without prompting.
- Developing = The student sometimes demonstrates the characteristics of a successful learner and may need some prompting.
- Beginning = The student rarely demonstrates the characteristics of a successful learner, even with prompting.
Field Characteristics of a Successful Learner
The Characteristics of a Successful Learner are reported on separately from academic learning using the following levels of proficiency:
