AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES
AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES
Amazing Things Are Happening Here!
Jefferson County School District in Birmingham, Alabama has many amazing things growing and developing that you should be a part of!!
From the Jefcoed Foundation providing support to various programs for teachers, such as Teacher of the Year and Second Mile Teacher to Career Pathway Initiatives, Leadership Academy and more... to the development of our CTE (Career Tech Education) Program into new Signature Academies.
JEFCOED has so many opportunities for students, staff, faculty and other stakeholders to get involved and engaged in learning.
Explore some of the amazing programs featured below.
Jefferson County Education Foundation
The Jefferson County Education Foundation supports many programs in our district. These programs serve to enable excellence in students and celebrate excellence in teaching. Some of the programs that they support are:
The Alabama Teacher of the Year & Second Mile Teacher
Career Pathway Initiatives
Central Alabama Children's Fund
Science Olympiad
and more!
CET & Signature Academies
Career Education Training started awhile back and has now grown. There are numerous partners in many fields that have led students into new and adventurous pathways.
The Academies have grown from the CET program and are now becoming an exciting reality for so many teachers and students. The opportunities these academies open are enumerable.
Athletics
Jefferson County Board of Education offers many different athletic opportunities for students. From coaching to sponsor positions, there are many ways to be involved in athletics if they are your forte. Some of the following sporting teams are:
Football
Girls Flag Football
Track
Cross Country Track
Soccer
Tennis
Golf
Cheerleading
Dance
Color Guard
Wrestling
Baseball
Basketball
Softball
Volleyball
STEAM
Jefferson County has been partnering with AMSTI for many years now to increase the rigorous and competitive learning of Math and Science. In the last 5 years.. the focus has really grown to encompass all of the domains of STEAM, especially now that the Signature Academies are taking off.
Classes such as Robotics, engineering, broadcast media and more are definitely picking up STEAM!!