IGNITE 2026 Summit · Sept 27–29 · San Jose

From poster to practice.

Your district adopted a Portrait of a Graduate. The real work is making it visible in daily instruction, and proving it across every classroom. Curriculum Genie is the system districts use to get there.

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Learning Genie is a proud Supporting Partner of the Portrait of a Learner IGNITE 2026 Summit, hosted by Scaling Student Success.

The Summit

Portrait of a Learner IGNITE 2026

Dates

September 27–29, 2026

Venue

Hayes Mansion, San Jose, CA

Host

Scaling Student Success

Learning Genie

Supporting Partner · 2 Strand 3 sessions

Around the Portrait of a Learner

Everyone has the vision. Few have the practice.

The summit, the evidence, and the roadmaps behind real district implementation.

Featured event

Portrait of a Learner IGNITE 2026 Summit

Three days of keynotes, breakouts, and cross-district co-design in San Jose. Learning Genie joins as a Supporting Partner with two accepted Strand 3 sessions on turning a Portrait of a Graduate into everyday practice.

Research study

The ESSA Tier 3 evidence

The Johns Hopkins validation behind Curriculum Genie, the first ESSA Tier 3 agentic AI curriculum platform.

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On-demand webinar

Embedding PoG throughout your curriculum

How districts weave graduate competencies into the units teachers already teach.

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Strand 3 · Assessment & Evidence

Mon Sept 28 · 90 min

From Portrait to Practice

How Curriculum Genie makes Portrait of a Graduate competencies visible in daily instruction, through performance tasks, rubrics, and real student work.

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Portrait of a Graduate, embedded

Traits woven into standards-based units from the start.

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Competencies made measurable

Performance tasks and authentic evidence, not one test.

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Proof across every classroom

Multi-Measure Portfolios and district-wide dashboards.

Mon Sept 28 · 9:40–11:10 am

Madrone · Conference Center

Dr. Gene Shi

CEO & Co-Founder, Learning Genie

Inside Curriculum Genie

Portrait of a Graduate Alignment

Curriculum Genie operationalizes your Portrait of a Graduate, bringing it from a district's vision into daily classroom reality. It transforms abstract competencies like critical thinking and collaboration into tangible, teachable moments embedded within core instruction. It also tackles the challenge of assessment by capturing evidence over time and generating dynamic PoG Portfolios, giving you a holistic view of student development, tracking growth in both academic achievement and future-ready competencies.

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Strand 3 · Assessment & Evidence

Features Curriculum Genie

Show What Matters: Assessing the Portrait

As Palm Springs USD advances its Portrait of a Graduate, see how the district is rethinking assessment, with PoG-aligned feedback featured in Curriculum Genie.

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Assessment that reflects every scholar

Strengths and learning styles, not one test score.

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Portfolios over point-in-time scores

Authentic evidence that grows across grades.

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Evidence a district can act on

Growth visible to teachers, families, and leaders.

Mon Sept 28 · 3:00–4:30 pm

San Jose Room · Mansion

Christina Miramontes

Educator & Educational Consultant

Dr. Marcus Funchess

Superintendent, Palm Springs USD

Curriculum Genie

How districts operationalize the Portrait.

Curriculum Genie is the system that moves a Portrait of a Graduate from vision to daily, measurable practice. It embeds your PoG in the curriculum teachers already teach, and produces the evidence leaders need.

Traits embedded in every unit

PoG traits woven into standards-based instruction from the start.

Agency-Based Learning

Students co-design pathways, projects, and assessments.

Multi-Measure Portfolios

Authentic evidence of the 4Cs, collected in every lesson.

District-wide PoG dashboards

Competency growth by school, grade, and standard.

The evidence leaders can take to the board.

ESSA Tier 3 · Johns Hopkins

CAST UDL 3.0

ISTE Seal

SOC 2

HIPAA Compliant

Center for Internet Security

200+

districts

50,000+

educators

All 50

states aligned

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The Portrait of a Graduate Playbook

Read the whole playbook.

Turn the page through the frameworks, evidence, and real classroom stories behind moving from poster to practice.

A Curriculum Genie field guide

The Portrait of a Graduate Playbook

Six chapters for district teams turning a graduate profile into everyday, measurable practice.

Good to know

Questions about IGNITE 2026.

When and where is the Portrait of a Learner IGNITE 2026 Summit?

The Portrait of a Learner IGNITE 2026 Summit runs September 27 to 29, 2026 at Hayes Mansion in San Jose, California. It is hosted by Scaling Student Success, a California initiative focused on moving districts from a Portrait of a Learner vision to real implementation.

What is Learning Genie presenting at IGNITE 2026?

Two accepted Strand 3 sessions, both on Monday, Sept 28: From Portrait to Practice with Dr. Gene Shi (9:40 to 11:10 am, Madrone), and Show What Matters: Assessing the Portrait with Christina Miramontes and Dr. Marcus Funchess, Superintendent of Palm Springs USD (3:00 to 4:30 pm, San Jose Room), which features Curriculum Genie directly. You will also find the team at our exhibit booth.

How does Curriculum Genie help implement a Portrait of a Graduate?

Curriculum Genie operationalizes a Portrait of a Graduate in three steps: units embed specific PoG traits in daily instruction; students build Multi-Measure Portfolios with authentic artifacts; and administrators access district-wide PoG dashboards. It moves the Portrait from poster to practice, with evidence at every level.

Is Curriculum Genie evidence-based?

Yes. Curriculum Genie is the first ESSA Tier 3 evidence-based agentic AI curriculum platform, validated by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Research and Reform in Education. It is also CAST UDL 3.0 certified, holds the ISTE Seal, and is used by 200+ districts and 50,000+ educators.