District Advisory Committee
December 2, 2015
Agenda
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Welcome, Introductions and Warm-up
Goal of Meeting: Overall context of identifying the
skills/traits
Distinguish difference between character traits and skills
Identify Additional 2 Skills
LUNCH
Identify Character Traits
Next Steps
Meeting Objectives
● Distinguish the difference between skills and
character traits
● Consensus on the 3 C’s
● Review our collective understanding of
Collaboration, Critical Thinking and
Communication and understand the criteria for
skills
Meeting Objectives (Continued)
● Identify the 4-6 skills NUSD students will
master upon graduation
● Identify the 4-6 character traits students
will exhibit upon graduation
● Understand the next steps for how the
skills and traits will be used to transform
NUSD
NUSD Four Priorities
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Equity
Staff Support
Community Involvement and Engagement
Student Success
“The District will clearly identify the most important knowledge and skills
that all students must have upon graduation, and identify how these will be
assessed. Structures and supports must be in place to ensure that all
students are provided with the necessary guidance and resources to be
college and career ready, including more opportunities for personalization.”
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MARIN OAKS AND NOVA
Skills and Traits
• 4Cs
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity
• Technology, including media
literacy
• Character Traits
• Grit
• Optimism
• Zest
• Self-Control
• Gratitude
• Social Intelligence
• Curiosity
SAN MARIN HIGH SCHOOL
Key Skills
Learning and Innovation skills- 4 C’s
• critical thinking and problem-solving
• creativity and innovation
• communication
• collaboration
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Career and Life skills
• flexibility and adaptability
• initiative and self-direction
• social and cross-cultural
interaction
• productivity and accountability
• leadership and responsibility
Digital Literacy skills
• information literacy
• media literacy
• information and communication technologies
NOVATO HIGH SCHOOL
Graduate Profile
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Creativity
Collaboration
Communication
Critical Thinking
Character
Tenacity
Organization
MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED VIDEO
https://vimeo.com/135611275
In your groups:
Identify a facilitator, recorder and
presenter
Why is a graduate profile necessary?
Why do we need to identify key skills?
Why do we need to identify key character
traits?
CLARITY/COHESION/ALIGNMENT
WHY?
WHAT?
HOW?
CLARITY
ALIGNMENT
COHERENCE
CLARITY
What skills do we
want our NUSD
graduates to possess?
ALIGNMENT
How do we design our
curriculum, instruction, and
assessments to ensure our
students learn these skills?
COHERENCE
How do we design our
schools to ensure that
these skills are learned?
DIstinguish Between Skills and
Character Traits
In your table groups:
Define SKILL and CHARACTER
TRAITS
Find an Example of each of
them
Identify a non-example on
“What it is NOT?”
Identify whether the word is
a skill or a character trait
BREAK
Review Criteria
● All teachers must be able to
teach the skills
● All teachers must be able to
assess the skills
● Students must demonstrate mastery
of the skills through an
exhibition, portfolio, senior
project, etc.
● No more than 5 skills
Consensus on the
Three C’s
Use Gradients
of Agreement
What are the two
Additional Skills that we
would like students to
Master Upon graduation?
● Think Individually: Each
person identify the two
skills they would like to
add
● Share: Large group to come
to consensus
● Combine groups: come to
agreement
● Use Gradients of Agreement
to show full group
perspective
LUNCH!
1. Each Group Share
OUt their top two
Skills with the
Key Elements
2. Combine Skills that
are similar- ie- Global
Awareness and Cultural
Competence
3. As an Individual, VOTE
for your top two (if
needed)
Draft of Key Elements for each skill
● Each skill will need
further revision and
fleshing out by
teachers, etc.
● Identify the key
elements for the skill
within your group
What are the four to Five most Important Character Traits for our
students to EXHibiT?
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Brainstorm as a group
the four to five most
important character
traits
Next Steps
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Board of Trustees Meeting on December 15 to discuss
Presentation by DAC members to school staff about the
skills and characters in January
Final Board Approval on January 26- PLEASE ATTEND
District Leadership Team is formed (principals and
teachers from each site) to determine the “HOW”: how
should the district and each school support our vision of
the Novato Graduate Profile? Where do we start?
DAC continues to meet each month to provide oversight and
input into our Local Accountability Plan (LCAP)
Next Steps
Meet with principals to review - December 10
Get input from each school site and
stakeholders in January
DAC reconvenes on February 10, 9-3 pm, ½
Graduate Profile ½ LCAP
February 23 - Board presentation and approval
of Graduate Profile