Graduate and Learner Profiles
When we ask ourselves "What do we want our students to have in their metaphorical 'backpack' when they leave us to take on and change the world?", what kinds of knowledge, capacities, or dispositions will we identify? Educators across the country are grappling with this very same question. Below are a few examples of graduate profiles from right here in Kentucky, as well as some examples a little further away.
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Want to see what skills make a top Google employee? You might be surprised at the similarities between them and your school's Profile of a Learner.
Ken Kay, CEO of EdLeader 21, describes the process of creating a Graduate profiles, their importance in clarifying the capacities needed most by students, and their use in teaching and learning as "True North."
In this downloadable PDF, the Hewlett Foundation outline their six deeper learning competencies in a learner profile that has proved foundational in the defining of deeper learning.
This toolkit from EdLeader 21 provides a step-by-step process for central office or school-based leaders who are creating learner or graduate profiles in their district.
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This online toolkit from EdLeader 21 provides a step-by-step process for school-based leaders who are creating learner or graduate profiles in their district.
"What if we got really clear on the skills, dispositions, and abilities that kids need to develop?" EdLeader 21, a National Leader in school reform, answers with this collection of examples of Graduate and Learner profiles from across the country. A few local exemplars are featured below.
Boone County Schools, a Kentucky leader, provides this pdf containing their Profile, as well as discussion and rationale.