Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, KY

The Jefferson County Public Schools, located in Louisville, Kentucky, the heart of the beautiful, bluegrass region and home of the Kentucky Derby, is the largest district in the commonwealth. As we strive to meet the diverse needs of over 106,000 students, our superintendent and elected board are committed to creating caring and culturally responsive classroom communities; providing high-quality, personalized instruction that challenges and engages students in authentic work; and ensuring equitable access to a consistent, inquiry-based curriculum. The district offers teachers a variety of opportunities to participate in professional development to help them integrate technology into a standards-based curriculum.

• Technology integration specialists work side by side with classroom teachers.
• TIP (Technology Integration Project) provides all 5800 teachers a Tablet PC, unlimited access to a learning management system to access instructional resources, and ongoing, job embedded PD.
• The 21st Century Lesson Study allows teachers to observe and learn the effective use of technology in a real classroom setting.
• Online PD allows adult learners to participate in professional learning communities anytime, anywhere.
• Technoversity is an all-staff technology training program that offers over 100 sessions dedicated to technology.

As a result of this extensive training, our students have access to many 21st century learning opportunities:

• Unique magnet programs, including an elementary S.T.E.M. program and
• high schools designed on professional career themes.
• The Student Technology Leadership Program empowers all students to use technology to learn and achieve.
• “The 180 Degree Classroom” project uses an iPod Touch and Tablet PC to restructure the traditional high school math classroom into a studentcentered, inquiry-based learning environment.
• The Digitally Enhanced Literacy Initiative integrates technology into all phases of the writing curriculum using one-to-one access to Mini-Note computers.
• Classrooms are guided by the principals of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
• Students explore complex problems in robotics labs.
• JCPSeSchool allows students to take high school classes, middle school course recovery modules, and dual credit college courses.
• All students meet the high school graduation requirement for technology competency.
• All 5th and 8th grade students take the 21st Century Skills Assessment.
• High school students have the opportunity to obtain the industry recognized IC3 (Internet and Computing Core Certifi cation).