Network Resources
Evidence-Based One-Page Briefs
Data-oriented resources that highlight how engaging in learner-centered, future-ready education (including participation in the Nevada Future of Learning Network) can impact student engagement, deeper purpose in education, teacher satisfaction, engagement, and retention, and workforce readiness.
Innovation Guide
A resource that highlights how innovation can take shape in practice. It frames broad action areas for system change, connects them to enabling policies, and provides district examples to illustrate possibilities. Its purpose is to inspire and orient leaders to different ways innovation can be designed and scaled.
Policy Primer
A practical, “policy-at-a-glance” tool designed for district planning teams. It organizes state policy flexibilities into key topics, includes district-level interpretations, and outlines considerations for local application. Its purpose is to help districts understand which policy levers are available and how to apply them in planning and decision-making.
Facilitate Your Own Crosswalk: Standards and Portrait
Guidance and examples using NV core standards and Portrait competencies: A process for districts to use to identify where Portrait-aligned competencies and Nevada essential standards intersect, with examples across core content areas and grade bands
Exemplar Lessons
Educator resources for integrating portrait-aligned competencies into daily instruction:
Lesson template, process, and guidance
Exemplar lessons at the elementary, middle, and high school levels spanning multiple subject areas to model high-quality learner-centered and future-ready lessons aligned with state standards, portrait-aligned competency and rubric progressions, and demonstrating increased agency and learner ownership of learning experiences
