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What is Graduate Profile?

The Graduate Profile is a way for you to document, reflect, and showcase your learning journey throughout Madera Unified. This project gives you a chance to show evidence that you’ve developed important skills needed for life after high school.

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Breaking it down

Understanding the Graduate Profile

The Madera Unified Graduate Profile includes six key elements. Click an element below to view its related skills.

I should be able to:

  • Explain the problem
  • Gather evidence  and options to solve the problem 
  • Analyze and implement a solution I have come up with
  • Reflect on the process I used to solve the problem and explain it or make connections
  • Use creativity

I should be able to:

  • Identify challenges and recognize that change is inevitable
  •  Overcome challenges and be flexible
  •  Deal with stress in healthy ways
  •  Learn strategies that help me to adapt to challenges in the future

I should be able to:

  • Write and speak in an organized and purposeful way
  • Use evidence in my writing, speaking, or presentations
  • Correct any grammar issues in my writing, speaking, or presentations
  • Use verbal skills like speaking clearly and loudly and appropriate tone
  • Use nonverbal skills like eye contact and natural gestures, and dress professionally when speaking or presenting

I should be able to:

  • Understand that my choices and behaviors impact others
  • Always showing respect to everyone
  • Follow rules and agreements and make my classroom and school learning community better because I am there
  • Regularly help my family, school, and community through tangible acts of service
  • Take part in regular service projects in the community

I should be able to:

  • Set, monitor, revise, and meet goals 
  • Take responsibility for work by holding myself accountable and meeting deadlines
  • Persevere and refocus by working towards that goal when obstacles come up
  • Ask questions when needed

I should be able to:

  • Organize my work within a group
  • Fulfill my responsibilities as part of a group
  • Show respect to my group members
  • Compromise and work together with group members

Breaking it down

The Senior Capstone

Madera seniors demonstrate their mastery of the Graduate Profile through a capstone project, which includes a portfolio and a Showcase presentation.

The Senior Portfolio

A collection of artifacts and reflection statements consisting of your best work throughout high school. Your artifacts need to relate to the Graduate Profile Elements.

Due by the end of 1st Semester

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 The contents of the portfolio are evaluated in classes throughout high school. The final portfolio is reviewed according to a checklist to verify that all required components are present.

Element Reflection Guide

The Senior Showcase

A presentation before a panel where you highlight the elements that are your strengths and challenge, including a question and answer segment.

Presented on March 24, 2025

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 The showcase presentation is evaluated according to a rubric by a panel of teachers and community members. There are nine criteria that the panelists evaluate.

MUSD Slide Template

What work is done each year leading up to the Senior Showcase?

 

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ

What is the Graduate Profile?

The Graduate Profile is a framework that outlines the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities that all students should develop throughout their K-12 journey in Madera. Our profile includes six elements: Think, Communicate, Collaborate, Produce, Adapt, and Contribute. These durable, future-ready skills help prepare students for college, career, and life.

The Graduate Profile is a bold vision of student success that outlines the skills, mindsets, and competencies young people need for success in college, career, and civic life. It is also a “North Star” that guides district decision-making and focuses instructional decisions on important student learning outcomes.

In addition to meeting high school credit requirements, all students must demonstrate mastery of the graduate profile by earning a passing score on a digital portfolio and a showcase presentation. 

Yes. 

While the portfolio is a digital collection of work displayed through Google Slides, the Showcase is an in-person oral presentation given in front of a panel of teachers and community members. They are related because students can use slides from their Portfolio as visual aids during their Showcase presentation.
Opportunities will be provided to resubmit Portfolios and redo Showcase presentations. Students must pass both requirements before their school’s cut-off date to graduate.

See the overview page for a detailed list of what is required for the Portfolio. 

See the overview page for a detailed list of what is required for the Showcase presentation. 

Students who transfer into MUSD in grade 11 or 12 may receive adjustments to their Portfolio requirements. Ask a school administrator about your particular situation.

Yes, interpreters (or bilingual panels) are available for students classified as English Language Learner levels 1 or 2.
Our Graduate Profile was developed in 2017 by engaging our community, including parents, local business partners, teachers, students, and recent district graduates. A leadership team synthesized the input from these groups into our current profile and shared it with the Board of Trustees for formal approval.

“The graduate profile is essential in shaping well-rounded, career-ready students. It not only defines the skills and attributes that employers seek but also equips students with the confidence and adaptability needed to thrive after leaving Madera Unified School District.”

Kristin McKenna

Director of College and Career Readiness