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The goal of our multi-district team's efforts: to guide division-level and school-level leaders to unpack and operationalize the 5 C’s. Leaders can then better support classroom teachers in navigating and implementing authentic, deeper learning opportunities at all levels in their work to support students as they grow in their acquisition of life-ready skills.

Over the course of participation in VaLIN 2.0, the Stafford team focused on beginning to outline what the SCPS-specific profile of a graduate / learner / educator would look like. The following illustrates those skills and qualities and that teachers and leaders will both model and teach to students so that each of these personal statements will be true by the time a student graduates. They incorporate the 5Cs of the Portrait of a Graduate as well as those adopted by Stafford in its original adoption of the C5W continuum.

SCPS Portrait of a Graduate

As part of Chesterfield’s innovation journey, they identified the need to set the stage for innovation to take place. In their strategic plan, Chesterfield promises to “Ignite passion through authentic and captivating experiences”. The way to this is through their Infinite Learner 6 C’s. By focusing their innovation on revamping their School Improvement and Innovation Process, they are creating the conditions for innovation to take root and thrive.

Case Study and Voices of VaLIN Podcast

RPS’s innovation journey began with their efforts to create STEM Academies within two of their middle schools. It quickly became apparent to them that this work was having an impact on their learners and RPS needed a way to replicate it within existing bandwidth. Leveraging the Innovation Framework as a model, RPS designed their own DREAMS Innovation Process, which is now being leveraged to scale innovation across the division.

RPS DREAMS Innovation Framework and Sample Innovations