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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
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
Training and Professional Development
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.
Nadia Mullin
From her initial role as a Project Manager at an education management organization, transitioning into ESOL education, and eventually immersing herself into business brokerage, Nadia has cultivated a unique variety of experiences that uniquely position her to drive changes in entrepreneurship education and workforce development.