Free for school leaders
Portrait of a graduate generator
Tell Sparky your district's priorities and the grades to cover. Sparky drafts your portrait of a graduate: the competencies, what each one looks like, and a rubric for every grade band from K–2 to 9–12.
Used by 250,000+ teachers, and built to FERPA, COPPA and GDPR standards.
How the portrait of a graduate generator works
Ask for a draft
Type one line, such as "Draft a portrait of a graduate for our district." Attach your strategic plan, board goals or a community survey if you have them.
Tell Sparky your priorities
Sparky asks what to highlight, who will read it and which grades to cover. Answer in one line, or tell it to draft from common competencies first and adjust later.
Bring it to your community
Save the portrait to Google Drive as a Google Doc, download a Word file or print it for your design team, families and board.
What goes in a portrait of a graduate
Competencies in plain words
A short list of the skills and habits your community wants every graduate to leave with, named so families remember them.
What each one looks like
Each competency described as things a student does, so teachers can plan lessons and projects around it.
A rubric for every grade band
Rows for K–2, 3–5, 6–8 and 9–12, so a kindergarten teacher and a senior advisor read the same expectations at different ages.
Four levels of growth
Beginning, Developing, Proficient and Exemplary, or the level names your district already uses.
Your board's priorities
Name them, or attach the strategic plan, and Sparky groups the competencies under them.
Examples from other districts
Ask Sparky to look at other districts' portraits. It searches the web and links the district pages it used.
Ways school leaders use it
Start from your priorities
Paste the goals your board or design team has agreed on, and Sparky drafts the portrait around them.
A rubric for one competency
One competency, such as collaboration, broken into what students show at each grade band and level.
Slides for the board
A deck that walks board members or families through the portrait before a vote or a community meeting.
A senior capstone
A final project in phases, from a driving question to a presentation to a panel, each phase tied to a competency.
Data privacy
Safe to use with student work
What happens to the files you upload and what your students write in Flint.
Not used to train AI
Student data in Flint is never used to train AI models.
Not shared
Flint does not share student data, or any other user data, with third parties.
Kept separate
Each school's data is kept apart from every other school's, and the AI providers Flint runs on can't reach it.
Signed agreements, on request
Flint signs a data processing agreement with any school that needs one, written to US state law and EU GDPR.
What teachers say about Flint
"Students have learned they can use the tool on their own to get feedback and instruction whenever they need it. They have leveraged Flint to democratize individualized tutoring, ensuring that academic support is accessible to all."
Mica Mulloy
Assistant Principal for Instruction & Innovation at Brophy College Preparatory
"The feedback from students has been overwhelmingly positive; they’re not only improving their maths skills but also developing a genuine understanding of AI’s strengths and limitations in a safe, supportive environment."
Dan Green
Math Teacher and Principal at Hyundai Foreign School
"As we began rolling out Flint our teachers' AI confidence grew. Teachers finally felt like they had an AI tool that worked with them, rather than against them."
Sidney Sutton
Digital Literacy & Technology Lead at Oberoi International School
Frequently asked questions
Is the portrait of a graduate generator free?
Yes. It's free for school leaders and teachers.
What is a portrait of a graduate?
A short description, often one page, of the skills and habits a district wants every student to have by graduation. Districts usually write it with students, families, teachers and local employers, then use it to plan teaching, projects and assessment.
What competencies do districts usually include?
Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, resilience and citizenship come up in most of them, under each district's own names. Ask Sparky for portrait of a graduate examples and it searches the web and links the district pages it used.
Is a profile of a graduate the same thing?
Yes. Portrait of a graduate, profile of a graduate, graduate profile and portrait of a learner all name the same kind of document. Virginia calls its version the Profile of a Virginia Graduate.
Does my state have a portrait of a graduate?
Several states publish one. North Carolina's names seven durable skills and comes with rubrics and "I can" statements, New York has a state portrait, and Virginia's profile sets the frame for its diploma requirements.
Can I share it with families and the board?
Save it to your Google Drive as a Google Doc, download it as a Word file, copy it or print it. Ask Sparky for a slide deck made from the portrait for a board meeting.
How do students show they have the competencies?
Many districts use a senior capstone, a portfolio or a presentation of learning. Ask Sparky to design a capstone around your competencies, then ask for a rubric to score it.
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