What's a Portrait of a Learner?

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INTRODUCING
MBLC MEMBER ELMA DISTRICT

What's a Portrait of a Learner?

A set of clear and meaningful learning outcomes is at the heart of every mastery-based school's efforts with teaching and learning, assessment and grading. Accordingly, numerous MBLC member schools have set out to name the most important skills, knowledge, and awarenesses they want students to demonstrate by the time they graduate from that school. These capabilities can be articulated in a Portrait of a Learner (or Profile of a Graduate).

Many of our member schools have modeled their efforts on the Washington State Profile of a Graduate. The WA State Board of Education calls their profile "a guiding vision for our K-12 education system, developed with local input, that identifies the skills, knowledge, attributes, and competencies necessary for a successful transition to life after high school."  

Creating a Portrait of a Learner— naming the most important capabilities students should gain and be able to demonstrate in their time in your school—is a collaborative, inspiring, unifying process, as staff, families, students, and community members share and discuss their ideas about what's most important for students to learn.

Today we're sharing the MBLC member profile for the Elma School District, which created its Portrait of an Elma Eagle in 2022. Elma's Portrait is now at the heart of this district's strategic vision.

Read, enjoy, and perhaps reflect on how the Washington State Profile of a Graduate and Elma's Portrait compares to your own vision for what's most important for learners in their finite time in your school.

What's a Portrait of a Learner?

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INTRODUCING
MBLC MEMBER ELMA DISTRICT

What's a Portrait of a Learner?

A set of clear and meaningful learning outcomes is at the heart of every mastery-based school's efforts with teaching and learning, assessment and grading. Accordingly, numerous MBLC member schools have set out to name the most important skills, knowledge, and awarenesses they want students to demonstrate by the time they graduate from that school. These capabilities can be articulated in a Portrait of a Learner (or Profile of a Graduate).

Many of our member schools have modeled their efforts on the Washington State Profile of a Graduate. The WA State Board of Education calls their profile "a guiding vision for our K-12 education system, developed with local input, that identifies the skills, knowledge, attributes, and competencies necessary for a successful transition to life after high school."  

Creating a Portrait of a Learner— naming the most important capabilities students should gain and be able to demonstrate in their time in your school—is a collaborative, inspiring, unifying process, as staff, families, students, and community members share and discuss their ideas about what's most important for students to learn.

Today we're sharing the MBLC member profile for the Elma School District, which created its Portrait of an Elma Eagle in 2022. Elma's Portrait is now at the heart of this district's strategic vision.

Read, enjoy, and perhaps reflect on how the Washington State Profile of a Graduate and Elma's Portrait compares to your own vision for what's most important for learners in their finite time in your school.

(clockwise from top left) Graduation Day,  Elma student being honored for successfully completing an advanced manufacturing apprenticeship, Portrait of an Elma Eagle, Kindergarten Badge Book skills for Reading and Math.