Spark Skills. Every skill. Every student. Every day.
Five interconnected strands, EF Skills, SEL, Values, ATL, and Leadership, woven into daily life from KG to Grade 12. One framework. One name. One community growing together.
Spark Skills · Integrated view
One student. Five lenses.
Every student moment involves all five Spark Skills strands at once. The Spark Lens shows you which strands are active for any grade and any context — not as five separate lists, but as one coherent picture of a learner.
Welcome to Spark Skills
Where do you start?
Spark Skills is a whole-school framework with five strands and hundreds of resources. This guide helps you find your entry point, whether you're new to the school, a homeroom teacher, or a subject specialist.
New to Dwight?
Start here, 15 minutes
1
See the big picture
Open the Progression Map and find your grade band.
→ Progression map
2
Learn the language
Read the EF skills and SEL strands, these are the terms you'll hear every day in Spark sessions.
3
Find your first lesson
Open the Curriculum Browser, filter by your grade band, and pick one activity for your first week.
→ Curriculum browser
Homeroom teacher
Daily Spark delivery
1
Know your grade's EF focus
Each grade has a priority EF skill each term. Find yours in the EF tab.
→ EF skills
2
Connect to SEL
Every EF skill links to a CASEL domain. See the SEL tab for classroom strategies.
→ SEL strand
3
Browse lessons by context
Filter the curriculum browser by your grade, time of year, and setting.
→ Curriculum browser
Subject teacher
ATL + UDL integration
1
Filter by ATL cluster
In the Curriculum Browser, filter by ATL strand and your programme (MYP or DP).
→ Curriculum browser
2
Make one Plus One commitment
Choose one Spark Skills activity to embed in your next unit. One. That's the starting point.
3
Talk to your Quest Specialist
Bring the student profiles and a unit overview to your next co-planning session.
Common questions
Spark Skills progression
KG to Grade 12. One continuous journey.
Every strand develops across the full school journey. Scroll right to see all grades. The language shifts from "I am learning to..." at KG, to "I can..." in the middle years, to "I consistently..." by Grade 12.
Executive Function
8 skills. 1,040 can-do statements.
Select a grade to see all eight skills at that level, or select a skill to see its full KG–G12 progression.
Staff reference
Student-facing language
Social-Emotional Learning · CASEL framework
Five domains. Every classroom. Every day.
The five CASEL domains run alongside and through EF skills, they are different lenses on the same learner. Click any domain to see classroom strategies, EF connections, and curriculum links.
Can-do statements by grade
Select a grade to see SEL can-do statements across all five CASEL domains.
IB Approaches to Learning · Spark Skills
Five categories. Every learner. Every grade.
Five categories. Fourteen sub-skills. Three programme bands — PYP, MYP, and DP. Every can-do statement describes one specific, observable behaviour grounded in Dwight Seoul's Programme of Inquiry and IB best practice. Select a grade to see the right statements for that programme context.
PYP (PS–G5) · Inquiry-based language · Dwight POI-grounded
MYP (G6–G10) · Ten IB skill clusters · Criterion-aware
DP (G11–G12) · Independence and transfer as the lens
School Values · Spark Skills
Six values. Lived and demonstrated. Every grade.
Can-do statements for all six school values — Kindness, Respect, Belonging, Responsibility, Integrity, and Curiosity — written for every grade from PS through Grade 12. Use for Spark portfolio evidence, credential conversations, and values-based goal setting.
School values
Six values
Kindness
I Show I Care
Respect
I Value Others
Belonging
I Help Everyone Feel Welcome
Responsibility
I Do My Part
Integrity
I Do What Is Right
Curiosity
I Keep Asking Questions
Student Leadership Development · Spark Skills Roadmap
Seven stages. KG to Grade 12.
The Spark Skills leadership roadmap maps a continuous arc of leadership development from KG to Grade 12, aligned to DSS values, EF skills, and Community Spark structures. Click any stage to explore.
Phased rollout, building the infrastructure
Phase 1, 2025–26
Name what exists
Student Council · Community Spark peer teaching as Leadership in Action · Spark Ambassador role in each grade · House as multi-context leadership
Phase 2, 2026–27
Add two new structures
Peer Mentor programme (older students support younger via Community Spark) · Formal Spark Ambassador credential · House Captain roles formalised
Phase 3, 2027–28
Full roadmap active
All seven stages formally recognised · Portfolio pathway from KG to G12 · Leadership credential as part of the Spark Skills micro-credential architecture
Can-do statements by grade
Select a grade to see the can-do statements for that stage of the leadership roadmap.
Curriculum browser
Find the right lesson right now.
Filter by strand, grade band, setting, duration, time of year, or IB programme. Every lesson is tagged across multiple dimensions. As the curriculum grows, it all lives here.
Strand
Grade
Setting
Duration
When
Programme
Can-do statements · All five Spark Skills strands
Every skill. Every grade. Every strand.
Browse can-do statements across all five Spark Skills strands — EF, SEL, ATL, Values, and Leadership — by grade. Use for Spark portfolio goal-setting, ILP writing, advisor conversations, and parent communication.
