LP+Risk+Takers

=LP Risk-takers=

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 * Approach unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought

// Name of activity: // School Concert //Description of learner:// Secondary Students //Description of activity:// At the the secondary end of year concert auditions are held for various performances. In terms of exploring new roles the approach taken by the concert organizer of the concert, the secondary music teacher highlights the spirit of the Learner Profile. The students, simply by the act of auditioning for a concert in which you have to face a large audience, is clearly a demonstration of the first aspect of the definition of 'risk taker' - approaching unfamiliar situations and uncertainty with courage and forethought. However there is another aspect of this process that provides evidence of students pushing themselves into new roles with new challenges with teacher support. Over the past few years the school community has seen students taking on new roles in concert performances. Over a series of years we have seen, for example, students gaining confidence on electric guitars in student rock bands and then suddenly appearing on stage at the school concert in a jazz performance. We have seen students using these performance based events to launch themselves into new and expanding roles. These cases have largely been facilitated behind the scenes by the music teacher who knows the students and their developing skill base very well and values highly this aspect of the Learner Profile. // Impact on learners: // The exploration of new roles through these performance based events not only acts as a vehicle through which new skills can be developed as students grow as musicians and performers, it acts as a clear message to the school community that we can all explore new selves through different roles; who we are is the result of the conscious decisions that we make. By challenging ourselves and pushing ourselves into these new roles we can see ourselves in a new and expanding light. We also find that the members of our school communities are full of surprises. //Images/supporting documents://
 * Have the independence of spirit to explore new roles, ideas and strategies.

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 * Are brave and articulate in defending their beliefs.