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North Carolina Durable Skills & Career Readiness Alignment

The K-12 platform that both assesses and develops the durable skills North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate vision, the Future-Ready Course of Study, the five Diploma Endorsements under State Board Policy GRAD-007, the 16 National Career Clusters, the 6 NC CTSOs, and the Career & College Promise dual-enrollment pathways demand — critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction.

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7 Durable Skills
Critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, self-direction
22 Credits
Future-Ready Course of Study (FRC)
5 Endorsements
Policy GRAD-007: College, Career, College/UNC, Academic Scholars, Global Languages
6 CTSOs
DECA, FBLA-PBL, FFA, FCCLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA
Durable skills & Portrait of a Graduate

Why Durable Skills and the Portrait of a Graduate Vision Come First in North Carolina

Across North Carolina, district-level Portrait of a Graduate visions increasingly anchor instruction around the same set of durable skills, mindsets, and dispositions: critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction. These are the skills employers ask for. They are the skills postsecondary institutions ask for. They are the skills the Future-Ready Course of Study, the five Diploma Endorsements, the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study, and myFutureNC’s 2030 attainment goal of 2 million NC residents holding a high-quality postsecondary credential all ultimately demand — whether a student finishes high school heading to a UNC System university, a North Carolina Community College through Career & College Promise (CCP), the workforce through a CTE Career Pathway, or the military.

The challenge for NC districts is that durable skills are easy to name but hard to measure and develop systematically. A Portrait of a Graduate poster on the wall is not the same thing as a strength-based assessment that surfaces every student’s creativity, executive function, and leadership dispositions in 20-30 minutes. A counselor signing off on a Diploma Endorsement is not the same thing as a multi-year evidence portfolio documenting that growth. Renzulli Learning is the only K-12 platform that both assesses and develops all seven canonical durable skills — producing the measurable, exportable, multi-year evidence that turns a Portrait of a Graduate vision into year-round documented practice across every grade band in every NC district.

Renzulli Learning is the K-12 platform that both assesses and develops the durable skills North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate vision and the Future-Ready Course of Study demand. The Cebeci Test of Creativity (CTC) measures creativity (US Patent 12,087,176). The Executive Function Assessment measures planning, working memory, and self-regulation. The Leadership Assessment measures collaborative leadership dispositions. The Renzulli Profiler captures interests, learning styles, and expression styles in 20+ languages — informing the 4th math course choice, the 6 elective credits, and Diploma Endorsement selection. SEM Type III Project-Based Learning produces capstone artifacts demonstrating Portrait of a Graduate dispositions. The Personal Success Plan (PSP) generates exportable summaries that complement the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study grades K-12. The result: NC districts get measurable durable-skills evidence — turning the Portrait of a Graduate vision into year-round documented practice.
The seven durable skills Renzulli develops

Durable Skills, Defined: What Renzulli Learning Assesses and Develops

Renzulli Learning is built around seven canonical durable skills — the same skills North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate vision, the Future-Ready Course of Study, the five Diploma Endorsements, the 16 Career Clusters, the six NC CTSOs, Career & College Promise, and myFutureNC postsecondary attainment all demand. Each skill has a specific Renzulli instrument that measures it and a specific platform feature that develops it:

Critical Thinking

Measure: CTC
Develop: SEM Type III PBL

Creativity

Measure: CTC (US Patent 12,087,176)
Develop: Enrichment Database + PBL

Executive Function

Measure: EFA
Develop: PSP cycles + PBL planning

Leadership

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: CTSO-aligned PBL + group projects

Collaboration

Measure: Leadership Assessment
Develop: Group PBL + peer feedback

Communication

Measure: 21st-century skills rubrics
Develop: PBL presentations & portfolios

Self-Direction

Measure: Profiler + EFA
Develop: PSP year-round goal cycles

NC framework components

Each NC Framework Component Mapped to a Renzulli Tool That Measures and Develops It

North Carolina’s framework starts with the Portrait of a Graduate vision and the durable skills behind it, then operationalizes those skills through the Future-Ready Course of Study, the five Diploma Endorsements, the Occupational Course of Study, the 16 National Career Clusters, the 6 NC CTSOs, and Career & College Promise. Each component pairs with the Renzulli instruments and content that measure and develop the durable skills behind it:

