An Analysis of Rural North Carolina Superintendents' Views Regarding the Presence of Future Ready Graduate Attributes within the Instructional Environment

The purpose of this research study was to determine the extent to which future ready graduate attributes are found within the instructional environment of North Carolina’s rural public-school districts, as perceived by their respective superintendents. In relation to the teacher awareness of future-ready graduate attributes, it was recognized by Superintendents that teachers appeared to be aware of the majority of the attributes, with the only exception being the attribute of multilingual being found to have limited awareness by teachers. Regarding teachers’ reinforcement of the future ready graduate attributes in the instructional environment, the attributes of multilingual, health-focused life- long learner, and self-directed responsible worker, were noted to be reinforced “to a limited extent”. Superintendents ascertained that students displayed limited awareness of the future ready attributes of a multi-lingual, financial literate citizen, and being a self-directed responsible worker.