What is Portrait of a Graduate?
A Portrait of a Graduate, or profile, is a framework that outlines the key skills, competencies and attributes a school or district believes students should develop by the time they graduate.
Why are we doing this?
Portrait of a Graduate has the potential to enhance student readiness for college, careers, and life, particularly as "human skills" become increasingly critical in an era shaped by AI and automation.
“We're in the era of AI. And artificial intelligence is going to be taking the place of a lot of the technical skills that people need. And what's going to be left? What's going to be left are these human skills,” Tucker says. “So we have to, as a society, and as an education system, and as a broader workforce system, we have to define these things in ways that there's a common language.” - Andrew Tucker, Researcher
Preparing Students for their Personal Best!
What is a portrait? The idea behind a portrait is simple. Rather than deciding that a student is a successful graduate based on the amount of time they've spent in the classroom, the portrait presents a more well-rounded view of what success looks like.
"States and districts and schools are redefining success and thinking about what it is that young people need to be prepared for success, both in post-secondary education, the workforce, and in civic life and society.” - Laurie Gagnon, Program Director of CompetencyWorks at the Aurora Institute, a nonprofit organization that advocates for competency-based education.
