Community Developed Portrait of a Graduate‍ ‍Creation: We facilitated the development of this Portrait of a Graduate and related tools and systems through school and community learning sessions on the purpose of high school. With the input of almost 200 students and over 200 staff and community voices, this Portrait of a Graduate represents one community’s unique, shared vision of what their graduates will know, experience and be able to do.

Implementation: From the POG we identified the specific Habits of Success, those life long learning competencies and skills, students would need most to reach the POG and thrive in high school, college, careers and the futures of their choice. Together we built systems and practices to teach and keep these Habits alive - all courses teach and assess Habits, and they are the focused standards for the district’s college and career Seminar course in grades 5-12.