Professional Development

Louisville Collegiate School aims to develop joyful lifelong learners. One of the best ways for faculty and staff to work toward this goal is to model lifelong learning. Topics like how best to nurture children in their learning and how to create contexts for that learning demand our constant attention. Fulfilling our mission requires ongoing, meaningful professional development for all faculty and staff.

Professional development takes on a host of different forms: internal class visits, external school visits, conferences, internal & external workshops, continuing education, webinars, collaborative discussions, readings, research, published writing, working with professional organizations, online coursework, visiting speakers & authors, seminars­­, curriculum alignment, cultural competency training, technology training and more—Collegiate works to take advantage of all these different avenues to continue to grow as teachers and learners. The Professional Development Committee comprises the school’s three division heads, the Dean of Faculty, and the Director of Advancement, who meet monthly during the school year to review professional development opportunities and build collegial networks inside and outside the school.

In recent years, Collegiate’s investment in professional development has supported the following efforts, among others:

• The Mathematics Department attended NCTM’s annual conference
• Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten teams attended the NAEYC annual conference
• Biology and Environmental Science team trained at Bellarmine University to be able to use Amgen and ABE Biotech equipment for studies in their course
• LCS hosted Global Online Academy for a faculty workshop on artificial intelligence and its impacts on teaching and learning 
• Business Office Team attended NBOA’s national conference and meeting on best practices
• 18 LCS Faculty members presented at the KAIS Annual Conference 
• Incoming LCS teachers early in their education careers attended ISACS New Teacher Institute
• LCS hosted Brian Buford from the University of Louisville to lead a workshop on creating a community of belonging
• The Financial Aid Team attended the AISAP Annual Summit
• The Counseling Department attended the CASEL Annual Exchange
• A team of middle school teachers took part in the Aldo Leopold Training for Educators at Bernheim Forest 
• The Science Department attended the NSTA annual conference

Unique Annual Professional Development Opportunities at LCS 

 Questions about Collegiate’s Professional Development Program can be directed to Clay Gahan, Dean of Faculty, at cgahan@louisvillecollegiate.org.