The Packer Profile

The Packer profile is a direct result of feedback from students, staff, and family stakeholder groups during the 2021-22 strategic planning process. The Packer Profile identifies the community’s shared aspirations for students and what it means to be a graduate of APS. It reflects what our students, staff, and families desire each day for our students and support their preparation to become college, career, and life ready.

APS graduates are entering an ever-changing world filled with endless possibilities. To support our students in achieving their dreams after high school, APS staff will model and guide students towards their development of the Packer Core Values. The core values will hold our system accountable to focusing our instruction, student engagement, and community collaboration in supporting our students to make a difference in the world.

During the 2022-2023 school year, design teams of teachers and school counselors from AHS and Ellis will work to create the Packer Profile 3 key principles and what those will look like for students and staff. This initial design process will take place in October through February and result in a high-level structure scope and sequence. Community stakeholders and students will have multiple opportunities to receive updates on the progress of these design teams and provide feedback to consider in future design processes.

Packer Profile Principles

The Packer Profile reflects 3 key principles to guide student experience throughout their education at Austin Public Schools:

Career Pathways Exploration: Students will leverage their interests and abilities to explore future careers and educational opportunities.
Meaningful Learning Experiences: Core content and instruction will intentionally engage students in authentic learning experiences with relevance beyond APS.
Packer Portfolio: Beginning with the class of 2027, students will celebrate by sharing their meaningful pathway journey and growth in the Packer Core Values through a digital portfolio with the community.

Packer Core Values

Responsible

Resilient

Learner

Communicator

Contributor

Community Input Sessions

December 19, 2022

December 19, 2022

On December 19, 47 regional and community stakeholders worked with APS Administration to learn more about the Packer Profile and provide feedback and considerations on the work AHS/ELLIS design teams have completed regarding career pathways, meaningful learning experiences and the packer portfolio. It was a great opportunity for our stakeholders to see the amazing passion our teams have to prepare our students to be career and life ready!

In true educator form, we asked our participants to complete an exit ticket answering the question “what do you know now that you didn’t know before.” Here are just a few things we heard:

“I appreciate that the school district is taking an interest in the after high school life of students!”
“Excited for my granddaughter’s future.”
“APS has a focused approach to developing students.”
“We all can make it happen.”
“I am impressed with the progress and thought made so far on the Packer Profile – keep up the progress and good work.”
“Our community is more engaged in the growth & success of our students than I previously knew. This is fantastic!!”
“Tons of awesome people in our community care about our kids and their education.”