Our Teacher and Learner Attributes
At CMIS, we subscribe to the Learner and Teacher attributes of the Cambridge Assessment International Education System as a platform for providing an academic and personal growth experience that would stay with our learners and teachers for a lifetime:
Learners
- Confident in working with information and ideas – their own and those of others
- Responsible for themselves – responsive to and respectful of others
- Reflective and developing their ability to learn
- Innovative and equipped for new and future challenges
- Engaged intellectually and socially, ready to make a difference.
Teachers:
- Confident in teaching their subject and engaging each student in learning.
- Responsible for themselves – responsive to and respectful of others
- Reflective as learners themselves, developing their practice
- Innovative and equipped for new and future challenges
- Engaged intellectually, professionally and socially, ready to make a difference.
A component of the experience is for our learners and teachers to develop the following 21st Century Survival Skills:
| Survival Skills in 21st Century | |
| Categories | 21st Century Skills |
| Ways of thinking | Creativity and innovation Critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making Learning to learn, metacognition |
| Ways of working | Communication Collaboration |
| Tools for working | Information literacy ICT literacy |
| Living in the world | Citizenship – local and global Life and career Personal and social responsibility – including cultural awareness and competence |
Source: Cambridge Assessment International Education Website