Input Participants:

• School staff at every school (thank you, principals, for facilitating)
• Parents
• NEA
• UNM-VC
• Rotary
• LLS Equity Council

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes of a LLS Graduate:

• Clear personal goals, knows about many different careers and how to attain the skills needed to grow a career
• Financially literate
• Understands the relationship between subjects
• Strong communication: reading, writing, listening, speaking
• Physically fit with healthy habits
• Bilingual
• Scientifically literate
• Organized
• Emotionally healthy
• Digital citizen, digitally literate, uses tech for learning
• Work ethic
• Determined to persevere through difficulty towards goals
• Independent thinker
• Participate intelligently in the political process and community
• Collaborative, respectful, empathetic
• Strong time management
• Data literate
• Mathematically literate
• Knows how to solve problems independently and when to ask for help

Future Ready School Experience:

Students Would...

• express themselves effectively
• work with others toward a common goal
• learn how to apply their skills to many careers
• demonstrate their learning in many ways
• create solutions
• learn grade level material
• find purpose and plan for their future
• connect learning to experience own their learning and manage time

• learn skills in isolation without application ( i.e. overemphasis on grammar without enough writing)
• accept mediocrity
• drill and kill
• have a one size fits all curriculum
• sit and get
• be defined by current ability or achievement
• disrupt others’ learning
• have work that isn’t challenging or meaningful

• Increase internet access and reliability in school and at home
• Commit to rigor, quality, and innovation
• Career awareness starting in elementary school and continued through graduation
• Digital learning materials with support to use them to personalize learning
• Change the high school schedule so students have a later start time
• Social and emotional support for students, families, and staff
• Professional learning to make every class challenging and engaging
• Ensure teachers and students are equipped with equipment for learning (extra chargers)
• Flexible learning environments
• Tutoring and summer programs
• Staffing and substitutes
• Get students into the community for service, internships, and awareness of local industry and careers
• Increase parent training on using devices
• Increase learning time
• Family support: food, supplies, education opportunities
• Environment: classroom temperature to be more comfortable in masks, continue PPE, maintain air filtration machines, outdoor spaces with shade