Three Districts Use Roadmap Experience to Move Portraits into Practice

How three districts moved beyond vision-setting and toward scalable, staff-led action.

Louisa County Public Schools (Va.), Troy City School District (Ohio), and Ephrata Area School District (Pa.) each used the Roadmap service to move beyond vision-setting toward scalable, staff-led action. Each district’s journey involved immersive stakeholder engagement, defined essential life skills, and steps to embed future-ready learning though professional learning, leadership development, innovation, and student voice.

The Challenge

Louisa County (Va.):
Louisa County had a clear Portrait of a Graduate (their Profile of a Graduate) framed by the “5 C’s” (communication, collaboration, creativity, citizenship, critical thinking), but needed to shift from aspirational to implementation, ensuring classrooms and teaching practice reflected those life skills.

Troy City (Ohio):
Troy City needed to align its mission, values, and core Portrait of a Graduate (their Portrait of a Trojan) with planning, instruction, and learning experiences, so that the vision actually influences what students do and how they learn.

Ephrata (Pa.):
Ephrata already had a strong Portrait (their Life-Ready Graduate) and deeper learning practices in place. Instead, they needed to deepen and scale those practices, especially around student voice, innovative learning designs, and teacher agency.

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