Partnership Overview:

• "Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is thrilled to offer scholarships to Breakthrough students to enroll in advanced math enrichment courses, online or in-person, in some locations. Please encourage families of students with high-performing math skills and an interest in STEM to complete their application or contact Vince Gil, their Associate Director of Outreach, via pathways@aops.com to get started. They have new classes starting all the time, so students can get started in the summer, fall, or spring semesters. Once students are connected, AoPS will help enroll them in the right course that keeps them appropriately challenged and maintain student support in their course."

• This is a great opportunity for students seeking to be challenged in math, or for students who would like additional support within their HS math classes. Students can concurrently enroll in an AoPS math class along with their school year course (ex: a 9th-grade student taking geometry in HS can also enroll in AoPS geometry) to get ahead and access free tutoring through AoPS.

• Check out these Handouts and Flyers to share with students and families.

Breakthrough- AoPS Info Session (9/19/23):

• You can view the recording (Password: ^Y#J8AFM) of the info session, and can contact Vince Gil, Associate Director of AoPS Outreach Initiatives with any questions.

• AoPS offers the following products via their Pathways Scholarship:

  1. 1. • Virtual Campus math classes via Zoom - elementary math through calculus including electives like Number Theory and Probability

        • Online School math and contest prep classes via text based platform

        • Physical Campus math classes that meet weekly - course options vary slightly by campus

        • Self-paced learning options include using Beast Academy Online for elementary through prealgebra concepts or for Prealgebra and Algebra 1 our interactive self paced format

• To nominate a student for an AoPS scholarship, please follow the following steps:

  • Discuss opportunity with student/family to verify interest

  • Send connecting email introducing the student with pathways team (pathways@artofproblemsolving.com)

  • We will schedule a virtual onboarding meeting that will include an assessment. If you would like to be present for that meeting please note that in the introductory email.

UPchieve is a nonprofit that provides FREE, 24/7 online tutoring and college counseling support to low-income middle school and high school students across the U.S. If you missed UPchieve's presentation to the Breakthrough Collaborative, please check out the recording (Passcode: btwz^1J*)

UPchieve also partners with schools and nonprofits to offer additional benefits, including: 

• • A student insights dashboard so your staff see who is using UPchieve, how much they’re using it, and which subject each student is getting help in 

  • Custom implementation plan and resources designed to accelerate student learning at your affiliate site

  • Live professional development for your staff and student presentations (we can also provide presentations for parents about UPchieve) 

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about UPchieve, please contact their Partnership Manager, Ashley Rios at ashley.rios@upchieve.org.  

Edmentum Resources:

• • Edmentum login page. Let Jenny know if you don't know your login/if it doesn't work.

  • The curriculum website has a one-stop shop for all Courseware resources, including user guides, step-by-step instructions on managing courses, and more! 

  • Watch Exact Path Workshop: Creating Accounts for step-by-step instructions on how to fill out the username sheets (about 30 min). Let Jenny know if you don't have access to your username sheet.

  • Reference the Courseware Planning Guide to plan out the tasks and timeline for implementing Courseware.

  • If you are looking for shorter, more targeted lesson plans, check out the Using Exact Path Data Guide.

    • There are lots of Exact Path resources in the R&E toolkit if that’s something you’re interested in exploring as well. 

  • Linda hosts weekly office hours on Thursdays, 10 PT / 1 ET if you have any questions about using the lesson plans in Exact Path or Courseware. Click here to join. 

  • The R&E team hosts weekly office hours on Tuesdays, 10 PT / 1 ET if you have any questions about Exact Path/Courseware usernames or Exact Path administration. Click here to join. 

  • Courseware SAT Math and Reading Syllabus, Instructor Guide, and Course Map examples can be accessed here.

  • Wade Peterson at Breakthrough Twin Cities piloted Courseware's SAT/ACT prep courses with students in early 2024. If you would like to learn more about Wade's experience with Courseware, you can contact him at wpeterson@breakthroughtwincities.org.

