Tools to Track + Build Skills Aligned with North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate

Build Confidence, Adaptability, and Purpose with North Carolina Students

Wayfinder helps bring North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate to life with a powerful feature that tracks and nurtures the essential competencies outlined in the framework.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Portrait of a Graduate Wayfinder

Gain insights on how your students are developing each of your framework’s skills with our premium add-on, which includes:

  • Custom alignment of your skills with Wayfinder content
  • Ability for students to upload evidence of skill development
  • Real-time skill tracking assessments across your school or district

With Wayfinder, your students will develop adaptability, collaboration skills, critical thinking skills, and build personal responsibility to take ownership of their learning and future.

Turn your Portrait of a Graduate vision into reality. Learn about our new feature below! 

Align With North Carolina's K-12 Education Standards

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North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate names seven essential skills students build throughout their K-12 experience to ensure students are equipped for a broad range of post-secondary opportunities.

Wayfinder’s lessons and activities overlap with and build upon these skills, offering schools easy-to-use tools to help students thrive in school and throughout their lives. 

Students love Wayfinder. In head-to-head competitions nationwide, schools choose Wayfinder 4 out of 5 times. Our research-backed curriculum complies with FERPA, COPPA, and PPRA and is in accordance with SB49 regulations. That's why Wayfinder is the top choice among schools and districts across North Carolina. 

Watch the video below to see why many of North Carolina's schools and districts use Wayfinder.

Explore North Carolina's Portrait of a Graduate Alignment

See how Wayfinder's Core Skills and Future-Ready skills activities and lessons align with North Carolina's Portrait of a Graduate!

Wayfinder is North Carolina's solution for Portrait of a Graduate Alignment

Download the guide to see how Wayfinder's activities and lessons align with North Carolina's Portrait of a Graduate characteristics:

  • Adaptability
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Empathy
  • Learner's Mindset
  • Personal Responsibility

Wayfinder is North Carolina's Partner for K-12 Success

Partnering with Wayfinder gives schools a research-backed, easy-to-implement program that builds the real-world skills students need to thrive. Join the growing number of districts choosing a solution that’s powerful and practical:
  • Builds future-ready skills like purpose, collaboration, and adaptability
  • Simple, flexible implementation with lessons that fit any schedule
  • Intuitive platform that integrates seamlessly with your existing tools
  • Best-in-class support and coaching for smooth rollout and sustained success