Summer Series 2021

The Summer Series, delivered in partnership with NGLC, provided a best-practices based framework for Portrait teams to consider their next steps in the context of a “big picture” that encompasses the many enabling conditions that must be present to support deep, transformational change. This three-part series was based on a new report from NGLC called Activating a Graduate Profile: From Planning to Practice: Eight Lessons from Schools and Districts. The series was launched with with an overview of the full report on May 25. Additional sessions on June 11 and July 12 gave the learning community an opportunity to take a deeper dive into the key themes in the report.

(NGLC) Next Generation Learning Challenges
Activating a Graduate Profile: From Planning to Practice
Eight Lessons from Schools and Districts

Focusing on adult working culture needed to support the realization of the Portrait vision.

"In order to be fully activated and 'lived', graduate profiles must shape the reimagining of adult/professional cultures, operating habits, and structures in schools and districts as much as the goals and strategies of the student learning experience."