Virtual Computer Science Career Academy

The contractor shall operate the statewide virtual computer science academy and deliver all services necessary to support instruction, student success, district engagement, employer partnerships, and post-secondary alignment. The scope includes virtual teaching and learning (maintaining innovative teaching strategies, administering three annual student surveys, providing orientation and end-user support, designing learning demonstrations aligned to Kentucky Academic Standards, developing curriculum, developing pathways aligned to high-demand occupations, collaborating with KDE on standards amendments); district marketing and support (marketing and district engagement statewide, securing MOUs, providing enrollment opportunities to full-time Kentucky public school students, ensuring unrestricted access regardless of IEP/504 status, conducting onboarding meetings, managing industry certification and EOP testing, developing tracking systems for post-high-school progress, integrating with KSIS/Infinite Campus); student recruitment (supporting district leaders in identifying interested students, developing strategies to recruit under-represented groups, collaborating to serve students with exceptional needs); postsecondary partnerships (coordinating SACS accreditation, ensuring dual credit eligibility and teacher qualifications, establishing partnerships with Kentucky postsecondary institutions and statewide organizations, supporting college and career advising); work-based learning (engaging Kentucky employers, operating employer advisory boards, providing virtual job shadowing, career camps, challenge learning experiences, paid internships, and real-world work experience opportunities); and reporting and adherence to privacy and security standards (meeting statutory reporting under KRS 158.809, complying with Privacy Act, KFERPA, FERPA, Kentucky Open Records Act, and GDPR where applicable).