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Your Portrait of a Graduate: The North Star for Community Connected Transformation

Ford Next Generation Learning believes Portraits of a Graduate (PoG) are critical to Community Connected Transformation.

Why is the PoG so critical? Because it IS the north star for a community’s transformation efforts! The PoG helps to steer the community toward a clear outcome and it keeps all of the systems, structures, processes, curricula, experiences – honestly – everything aligned toward ensuring that a community’s graduates have the competencies (and the experiences to develop and hone those competencies) they need for a clear career and life plan for themselves on the Monday after graduation.

In this webinar, you will:

        • Learn what a Portrait of a Graduate is and why it guides a community’s work, K-12.
        • Why a PoG is the “North Star” of your community-connected transformation.
        • Why building an ongoing communication structure for educating stakeholders about the story and ‘Why’ of the PoG will help keep your community’s transformation efforts on a straight and steady path and your PoG at the center of your work.
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Your Steering Committee: Jump-Starting or Refreshing, Revitalizing, Re-empowering It

Whether, as a district leader or member of the convening organization, you are beginning to create your Steering Committee or you are co-chairing your Steering Committee and are ready to give it a Vitamin B12 shot in the arm, this course is a resource for you as you work with your Ford NGL coaches. 

It will (re)ground you in what a Steering Committee is and why it is central to your community-connected transformation efforts, share its key responsibilities and functions, and the course will get you thinking about who should be part of your committee. 

If you need it, the course can also support you as you assess the health of your Steering Committee, re-energize your meetings, and evolve your meetings beyond an information sharing body.

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