A Portrait of a Graduate is a vision that articulates the collective hopes and dreams a community has for its students– including the skills and attributes all students need for college, career, and life. This session focuses on how to create and sustain a community-driven PoG and aligned strategic plan that is both equitable and actionable.

The Great Schools Partnership’s Portrait of a Graduate Toolkit provides resources to meaningfully engage a diverse strategic planning team that includes community partners, families, students, and staff. This inclusive approach ensures an equitable and representative process that unites the community around a clear vision and collective strategic plan. The session will include real-world examples from school districts across New England and offer hands-on opportunities to explore, develop, and work with tools that bring a PoG to life.

Whether you’re launching a PoG initiative or looking to strengthen your current implementation, you’ll walk away with ideas, tools, and strategies to ensure your vision becomes a living, lasting part of your school or district’s culture.

Outcomes

• Explore strategies to sustain the Portrait of a Graduate (PoG) and Strategic Plan implementation.
• Build a shared understanding of the PoG and Strategic Planning process.
• Identify strategies for engaging diverse community partners.
• Recognize the role of data collection and analysis in strengthening strategic plans.

Intended Audience

All K-12 decision makers:

• School Board Members
• Central Office Employees
• Administrators
• Educators

What’s Included in Creating a Shared Vision: Portrait of a Graduate and Strategic Planning

• All participants will receive a digital certificate of 1 contact hour.
• Access to webinars, tools, and resources from Great Schools Partnership’s Portrait of a Graduate Toolkit.
• All participants will receive access to the webinar recording and link to session materials.