Mission: Uprooted Academy is ruthless in its pursuit to alleviate the anxiety and confusion around the college selection and application process by offering high-quality and relatable programming to meet low-income, first-generation students of color where they are at and support them on a path to confidently achieve their dreams.

Uprooted Academy offers free resources, as well as fee-for-service college access counseling and workshops to partner organizations. Additionally, they have an app-based platform through which they deliver much of their programming. Their focus is on integrating trauma-informed practices into the college access space.

Contact: Tiffany Green (Founder and CEO), tiffany@uprootedacademy.org

Breakthrough San Francisco is currently piloting Uprooted Academy with their 11th and 12th graders. Contact Shane Brent-Maldonado for more info: smaldonado@sfday.org

Overview: DecidED is a free online platform focused on college affordability where students can search for colleges, track schools they are interested in, apply to, and are accepted to, and upload financial aid offers to have them auto-evaluated and compared by the tool. DecidED uses AI to automatically translate photos/screenshots of student financial aid offers into a uniform comparison tool where they can easily understand the components of their offers, and compare them to one another.

• For more info, check out the DecidED website, or these three decks that walk through in more depth how the tool works. 

• Contact: John Tamrat, Partner Success Manager at Moneythink, jtamrat@moneythink.org

• Mission: College Greenlight unites a collective of advocates to improve postsecondary outcomes for underserved students. We make higher education more accessible by bridging information & opportunity gaps with free resources for community & school-based advisers. We partner with colleges and universities to diversify their campus communities and help them realize important institutional goals.

• College Greenlight offers professional development and networking opportunities for college access staff, virtual college access webinars for students, a college application matching platform called "Greenlight Match," and additional resources like their National Scholarship List, Fly-in List, Free Pre-College Summer Programs List, and 100% Need Met College List.

• Breakthrough Affiliates can register as CBOs with College Greenlight to receive newsletters and regional opportunities for their students.

• Contact: Yesenia​​​​ Sanchez, Partner Relations Specialist, YSanchez@eab.com

• InitialView offers several virtual products to support students in the college admissions process, including Glimpse, EPIC, and a RoboInterview tool. 

• Through Glimpse, students can record a 90-second introductory video to be added to their college applications, and they can also preference their top 2 schools (demonstrated interest!). CBOs can also partner with Glimpse to receive pass-through funding (get paid!!) based on the number of students they have using the tool. The partnership application is at the bottom of this page.

• EPIC allows students to learn about colleges through introduction videos from admissions officers, and to "high-five" different schools that they are interested in. 

• The Robo-interview tool can be used to practice for admissions interviews or job interviews. To access this, make a counselor account on the InitialView website.

• Breakthrough San Francisco is currently using InitialView in their program- you can contact Shane Brent-Maldonado for more info: smaldonado@sfday.org. Additionally, BTNY students are also using InitialView, and former BTNY student and staff member, Carina Cruz, now works for InitialView.

• Contacts: Carina Cruz (currently on parental leave), Director of US Counselor Outreach carina@initialview.com; Gloria Chyou, COO, gloria@initialview.com

• Mission: Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like and does.

• GWC offers a free Summer Immersion coding program for students, in which several Breakthrough students have participated in the past. There is a 2-week intensive program option, and a self-paced option.

• Contact: Valerie Tomici,Senior Manager, Community Partnerships & Outreach  valerie@girlswhocode.com

• Mission: QuestBridge designs and builds programs for talented low-income students to access and navigate exceptional educational and life opportunities. QuestBridge recruits, develops, and supports motivated low-income students – beginning in high school through college to their early career – to be successful at America's best colleges, graduate schools, and companies.

• Questbridge offers 2 opportunities, their College Prep Scholars Program and National College Match Scholarship. The College Prep Scholars Program recruits students in the Spring of 11th grade, and provides resources to support them through the college admissions process. The National College Match provides a full four-year scholarship, worth over $200,000, to one of Questbridge's partner schools. 

• Contact: Rachel Fishbein, Senior Program Specialist, rachel@questbridge.org