Vision
Portrait of a Graduate
Measure: All 4 Renzulli assessments
Develop: SEM Type III PBL + PSP
District-level durable-skills vision; the “why” behind every NC graduation pathway
22 Credits
Future-Ready Course of Study
Measure: EFA + Profiler
Develop: SEM Type III PBL + PSP
4 ELA / 4 Math / 3 Sci / 4 SS / 1 Healthful Living + CPR / 6 electives
5 Endorsements
NC Diploma Endorsements (GRAD-007)
Measure: Profiler + Leadership Assessment
Develop: PSP + CTE-aligned PBL
College / Career / College-UNC / Academic Scholars / Global Languages
OCS
Occupational Course of Study
Measure: Profiler + Leadership
Develop: PSP + work-based PBL
22 cr alt path; 300/240/360 hrs school/community/paid
16 Clusters
NC CTE Career Clusters
Measure: Profiler
Develop: Cluster-aligned PBL + Enrichment Database
National Career Clusters with NC Career Pathways under NCDPI
6 CTSOs
NC CTSOs
Measure: Leadership Assessment + EFA
Develop: Group PBL + competition prep
DECA, FBLA-PBL, FFA, FCCLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA
North Carolina’s career readiness framework

What NCDPI, the State Board, and NC Districts Coordinate

North Carolina’s career readiness framework is anchored by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and the State Board of Education. Every public high school student must complete the Future-Ready Course of Study (FRC) — 22 credits: 4 English, 4 Math (NC Math 1, 2, 3 plus a 4th math course aligned to the student’s postsecondary plans), 3 Science (Earth and Environmental Science, Biology, and a physical science such as Physics or Chemistry), 4 Social Studies, 1 Healthful Living credit including the CPR instruction requirement, and 6 elective credits.

Students with disabilities specifically identified for the program may complete the Occupational Course of Study (OCS) alternative pathway, also at 22 credits, with a substantial work-based learning requirement: 300 hours school-based training, 240 hours community-based training, and 360 hours paid employment.

Beyond the diploma itself, North Carolina offers five State Board of Education Diploma Endorsements under Policy GRAD-007: the College Endorsement, the Career Endorsement, the College/UNC Endorsement, the NC Academic Scholars Endorsement, and the Global Languages Endorsement. Common requirements across endorsements include completion of the Future-Ready Core mathematics sequence (NC Math 1, 2, 3 plus a 4th math course) and an unweighted cumulative GPA of at least 2.6. The Career Endorsement additionally requires a CTE concentration in an approved CTE Career Pathway. The Global Languages Endorsement requires Intermediate Mid proficiency or higher on the ACTFL scale. Endorsements are not required for graduation, but they signal evidence of student interests, talents, and postsecondary readiness.

Where Renzulli fits the Future-Ready Course of Study and Diploma Endorsements

The Renzulli Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests informing 4th math course choice, the 6 elective credits, and Diploma Endorsement selection. The Executive Function Assessment develops persistence behind the 2.6 unweighted GPA threshold and 4th math course completion. The Leadership Assessment supports the Career Endorsement’s CTE concentrator pathway and CTSO leadership development. The Personal Success Plan (PSP) documents multi-year durable-skills evidence aligned to the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study. SEM Type III Project-Based Learning produces capstone artifacts. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database supplies cluster-aligned career exploration resources for grades K-12.

Where Renzulli fits Career & College Promise (CCP) and myFutureNC

Career & College Promise (CCP) is North Carolina’s dual-enrollment program enabling eligible high school students to take tuition-free college courses through three pathways: the College Transfer pathway (transferable general education credits from NC Community Colleges), the Career and Technical Education pathway (industry-aligned coursework in CTE Career Pathways), and the Cooperative Innovative High School pathway (NC’s Early College and Middle College High Schools, including Cooperative Innovative High School designations). myFutureNC is NC’s statewide commission on educational attainment with a 2030 goal of 2 million NC residents holding a high-quality postsecondary credential. NCcareers.org is the state’s official career exploration portal. Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests informing CCP pathway selection. The EFA identifies executive function strengths affecting college-level coursework success. The PSP documents durable-skills evidence complementing CCP transcripts and NCcareers.org career exploration activities.

