CMS's Learner Profile and Level All Are Already Pointed the Same Direction
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is building its own Learner Profile as part of its 2024–2029 Strategic Plan, a district-wide effort to map postsecondary milestones by grade level and connect every student to a trusted adult who helps them become next-step-ready. Level All’s tools build toward the same outcomes.
What CMS Is Building
The Learner Profile sits inside CMS’s Academic Excellence pillar, tied directly to Goal 4: increasing the percent of high school students graduating on track to be enrolled, enlisted, or employed, from 72% toward a target of 85% by 2029.
- A grade-by-grade map. The Learner Profile gives students, families, and staff a cohesive, digestible picture of the milestones a CMS student should meet by graduation.
- A dedicated platform. CMS is building a Learner Profile Platform specifically for middle and high school students to ensure every student has access to a trusted adult as they work toward being next-step-ready.
- Tied to real partnerships. The strategy calls for collaborating with government and private industry to expand access to internships, apprenticeships, and postsecondary pathway exploration.
The Seven Skills at the Center
CMS’s Learner Profile is explicitly built in alignment with North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate, the same seven durable skills the state is pushing districts to embed across career development work.
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- Empathy
- Learner’s mindset
- Personal responsibility
North Carolina built its career-readiness push around the idea that content knowledge alone doesn’t prepare a student for what comes next. These seven skills are meant to be the throughline.
Where Level All Already Fits
Level All isn’t a replacement for what CMS is building. It’s already reinforcing the same seven skills through named collections students can start today, all built with the ASCA National Model in mind from the start.
- Adaptability. Smash Through Problems: Be More Solution-Focused, The Power of Grit, Manage Your Energy, Manage Your Life, and the How to Feel Less Stressed / Stay Healthy series.
- Collaboration. Build Your Teamwork Skills, Your Guide to Group Projects, How to Work with Your Teachers, Working with Your High School Counselor, and Find the Right Career Mentor for You.
- Communication. Get Better at Public Speaking, Elevator Pitch: You in 1 Minute or Less, How to Write a Thank You Note, and Unlock Career Secrets with Informational Interviews.
- Critical thinking. How to Set Your Priorities and Make Decisions, Combat Decision Fatigue, A Framework for Financial Decision-Making, Smart Search: Finding Information Online, and How to Study for Quizzes and Tests.
- Empathy. Make an Impact with Community Service, You’re Not Alone! Find Your Support System, How to Handle Conflict, and How to Have Difficult Conversations.
- Learner’s mindset. Develop a Growth Mindset, Don’t Wait: Overcome Procrastination, Discover Your Unique Learning Style, Motivate Yourself to Do Well in School, and Find What Motivates You.
- Personal responsibility. Become the Most Organized Person You Know, How to Manage Your Time, Build an After-School Routine, How to Do Your Homework, and Budgeting for Beginners.
These pathways are built with the ASCA National Model in mind, aligned with the seven durable skills. These learning experiences can be assigned and tracked by teachers with our educator dashboard or taught in classrooms with our ready-made lesson plans.
Reach out to northcarolina@levelall.com to talk through how Level All supports what CMS is already building.
