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ROSEVILLE JOINT UNION HSD · BOARD OF EDUCATION
The Roseville Learner
A Portrait of a Learner
A shared portrait of who a Roseville learner is becoming — shaped by 1,104 students, families, and staff across all eight schools.
June 9, 2026 · Board of Education
WHY A PORTRAIT

In a world changing this fast, every one of us is still a learner.

A portrait of a learner gives us the same words for who we’re becoming — so we navigate what’s next together, instead of alone.

This profile was not written for the community — it was written with them. Students, teachers, counselors, and administrators at the same table, starting with empathy.

Educators at a Portrait of a Learner workshop
Portrait workshops · 2025–26
WHY NOW

Same number. Different game.

The same technology reads as a threat inside schools and as a requirement outside them. A portrait gives our learners the judgment to hold both.

In education

Worry about cheating

of educators and school leaders worry AI use means students will cut corners.

In the workforce

Won’t hire without it

of leaders say they wouldn’t hire someone who lacks AI skills.

Source: Microsoft Work Trend Index, 2023.

SECTION ONE

We asked. The community answered.

A districtwide survey of students, families, and staff — the foundation the portrait is built on.

LISTENING AT SCALE
1,104

responses from across the Roseville community.

Students, families, and staff at all eight schools weighed in on what a Roseville graduate should be ready to do — with multilingual access for families.

626Families
402Students
72Staff
8 / 8Schools

Source: RJUHSD Portrait of a Learner survey, as of June 2, 2026.

WHO WE HEARD FROM

Every part of the community had a voice.

Families · 626
The largest voice — parents and guardians districtwide.
Students · 402
The learners themselves, at every site.
Staff · 72
Teachers and classified staff who do the work daily.
Leadership · 4
Cabinet and site leaders setting direction.
Students working together in a Portrait session
Student Portrait session
WHAT THE COMMUNITY VALUES MOST

The skills our community names as essential.

Asked to choose the most essential skills for a Roseville graduate, respondents pointed first to thinking and communication — and named using AI wisely as the growing edge.

Critical Thinking940
Communication857
Integrity & Transparency586
Collaboration485
Agency299
Using AI Wisely145

Top-three selections, 1,104 respondents. Source: RJUHSD Portrait of a Learner survey, June 2026.

WHERE VOICES ALIGN

Families, students, and staff want the same things.

On a five-point scale, every group rated all six characteristics highly — rarely below 4.3. The portrait isn’t one group’s wish list. It’s a shared one.

Highest rated

Critical Thinking

4.79 overall — 4.9 from families, 4.86 from staff, 4.6 from students.

Strong agreement

Communication

4.74 overall — families and staff above 4.7; students close behind at 4.54.

The growing edge

Using AI Wisely

4.27 overall — the one place the community sees the most room to grow.

Mean ratings, 1–5 scale, by respondent role. Source: RJUHSD Portrait of a Learner survey, June 2026.

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT AI

In their own words, the community is clear-eyed.

Nearly a thousand wrote in. The dominant message: AI should be a tool that sharpens thinking, not a shortcut that replaces it.

315 mentions

A tool, not a crutch

Use AI to extend the work — not to avoid it.

177 mentions

Don’t replace thinking

The human mind stays in charge of the judgment.

159 mentions

Integrity & honesty

Be honest about when and how AI was used.

107 mentions

Verify accuracy

Check what the machine says before trusting it.

Themes from 949 open-text responses. Source: RJUHSD Portrait of a Learner survey, June 2026.

In their own words

Hopeful — and clear-eyed.

Across five design-council sessions, Roseville students, teachers, and leaders named what they want to protect. The portrait grew from these voices.

“I want to grow as a person — not grow the capabilities of an AI.”
A Roseville student leader
“I want AI to withhold the answer — and make me go through the steps.”
A Roseville student
“I want AI to be a tool, not a weapon in my learning — and to build confidence in my own thinking.”
A Roseville student leader
HOW THE PORTRAIT WAS MADE

Built with the community — over rounds, not in a room.

Students, teachers, counselors, and administrators sat at the same table and shaped the language together — testing every word against real life before it became final.

