8 7 18 JCBE Meeting Audio

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is receiving national attention for the Backpack of Success Skills. JPCS in partnership with Google EDU and Amplified IT are bringing the Back of Success Skills to life digitally. Students will have access to a custom JCPS backpack app within their Google Suite. The custom JCPS backpack app will enable students to upload artifacts and showcase student work.   

The District is creating and implementing a system-wide instructional strategy and supporting online and professional development infrastructure to ensure transition readiness for every student based on progress on key academic, cognitive, social, and self-management skills.

Each student will have a virtual Backpack of Success Skills where evidence of learning will be collected at every grade. Students will also be asked to defend that work at the end of fifth grade, eighth grade, and twelfth grade. This will provide a way to measure deeper learning that includes both mastery of academic skills and the development of non-academic skills

The Backpack of Success Skills framework is based on a newly developed JCPS Graduate Profile, which establishes the expectations for JCPS graduates in five domains:

1. Prepared and Resilient Learner

2. Globally and Culturally Competent Citizen

3. Engaging Innovator

4. Effective Communicator

5. Productive Collaborator

This initiative directly supports Vision 2020 strategy 1.1.2- Personalize learning.

Submitted by: Dr. Kermit Belcher

• 8 7 18 Revised Meeting Notice
• JCPS Digital Backpack Board Presentation