Real challenges

What North Carolina Counselors & CTE Coordinators Struggle With

These are the durable-skills-and-career-readiness challenges we consistently hear from NC educators implementing the Portrait of a Graduate vision, the Future-Ready Course of Study, the five Diploma Endorsements, the Occupational Course of Study, and the six NC CTSOs:

Turning the Portrait of a Graduate vision into measurable practice

NC districts increasingly anchor instruction around district-level Portrait of a Graduate visions naming durable skills like critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction. The challenge: a poster on the wall is not the same as multi-year evidence. Counselors and CTE coordinators need durable-skills measurement and development tools that produce documented growth across grades K-12 — without adding burden to existing PowerSchool, NCEdCloud, or counseling workflows.

Helping every student select among the five Diploma Endorsements

NC offers College, Career, College/UNC, NC Academic Scholars, and Global Languages endorsements at the same 2.6 unweighted GPA threshold. Counselors need year-round data on student strengths, executive function, and career interests to help every student pick the endorsement aligned to their goals — especially the Career Endorsement’s CTE concentration requirement and the Global Languages Endorsement’s ACTFL Intermediate Mid threshold.

Operationalizing the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study

The NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study guides K-12 counseling delivery. Districts need a strength-based assessment and development layer that surfaces every student’s interests, learning styles, executive function, and leadership dispositions starting as early as elementary school — giving counselors evidence-based starting points for individual student planning conversations long before high school course selection.

Documenting OCS work-based learning across 900+ hours

Occupational Course of Study students complete 300 hours school-based training, 240 hours community-based training, and 360 hours paid employment — 900 hours total. Counselors need durable-skills documentation tools that capture growth, employer feedback, leadership dispositions, and self-direction across all OCS work-based learning hours, complementing IEP and transition planning.

Supporting CTE concentrators across 16 Career Clusters and 6 CTSOs

NC CTE is organized around 16 National Career Clusters with state-approved Career Pathways. The Career Endorsement requires a CTE concentration. Six NC CTSOs (DECA, FBLA-PBL, FFA, FCCLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA) support co-curricular leadership. Districts need durable-skills tools that surface interests across all 16 clusters, support CTSO officer development, and document Career Pathway progression.

Preparing students for Career & College Promise dual enrollment

CCP’s three pathways — College Transfer, CTE, and Cooperative Innovative High School — let eligible NC students earn tuition-free college credit. Counselors need executive-function and self-direction data to identify students likely to succeed in college-level coursework, and to support those who need scaffolding. Renzulli’s assessment-and-development model fits CCP preparation for both Early College students and traditional high school dual enrollees.

Platform tools

Renzulli Learning Tools Mapped to North Carolina’s Durable Skills Demands

Each Renzulli tool maps to specific Portrait of a Graduate dispositions, Future-Ready Course of Study requirements, Diploma Endorsement pathways, OCS work-based learning, NC CTE Career Cluster preparation, and Career & College Promise readiness — producing concrete, exportable evidence of durable skills growth:

Renzulli Profiler: A 20-30 minute student self-assessment for grades Pre-K through 12. Captures each student’s interests, learning styles, and expression styles — the strength-based foundation for Portrait of a Graduate documentation, the 6 elective credits, the 4th math course choice under the Future-Ready Course of Study, and Diploma Endorsement selection. Surfaces interests across all 16 National Career Clusters. Available in 20+ languages, supporting NC’s English Language Learner populations.
Cebeci Test of Creativity (CTC): A validated, standardized creativity assessment (US Patent 12,087,176) measuring fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Culture-independent design supports more equitable durable-skills identification across linguistic and cultural backgrounds across NC’s diverse rural, suburban, and urban districts.
Executive Function Assessment (EFA): Measures planning, working memory, self-regulation, and metacognition — the durable skills behind academic preparation in the Future-Ready Course of Study. EFA dashboards highlight where students need scaffolding to complete the 22-credit FRC, hit the 2.6 unweighted GPA threshold for Diploma Endorsements, complete the 4th math course, succeed in Career & College Promise dual enrollment, and progress through Cooperative Innovative High School pathways.
Leadership Assessment: Measures the durable skills behind employability and CTSO participation: DECA, FBLA-PBL, FFA, FCCLA, HOSA, and SkillsUSA. Produces measurable evidence districts can use for the Career Endorsement’s CTE concentration requirement, NC CTE programs of study, Perkins V CTE accountability, and CCP CTE pathway preparation.
Personal Success Plan (PSP): A student-driven goal, project, and reflection tracker that builds a portable durable-skills portfolio. Generates exportable summaries that students and counselors use across the multi-year NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study from grade K forward — supporting documentation for the chosen Diploma Endorsement, OCS work-based learning hours, CTE concentrator progression, and CCP dual-enrollment readiness.
Project-Based Learning (PBL) Tools: Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM) Type III investigations produce authentic projects, presentations, portfolios, and reflections — exactly the artifacts Portrait of a Graduate documentation, the Career Endorsement’s CTE concentration, OCS community-based and work-based learning, and CCP capstones expect. PBL simultaneously develops critical thinking, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity.
Renzulli Enrichment Database: Over 40,000 curated, standards-aligned activities matched to each student’s Profiler results — including resources supporting NC’s Future-Ready Core English / math / science / social studies / Healthful Living curriculum and career-exploration activities for all 16 National Career Clusters complementing NCcareers.org.
21st-Century & Durable Skills Framework: Structured activities and rubrics build all seven canonical durable skills — producing growth evidence districts can use for Portrait of a Graduate documentation, Diploma Endorsement selection, NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study reporting, CCP readiness, and Perkins V CTE accountability.
Requirement-by-requirement

