Think about the opportunities and challenges you encounter each day. What skills do you use to navigate them?

In the State of Virginia, the Profile of a Virginia Graduate outlines the knowledge, skills, experiences, and attributes that students need to succeed in life and be “future-ready.”

In FCPS, we outline this through our Portrait of a Graduate (POG).

POG includes skills that are part of five important attributes:

• Communicator
• Collaborator
• Ethical & Global Citizen
• Creative & Critical Thinker
• Goal-Directed & Resilient Individual

FCPS students learn about, use, and reflect on their growth in these areas. They take ownership of their success today, tomorrow, and in the future.

Each of the five attributes includes related skills. The skills become more complex as students get older.

Student success in this area reflects the FCPS Strategic Plan Goal 3-Academic Growth and Excellence and Goal 5-Leading for Tomorrow’s Innovation.

Students at IB schools learn the Learner Profile and Approaches to Learning skills.

Video - Celebrating 10 Years of Portrait of a Graduate

How will students build Portrait of a Graduate skills at school?

• By learning about the skills — including what they look and sound like — and why they are important within and beyond school  
• By applying the skills as they learn course content in their daily lessons
• By reflecting on how they have grown, the next steps they can take, and why the skills matter to them now and in the future

When might students use these skills outside of school and in the future?

• At home interacting with family and caregivers
• Within friendships and acquaintances
• In extracurricular activities, such as music ensembles, sports teams, performing arts, jobs and internships, scouts, volunteering, community or faith-based service, etc.
• As contributing members in post-secondary education opportunities, future careers, and everyday adult life.