By the end of the 2022-23 school year, Jefferson County Public Schools will have voice enhancement systems in all classrooms. School districts announced the new feature Friday, saying the system will amplify teacher and student voices and aid security. As her fourth grader at Bowen Elementary said in a JCPS video: Bowen Elementary School is her one of the first four schools in the district to use this technology. The system is a small device with a microphone that each teacher wears around their neck. Students can listen to their teachers through speakers installed in the ceiling of each classroom. Video by Marty Polio, JCPS Superintendent of Education. “This is a simple tool that helps teachers keep their students engaged. I am setting up. Officials said the new technology will include a security button that teachers can press to call for immediate help.In addition to upgrading the system, JCPS will update the school’s public address and bell system increase.
By the end of the 2022-23 school year, Jefferson County public schools will have speech enhancement systems in all classrooms.
The school district announced the new feature on Friday, saying the system will amplify the voices of teachers and students and aid security.
“The best thing is that I can hear my classmates and teachers very well,” says a 4th grader at Bowen Elementary in a JCPS video.
Bowen Elementary School is one of the first four schools in the district to use this technology.
The system is a small device with a microphone that each teacher wears around their neck. Students can listen to teachers through speakers in the ceiling of each classroom.
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“I have used this technology in my classroom and it is a game changer, especially for children who are hard of hearing or have trouble speaking,” said Dr. Marty Polio, JCPS Superintendent of Education, in the video. “This is a simple tool that helps teachers keep students engaged.
JCPS has purchased an upgraded model of this system and installed it in the classroom. Officials say the new technology includes a security button that teachers can press for immediate help.
“Knowing there is a button you can press and get an immediate response is reassuring,” said Sherina Urrutia, a teacher at Bowen Elementary School.
In addition to system upgrades, JCPS will update the school’s public address and bell system.