NC Career Readiness Requirements & Renzulli Durable Skills Platform: Side by Side

How Renzulli Learning addresses each core NC requirement — with durable skills measurement and development at the center:

NC Requirement Renzulli Learning Contribution
Portrait of a Graduate vision — district-level durable-skills framework anchoring K-12 instruction around critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction Renzulli is the K-12 platform that both assesses and develops all seven canonical durable skills. CTC + EFA + Leadership Assessment + Profiler measure. SEM Type III PBL + PSP + Enrichment Database develop. PSP documents multi-year evidence aligned to district Portrait of a Graduate documentation.
Future-Ready Course of Study (22 credits) — 4 English, 4 Math (NC Math 1, 2, 3 + 4th), 3 Science, 4 Social Studies, 1 Healthful Living + CPR, 6 electives EFA develops persistence to complete 22 credits. Profiler in 20+ languages guides 6 elective credits and 4th math choice. SEM Type III PBL produces portfolio artifacts. 40,000+ Enrichment Database includes resources for ELA, math, science, social studies, and Healthful Living.
Five NC Diploma Endorsements (Policy GRAD-007) — College, Career, College/UNC, NC Academic Scholars, Global Languages; common 2.6 unweighted GPA + Future-Ready Core math sequence; Career Endorsement requires CTE concentration; Global Languages requires ACTFL Intermediate Mid+ Profiler guides endorsement selection. EFA develops persistence behind the 2.6 unweighted GPA threshold and 4th math course completion. Leadership Assessment supports Career Endorsement CTE concentrator pathways. PSP documents multi-year evidence across all five endorsements.
Occupational Course of Study (OCS) — 22-credit alternative for students with disabilities; 300 hrs school-based + 240 hrs community-based + 360 hrs paid employment Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests for every OCS student. PSP documents 900 hours of work-based learning, employer feedback, and skill growth. Leadership Assessment surfaces leadership dispositions in community and paid placements. SEM Type III PBL produces accessible artifacts.
16 Career Clusters / 6 NC CTSOs — National Career Clusters with NC-approved Career Pathways under NCDPI; 6 CTSOs (DECA, FBLA-PBL, FFA, FCCLA, HOSA, SkillsUSA) authorized by Carl D. Perkins CTE Act Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests across all 16 Career Clusters. PSP guides Pathway exploration. PBL produces capstone artifacts. Leadership Assessment supports CTSO leadership across all 6 organizations.
Career & College Promise + myFutureNC + Counseling SCS — CCP three-pathway dual enrollment (College Transfer / CTE / Cooperative Innovative High School); myFutureNC 2030 attainment goal; NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study; NCcareers.org Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests informing CCP pathway selection from elementary school forward. PSP generates exportable summaries that complement Counseling SCS documentation grades K-12. SEM Type III PBL produces work-based learning artifacts.

Funded where allowable through Title I, II, III, IV, Carl D. Perkins V CTE, and other federal/state allocations. $15/student/year with a 30-day free trial.

