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Profile of a Graduate

Academically Ready
Life Ready
Future-Focused
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Workplace Ready
Civic-Minded
Financially Savvy
Academically Ready
Life Ready
Future-Focused
Workplace Ready
Civic-Minded
Financially Savvy
Portrait of a Graduate image

Academically Ready

  • Individuals conceptualize, apply, synthesize, and analyze/evaluate gathered knowledge; students are open-minded, and respect both evidence and reasoning. Individuals understand the “big picture.”
  • Individuals innovate to solve problems and develop unique solutions.
  • Individuals engage with complex texts, both fiction and nonfiction.
  • Individuals communicate effectively and compellingly through writing memos, letters, emails, texts, complex technical reports, and creative writing.
  • Individuals will be able to convey clear and concise thoughts in various forms of writing styles and samples.
  • Individuals use mathematical tools, strategies, and procedures, to understand and apply mathematical concepts, and problem solve with reasoning skills.

 

  • Individuals possess understanding of scientific principles and procedures, including the physical world around them and how systems within it function; individuals utilize the scientific method to develop hypotheses, test theories, and draw conclusions.
  • Individuals develop a keen appreciation of the arts in various forms; students understand the inherent culture of artistic expression.
  • Individuals make a conscious effort to understand, and retain information conveyed by others; students are attentive, engaged, and provide feedback.
  • Individuals purposefully set short- and long-term goals; students are familiar with setting, pursuing, and attaining goals that are smart, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timed (SMART).
  • Individuals are comfortable with reflecting on goals, and making adjustments as needed or appropriate.

Workplace Ready

  • Individuals demonstrate accountability; honor time commitments and deliverables.
  • Individuals identify, analyze, and implement solutions to difficult situations; students use knowledge, facts, and data to reflect on and determine potential solutions. 
  • Individuals can find and use knowledge; students know how to use information they are looking for.
  • Individuals have perseverance to work through problems; students do not give up when the solution is not immediately apparent. 
  • Individuals work productively with others; students build collaborative relationships with supervisors, colleagues, and customers/clients.  Individuals can negotiate and manage conflict.

Individuals communicate effectively; including but not limited to verbal, non-verbal, written, augmentative, and other effective/applicable methods, (including professional written communication), individuals are able to articulate thoughts and ideas in various settings.

  • Individuals demonstrate professional and personal etiquette; students are aware of social expectations and refrain from offensive behavior. 
  • Individuals listen openly to feedback and advice; students seek to improve themselves by learning from mistakes.
  • Individuals know own strengths, weaknesses, and emotional triggers; students monitor own emotions and reactions.
  • Individuals consistently adhere to a set of core values that are evidenced by choices and behaviors; students hold themselves accountable for communications, behaviors, and actions.

Life Ready

  • Resolves conflicts & seeks to understand
    • Individuals communicate effectively to negotiate and manage conflict; students resolve disagreements peacefully and productively.
    • Individuals seek to recognize the “how” and “why” that causes the initial conflict, and actively seek to redirect own behavior when necessary.
    • Individuals seek to understand others’ thoughts, feelings, and experiences; students demonstrate concern and awareness of others.  Individuals explore the world around them; students seek answers and understanding.
  • Individuals are able to identify healthy relationships; students are adept at recognizing toxic or dangerous relationships.
  • Individuals build and maintain safe, healthy, and productive relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and peers through trust and compassion.
    • Individuals demonstrate confidence and awareness of self while expressing concern, respect, and empathy towards others.  Individuals are driven from within more than by external rewards or enticements.
  • Individuals demonstrate emotional intelligence;  students exhibit empathy and show value of others.  Individuals are aware of own actions and feelings, and self-regulate as appropriate; students are aware of how others are affected. 
  • Individuals demonstrate a positive mindset; students strive to lift up those around them.
  • Individuals demonstrate resilience; students employ healthy coping strategies to prevent stress, fatigue, and burnout.  Individuals manage own personal health, hygiene, and living space; students exercise self-care to address personal, social, mental, spiritual, and physical well-being.
  • Individuals are aware of when and how to reach out for help when coping strategies are not sufficient.

Civic-Minded

  • Individuals understand governmental processes and remain active within civic life; students exercise own rights and obligations as citizens at the local, state, national, and global levels. 
  • Individuals take interest in community and current events; students demonstrate civic awareness, volunteerism, and engagement, and act to improve own communities.
  • Individuals stay informed about how and where to vote; students remain apprised of important issues and then vote on those issues. 
  • Individuals serve others selflessly; students understand and demonstrate servant leadership.
  • Individuals embrace diversity through cultures and perspectives; students are aware of global issues and take action to improve current situations. 
  • Individuals hold global worldviews; students seek to understand others and demonstrate respect for diversity, inclusion, and equity
  • Individuals exhibit integrity and earn the trust of others through honesty and principled behaviors; students adhere to a set of core values evidenced by self choices and behaviors.
  • Individuals display socially accepted morals and values.
  • Individuals express concern for others and make positive contributions to the world.
  • Individuals are aware of others’ needs and are comfortable with differences; students express empathy for others.
  • Individuals seek to understand and share the feelings and experiences of others.
  • Individuals act with integrity and contribute to improving the world.
  • Individuals act as advocates for positive change for themselves and others.

Future-Focused

  • Individuals discover personal aptitudes and interests in order to explore career options. 
  • Individuals create secondary and post-secondary education plans that culminate in a comprehensive career plan.
  • Individuals hold realistic expectations of future options because students fully understand projected trends and demand within the workforce for own areas of interest; students are confident in aiming high, but also realistic in the understanding of expectations inherent within Career Pathways.
  • Individuals create a resume and obtain letters of recommendation to add to own portfolio.

Individuals assess post-secondary costs, financing options (such as the differences between loans and grants), and return on investment when determining career pathways and post-secondary areas of interest/focus. 

Individuals engage in work-based learning and industry-imbedded skills training and experiences; students matriculate to the post-secondary environment having participated in at least one experiential engagement at the secondary level.

  • Individuals are skilled at interviewing techniques, and are comfortable applying for a job/internship, interviewing for a position, applying for a scholarship, and negotiating an offer of employment.
  • Individuals understand the importance of relationship building through networking and are adept and comfortable in using networking skills.
  • Individuals set and attain goals in order to meet postsecondary and career plans.
  • Individuals are reliable and accountable; students set goals, review benchmarks, and complete tasks to accomplish the overall goal.

Financially Savvy

  • Individuals know how to budget and manage money responsibly; students are aware of budget constraints and basic budgeting best practices. 
  • Individuals allocate money within own budget for savings and investments; students understand the importance of planning for the future and saving/investing early in their lives.

Individuals set financial goals; students find, evaluate, and apply knowledge of financial information in order to make sound decisions. 

  • Individuals understand the differences between financial institutions, (banks, credit unions, etc.)  
  • Individuals understand interest rates, amortization, and compounding; students understand how these features affect and impact financial accounts
  • Individuals understand credit scores, credit worthiness, credit reporting, and credit checks; students understand how credit is established and what impacts it, both positively and adversely.  Students also understand the need to establish credit and why it is important to maintain high credit scores.
  • Individuals understand basic taxes and tax liabilities/requirements at the state and federal levels.
  • Individuals understand the role and status of the economy; students are aware of economical conditions that influence financial options and choices.
  • Individuals use understanding of economical conditions (such as inflation) to make appropriate financial choices.
  • Individuals know how to distinguish between needs and wants; students plan and budget accordingly.