LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Jefferson County Public Schools’ middle school is accredited as a Career Academy.
Kammerer Middle Schools is the first middle school in the United States to meet National Career Academy Coalition standards. The Louisville school’s programming met the 10 National Standards of Practice for Career Academies.
According to a news release, the standards were developed by nationally recognized education organizations from around the U.S. using research to determine best practices for effective academies in better preparing students for high school, college and professional life.
Kammerer is one of 14 JCPS middle schools with Explore Pathways. It offers students a hands-on experience to learn about various careers. Kammerer’s Explore Pathways include business and communication, engineering and design and healthcare science.
According to a news release, schools must apply for NCAC to review their Academy programming. Kammerer was awarded Model status after a series of submissions, interviews with students, staff and community partners.
“This award validates our work in the Explore program,” Shannon Corrigan, Kammerer principal, said in a news release. “Our students at Kammerer are not passive recipients of information. They are creators, designers, and change-makers. I have always believed that when students have ownership of their learning and are given meaningful opportunities to solve real problems through design thinking, they rise to the occasion in powerful ways.”
Three JCPS high schools — Waggener, Seneca and Fern Creek — have been awarded national accreditation.
