MYP Personal Project: Self-management skills

Organization skills

Affective skills

Reflective

• Establish a clear timeline with short- and long-term deadlines

• Meets deadlines consistently

• Create a plan to complete the Personal Project

• Set goals that are challenging and realistic

• Plan strategies and take action to achieve personal and goals

• Use appropriate strategies for organising complex information

• Select and use technology effectively and productively

Mindfulness

• Practise focus and concentration

• Practise strategies to overcome distractions

Perseverance

• Demonstrate persistence and perseverance

Emotional Management

• Practise strategies to reduce stress and anxiety

Self-motivation

• Practise analysing and attributing causes for failure

• Practise managing self-talk

• Practise positive thinking

Resilience

• Practise “bouncing back” after adversity, mistakes and failures

• Practise dealing with disappointment and unmet expectations

• Develop new skills, techniques and strategies for effective learning

• Identify strengths and weaknesses of personal strategies (self-assessment)

• Demonstrate flexibility in the selection and use of learning strategies

• Try new ATL skills and evaluate their effectiveness

• Consider ethical, cultural and environmental implications

• Keep a Process Journal to record reflections

Consider content

• what did I learn about today?

• what don’t I yet understand?

• what questions do I have now?

Consider ATL skills development

• what can I do already?

• what will I work on next?

Consider personal learning strategies

• what can I do to become a more efficient and effective learner?

• what factors are important for helping me learn well?