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Many states are undertaking these conversations. Utah, for example, approved its “Portrait of a Graduate” model almost a year before the pandemic in May of 2019. The resulting Utah Talent MAP, which stands for “Mastery, Autonomy, Purpose,” identifies the “ideal characteristics of a Utah graduate after going through the K–12 system.”⁹

In the category of mastery, the characteristics cover academic mastery; wellness—or the development of self-awareness and knowledge to maintain a healthy lifestyle physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally; civic, financial, and economic literacy; and digital literacy.

Autonomy, which refers to having the “self-confidence and motivation to think and act independently,” includes the skill areas of communication, critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, and collaboration and teamwork.

The last category is purpose. It's about helping individuals guide their life decisions, craft goals, shape their direction, and create meaning. The characteristics include honesty, integrity and responsibility, hard work and resilience, lifelong learning and personal growth, service, and respect.

Utah isn't telling individual schools and districts to just adopt its portrait of a graduate.¹⁰ The state is instead encouraging schools and districts to use its model as a jumping-off point to develop their own portraits,¹¹ much as Juab School District in Utah did to craft its own portrait, which revolves around the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students should have to be able to successfully navigate the world after graduation.¹² You can check out many other portraits of a graduate that states, districts, and schools have constructed at portraitofagraduate.org.