From NC educators

What Implementation Looks Like in North Carolina Districts

“Our district’s Portrait of a Graduate names seven durable skills, and the Future-Ready Course of Study + five Diploma Endorsements are how we get there. But naming durable skills doesn’t produce evidence of growth. Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests for our 4th math course choice and the 6 elective credits, the EFA shows us which students need scaffolding to hit the 2.6 unweighted GPA threshold for the College and Career endorsements, the Leadership Assessment supports our DECA, FBLA-PBL, FFA, FCCLA, HOSA, and SkillsUSA students, and SEM Type III PBL produces the artifacts that work for both Career & College Promise capstones AND OCS community-based learning.”
For Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford, Cumberland, Forsyth, Gaston, Union & Johnston Larger NC districts running multiple high schools and dozens of CTE programs across all 16 Career Clusters need a single, exportable durable-skills evidence layer. Renzulli’s assessment data, PBL artifacts, and PSP exports support the district Portrait of a Graduate vision, the Future-Ready Course of Study, all five Diploma Endorsements, OCS documentation, NC CTE Career Pathways, six CTSOs, Career & College Promise readiness, the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study, and Perkins V CTE compliance — without disrupting existing PowerSchool, NCEdCloud, or NCDPI workflows.
For NC Early College High Schools, rural districts & equity-focused implementations North Carolina has the nation’s largest Early College High School and Cooperative Innovative High School network through Career & College Promise. Rural NC districts often face counselor-to-student ratios that make individualized planning hard. The Profiler’s availability in 20+ languages, the culture-independent CTC (US Patent 12,087,176), the 40,000+ Enrichment Database, and the PSP’s strength-based goal-tracking workflow let counselors support multi-year planning across rural and urban districts at $15/student/year with a 30-day free trial, with funding alignment via Title I, II, III, IV, and Carl D. Perkins V CTE where allowable.
Frequently asked questions

NC Durable Skills & Career Readiness: Common Questions

Questions NC counselors and CTE coordinators ask most often:

