Case Study: Gwinnett County Public Schools

Transforming CTE Education: Leading Georgia School District Enhances Career Readiness, Empowering Teachers and Redefining Student Futures

is positively.

- Dr. Kyle Jones, GCPS Director

of Academies and Career and

Technical Education

Gwinnett County

Public Schools

We have a lot of anecdotes from

teachers- they talk about how much

they value the platform and how they

About Gwinnett County: Gwinnett County

Public Schools is the largest school system

in Georgia and the 12th largest district in

the United States.

Gwinnett County Public Schools

has partnered with Pathful since

2015, redefining what it means to

be a CTE student in GCPS.

www.pathful.com | @pathfulinc

Since 2015, Gwinnett County Public

Schools has embraced Pathful,

leveraging it to redefine outdated

perceptions of CTE education, while

providing individual teachers and

counselors the tools they need to

make career conversations

relevant.

In the 2023-24

School Year:

7,000

Hours of use

per month

27,000

Assessments

completed

Videos watched

109,000

Enrollment: 182,000

AT A GLANCE

Implementation: K-12

County-Wide

Schools: 140+

Gwinnett County Public

Schools and Pathful

Transforming CTE

Education: Leading Georgia

School District Enhances

Career Readiness,

Empowering Teachers and

Redefining Student Futures

see the students react to it, which

Their goal with Pathful:

www.pathful.com | @pathfulinc

Gwinnett County Public Schools

aimed to achieve several

objectives through Pathful:

fostering engaging programs and

courses that illuminate diverse

pathways to students' futures,

redefining the essence of CTE

education for all stakeholders, and

enhancing students' preparedness

to navigate their career decisions

confidently.

How we found success:

GCPS realized the time and follow-

through needed to make a district

wide implementation successful. They

have worked closely with their

Customer Success Manager to

schedule in-depth trainings that allow

teachers to dive deep into Pathful’s

resources and make plans for how to

use the tools in their classrooms.

Impact:

Speaking on the impact of Pathful, Dr.

Kyle Jones, the Director of Academies

and CTE for GCPS said “ Especially

when you talk about it from the lens

of an individual teacher, [Pathful]

really helped an individual teacher

feel like they had a tool that helped

students explore career interests and

start conversations around careers. It

gave [teachers] some points of

reference that they didn’t have prior,

which I think is incredibly valuable.”

He went on to note how it has

positively impacted his counseling

staff, and how it is changing the

perception of Career and Technical

Education in Gwinnett County as a

whole.

How they use Pathful:

GCPS has incorporated Pathful into

not only CTE courses and advisory

programs, but also offers the

platform to all middle and high

school students. This enhanced

accessibility has not only boosted

platform usage among students

eager to explore career options but

has also garnered interest from

teachers utilizing the Employability

Skills Library to impart soft skills or

integrate career education

components into their lessons.

Gwinnett County

Public Schools

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