A Portrait of a Graduate is a vision that articulates the collective hopes and dreams a community has for its students, as well as the skills and attributes all students need in order to be prepared for college, career, and life. The process meaningfully engages a diverse strategic planning team that represents all community partners, ensuring an equitable and representative process that unites the community.
Learn key strategies for widespread community engagement that support partners in creating a collective vision. Consider, share, and discuss examples from SAU 29, as well as other districts. Get down to the nitty gritty and explore, develop, and work with the tools your team will need to make your community’s hopes and dreams a living reality.
Participants will:
- Build a common understanding of the Portrait of a Graduate and strategic planning process.
- Identify ways that SAU 29 engaged diverse community partners in their processes.
- Understand how data collection and analysis is central to and strengthens strategic plans.
- Develop an action plan based on community engagement.
- Explore ways to leverage the Portrait of a Graduate and strategic plan for sustained implementation.
