Last modified: July 19, 2023

Our Mission

Develop a culture of meaningful innovation to ensure that all students in Provo City School District are future-ready.

Our Vision

We are committed to promoting empowering and inclusive learning opportunities for all students that are enhanced by technology in order to best prepare our students for participation in a global and digital society. In order to do this effectively, we support and empower teachers in learning and implementing innovative instructional approaches while providing support and consistency for students and families.

Our Values

All decisions and actions in the Innovative Learning Initiative are taken through the following three lenses:

Equitable Opportunities for Students | Support for Teachers | Consistency for Families

These lenses incorporate the following five core values:

Equity: the distribution of resources to provide equal opportunities based upon the needs of each individual student (USBE)

Transparency: openness, communication, and accountability

Empowerment: the process of becoming stronger and more confident

Support: to promote the interests of, assist, help

Consistency: uniformity in the application of something, typically that which is necessary for the sake of logic, accuracy, or fairness

Our Roles

PCSD Innovative Learning helps guide all uses of educational technology throughout the district. As a 1:1 district, it is essential that we use devices effectively to meet learning targets and develop our students’ digital literacy. We:

• Model Universal Design for Learning, flexible pedagogies, and other innovative pedagogical practices
• Provide professional learning and coaching opportunities for teachers
• Manage core district-supported educational technologies and related policies and procedures
• Support students and families in learning and using educational technologies
• Communicate teacher and student innovation to the community
• Ensure currency and future-thinking through state and national collaboration
• Gather teacher, student, family, community, and administrator input to inform decision-making

Our core projects include:

• Universal Design for Learning and Flexible Learning Pedagogies: Empower teachers to strategically use our district-supported core technologies in class to engage students and provide instruction that meets each student’s unique learning strengths and needs.
• Digital Literacy, Citizenship, and Wellness: Develop students’ skills in managing their use of technology to promote personal wellness, online citizenship, and future-ready skills.
• Personalized, Competency-based and Self-directed Learning: Promote student engagement and achievement through individualized learning experiences and the development of self-regulation skills.
• K-12 Computer Science and STEM: Develop teacher and school capacity to promote equitable, positive, and consistent experiences with computer science,  robotics, engineering, STEM Fair, and other STEM opportunities.