Step 01

Start with empathy

Ask what a Roseville graduate needs to thrive in a world being reshaped by AI.

Step 02

Name the qualities

Surface the characteristics that matter most, in the community’s own words.

Step 03

Draft the language

Write a first round of statements, then revise toward words everyone could stand behind.

Step 04

Test against real life

Check each statement against real scenarios, making sure it spoke to every learner.

Two rounds of drafting — one portrait the whole community could stand behind.

SECTION TWO

The Roseville Learner.

Six characteristics, across three relationships — with agency at the core.

THE SHAPE OF THE PORTRAIT

Three relationships every learner grows through.

Relationship 01

Self

Start with who you are — learn to think for yourself and hold your ground. Judgment · Integrity.

Relationship 02

Others

No one figures it out alone — this is where you build alongside others. Communication · Collaboration.

Relationship 03

World

Design what comes next — turn who you are into action in the world. Advocacy · Resourcefulness.

SELF · HOW YOU THINK, AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR

The relationship with yourself.

Characteristic 01

Judgment

We discern what’s true and intentionally re-evaluate with an open mind.

With people: weigh a colleague’s view. With AI: question the answer before you use it.

Characteristic 02

Integrity

We know what we stand for and show it through our actions.

With people: keep your word. With AI: be honest about how you used it.

OTHERS · HOW YOU SHOW UP FOR PEOPLE

The relationship with others.

Characteristic 03

Communication

We listen with care and speak with courage.

With people: hear before you respond. With AI: say clearly what you actually need.

Characteristic 04

Collaboration

We build together and learn from one another.

With people: share the work. With AI: treat it as one teammate, not the whole team.

WORLD · HOW YOU MAKE YOUR MARK

The relationship with the world.

Characteristic 05

Advocacy

Our voice is our power — for ourselves, for others, and for the future we want to see.

With people: speak up for what’s right. With AI: use it to amplify your voice, not borrow one.

Characteristic 06

Resourcefulness

We find our way and design a meaningful path, even when we can’t see where it leads.

With people: ask for help well. With AI: use it to open doors you couldn’t alone.

AGENCY AT THE CORE

Own your thinking. Own your choices. Own your direction.

Agency is the thread that runs through all six characteristics and all three relationships — the learner’s hand on their own becoming.

WITH PEOPLE, WITH AI

Every characteristic, practiced two ways.

For each characteristic we ask how we practice it with people — and how we practice it with AI. Keeping the human at the center of both is the human advantage.

With people

Human to human

Listening with care to a person. Exercising judgment alongside a colleague.

With AI

Human at the center

Partnering with a machine. Holding judgment alongside a chatbot — so AI elevates a Roseville learner instead of replacing them.

It is what lets AI elevate a Roseville learner — instead of replace them.

THE HUMAN-AI-HUMAN LOOP

The human starts it. The human finishes it.

From our design council, a simple model for working with AI: a person sets the intent, AI helps in the middle, and a person makes the final call. Keep both ends human, and the tool elevates the learner instead of replacing them.

“The human is the beginning and the end. AI is the middle.” — A Roseville teacher

WHY IT MATTERS

Shared words change how we teach.

When students, teachers, counselors, and families share the same words for who a Roseville learner is becoming, those words stop living on a wall — and start showing up in how we teach, and how we talk with students.

That shared language is the foundation. Everything we design this year builds on it.

Roseville students and educators together
Our community · Ignite · Inspire · Prepare
WHAT’S NEXT THIS YEAR

From a portrait on the page to a practice in our schools.

In classrooms

Common language

Teachers name the characteristics in the work students are already doing.

In counseling

The whole learner

Counselors use the portrait to talk about growth, not just grades.

With families

A shared story

Families see the same picture of success the district is building toward.

The portrait is the foundation. This year, we build on it together.

A Roseville learner

Thinks for themselves. Communicates with courage. Acts with integrity. Builds with others. Advocates for what matters. Creates what comes next.

The Roseville Learner

The same words for who we’re becoming.

A shared portrait, built with our community — and ours to grow this year.

Roseville Joint Union High School District Portrait of a Learner June 2026
RJUHSD · IGNITE · INSPIRE · PREPARE