How does Renzulli Learning support North Carolina’s Portrait of a Graduate vision and durable skills development?
North Carolina districts increasingly anchor instruction around a Portrait of a Graduate vision — the durable skills, mindsets, and dispositions every NC graduate should possess regardless of postsecondary pathway. Renzulli Learning is the only K-12 platform that both assesses AND develops the seven canonical durable skills behind any Portrait of a Graduate framework: critical thinking, creativity, executive function, leadership, collaboration, communication, and self-direction. The Cebeci Test of Creativity (US Patent 12,087,176) measures creativity. The Executive Function Assessment measures planning, working memory, and self-regulation. The Leadership Assessment measures collaborative leadership dispositions. The Renzulli Profiler in 20+ languages captures interests, learning styles, and expression styles for every K-12 student. SEM Type III PBL produces capstone artifacts. The Personal Success Plan generates exportable durable-skills evidence aligned to NC counseling and advisory documentation grades K-12. $15-per-student annual price and 30-day free trial.
How does Renzulli Learning support the Future-Ready Course of Study (FRC) and the 22-credit NC diploma?
All public high school students must earn at least 22 credits in the Future-Ready Course of Study to graduate from a North Carolina high school: 4 English, 4 Math (NC Math 1, 2, 3 plus a 4th math course aligned to the student’s postsecondary plans), 3 Science (Earth and Environmental Science, Biology, and a physical science such as Physics or Chemistry), 4 Social Studies, 1 Healthful Living credit including the CPR instruction requirement, and 6 elective credits. Renzulli’s seven durable skills map to every FRC component. The Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests informing the 6 elective credits and 4th math choice. The Executive Function Assessment supports persistence to complete all 22 credits. The Personal Success Plan documents multi-year progress aligned to NC’s Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study. SEM Type III PBL produces portfolio artifacts. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database supplies resources across English, math, science, and social studies content areas.
How does Renzulli Learning support the five North Carolina Diploma Endorsements (Policy GRAD-007)?
North Carolina offers five State Board of Education Diploma Endorsements students may earn alongside their high school diploma: the College Endorsement, the Career Endorsement, the College/UNC Endorsement, the NC Academic Scholars Endorsement, and the Global Languages Endorsement. Common requirements include completion of the Future-Ready Core mathematics sequence (NC Math 1, 2, 3 plus a 4th math course) and an unweighted cumulative GPA of at least 2.6. The Career Endorsement additionally requires a CTE concentration in an approved CTE Career Pathway. The Global Languages Endorsement requires Intermediate Mid proficiency or higher on the ACTFL scale. Renzulli’s Profiler informs endorsement selection. The EFA develops persistence behind the 2.6 GPA threshold and 4th math course. The Leadership Assessment supports Career Endorsement CTE concentrator pathways. The PSP documents multi-year evidence.
How does Renzulli Learning support the Occupational Course of Study (OCS) for NC students with disabilities?
The Occupational Course of Study (OCS) is an NC alternative graduation pathway available to students with disabilities specifically identified for the program. OCS students earn 22 credits and complete a substantial work-based learning requirement: 300 hours of school-based training, 240 hours of community-based training, and 360 hours of paid employment. Renzulli’s strength-based assessment philosophy fits OCS perfectly. The Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces every student’s interests, learning styles, and expression styles regardless of disability category. The Personal Success Plan documents work-based learning hours, employer feedback, and skill growth across all 900 hours of OCS work-based learning. SEM Type III PBL produces accessible artifacts demonstrating durable skills. The Leadership Assessment surfaces leadership dispositions OCS students bring to community-based and paid employment placements. Renzulli complements — not replaces — district IEP and transition planning workflows.
How does Renzulli Learning support NC CTE programs of study, the 16 Career Clusters, and the six NC CTSOs?
North Carolina CTE is organized around the 16 National Career Clusters with state-approved Career Pathways under NCDPI. Six state-recognized CTSOs operate as integrated co-curricular components: DECA (marketing and entrepreneurship), FBLA-PBL (Future Business Leaders of America / Phi Beta Lambda), FFA (agriculture, food, and natural resources), FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America), HOSA (Future Health Professionals — health science), and SkillsUSA (skilled trades and technical careers). All six develop the same durable skills — leadership, collaboration, communication, executive function — that Renzulli measures and develops. The Renzulli Leadership Assessment helps identify and develop CTSO officers. The EFA surfaces planning and competition-prep skills. PBL Type III artifacts complement CTSO competitive event portfolios. The PSP tracks officer roles, competition outcomes, and Career Pathway progression. The Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests across all 16 Career Clusters.
How does Renzulli Learning support Career & College Promise (CCP) dual-enrollment and the Cooperative Innovative High School pathway?
Career & College Promise (CCP) is North Carolina’s dual-enrollment program enabling eligible high school students to take tuition-free college courses through three pathways: the College Transfer pathway (transferable general education credits from NC Community Colleges), the Career and Technical Education pathway (industry-aligned coursework in CTE Career Pathways), and the Cooperative Innovative High School pathway (NC’s Early College and Middle College High Schools, including Cooperative Innovative High School designations). Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests informing CCP pathway selection. The Executive Function Assessment identifies executive function strengths affecting college-level coursework success. The PSP documents cross-curricular durable-skills evidence complementing transcripts. SEM Type III PBL produces capstone artifacts. The Leadership Assessment supports Career Endorsement and CTE concentrator readiness in the CCP CTE pathway.
How does Renzulli Learning support myFutureNC, NCcareers.org, and the NC Comprehensive School Counseling framework?
myFutureNC is North Carolina’s statewide commission on educational attainment, with a 2030 goal of 2 million NC residents holding a high-quality postsecondary credential. NCcareers.org is the state’s official career exploration portal. The NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study guides K-12 counseling delivery. Renzulli’s Profiler in 20+ languages surfaces interests as early as elementary school, informing multi-year counseling, advisory, and individual student planning conversations. The PSP generates exportable summaries that complement NC Comprehensive School Counseling documentation. The EFA identifies executive function strengths affecting postsecondary credential attainment. The Leadership Assessment supports student leadership development. SEM Type III PBL produces work-based learning and capstone artifacts that complement NCcareers.org career exploration activities. The 40,000+ Enrichment Database supplies cluster-aligned career exploration resources for K-12 students.
How does Renzulli Learning fit funding for North Carolina districts (Title I, II, III, IV, Perkins V) and what does it cost?
Renzulli Learning is priced at $15 per student per year with a 30-day free trial. Where allowable under federal program rules, NC districts may use Title I (academic achievement and supports for disadvantaged students), Title II (educator effectiveness), Title III (English Language Learners — Renzulli Profiler is available in 20+ languages), Title IV-A (well-rounded education and student supports including durable skills, advanced coursework, college and career readiness), and Carl D. Perkins V CTE funds (CTE programs of study, Perkins V CTE concentrator support, CTSO co-curricular activities). NC districts can also leverage state funds and local funds aligned to the Future-Ready Course of Study, the five Diploma Endorsements, the Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study, and CCP dual-enrollment preparation. Renzulli is the only K-12 platform that both assesses and develops the durable skills behind every NC career readiness requirement — Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Wake County, Guilford County, Cumberland County, Forsyth County, Gaston County, Union County, Johnston County, and rural districts can implement consistently across all schools.

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