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StartUp TradeUp empowers teachers everywhere to create and enhance experiential and work-based learning opportunities.
Build sustainable, local partnerships for elevated learning
Create experiential learning opportunities for meaningful skill development
Apply proven structures and guidance to enhance existing programming
Why StartUp TradeUp
Developing employability skills through experiential and work-based learning is crucial for career readiness. This hands-on learning relies on excellent, local industry partners. StartUp TradeUp provides the tools and guidance needed to identify and prepare these partners effectively for the classroom, ensuring learners engage in meaningful, practical experiences that build essential skills for success in the workforce.
Easily source and prepare
incredible partners
Simplify and streamline
lesson planning
Effortlessly connect classroom learning
with partner interactions
Our Offerings
Flexible Curricula
Our turn-key materials help your students develop skills, make meaningful community connections, and take ownership of their learning through student-led experiences.
Building Partnerships
We’ve built a thriving network of professionals to collaborate with CTE students in our community – and can help you do the same.
Training and Professional Development
Whether you want to grow, elevate, or create opportunities for employability skill development, we can help.
Custom Solutions
Not sure where to start? We can help. Contact us to discover more about how StartUp TradeUp can help meet your organization’s unique needs today.
Our Team
Emily Kilgore
Children cannot be what they cannot see. Driven by this philosophy, Emily Kilgore has spent her seventeen-year teaching career in the pursuit of inspiring young people by creating hands-on, experiences-based classrooms deeply rooted in partnerships with businesses in the region.