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BridgeYear 2017-2018 Impact Report
- 1. B R I D G E Y E A R IMPACT REPORT 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR
- 2. BridgeYear advisors help students determine their next steps for community college, vocational training, or employment LETTER FROM THE CO-FOUNDERS We are proud to present BridgeYear’s first annual Impact Report. Your support has helped our new and growing organization launch hundreds of recent high school graduates on a path to economic mobility. BridgeYear was born out of our experiences working with high school students as college counselors. Many of the students we served were graduating without a clear plan for the future. Moreover, students were unaware of the many high-paying, high-demand jobs in the Houston economy that do not require a Bachelor's degree. Without this knowledge and a four-year degree, students were often limited to entry level jobs, earning below a living wage. BridgeYear designs and implements “Career Test Drive” (CTD) Fairs which give students hands-on exposure to high demand careers. We know exposure itself is not enough, so we provide ongoing advising after high school to build student self-efficacy and purpose. Just one year since our first Career Test Drive Fair, we have facilitated over 3800 career experiences at 20 schools across Houston. Demand for our fairs has grown beyond our expectations, mostly through positive reviews and word-of-mouth publicity. We have also expanded our career offerings and solidified our first industry partners to begin building employment pipelines straight from high school. Our advising services have also seen tremendous growth. With the adoption of a new messaging platform, advising is now more streamlined, doubling our capacity to serve students. The 2017-2018 school year has brought exciting changes and growth for the BridgeYear team. We look forward to expanding our impact and innovation through increased partnerships with schools and employers. Together, we can help more Houston youth leverage post-secondary education and employment opportunities in our great city. With much appreciation, Victoria Chen & Victoria Doan BOARD MEMBERS Brandi Brevard Victoria Chen Victoria Doan Secretary August Hamilton Treasurer Dawn Hawley President 2017-2018 TEAM Aninditaa Agarwal Eveline Amador Jose Benavides Jasmine Cantu Nile Dixon Stefany Garcia Liliana Martinez Evelyn Melgar Carlos Mendiola Dariana Resendez Cesar Rodriguez Nathan Sample Yaquelin Sanchez Allan Zelaya BridgeYear advisors help students navigate their next steps for community college, vocational training, or entry- level employment Building the Path: Career Simulations that Inspire: BridgeYear’s Career Test Drives (CTD) provide hands-on, interactive, in-school field trip experiences in high growth, high demand fields Advising - Anytime, Anywhere: BridgeYear offers near-peer advising through text messages to offer support and direction to students, especially once they have graduated high school THE BRIDGEYEAR EXPERIENCE
- 3. 16' 17' 18'MAR MARJUN JUN JUNOCT OCTJAN APR JUL JULAUG APRFEB Planning for BridgeYear begins BridgeYear is formed with first advising cohort Accepted into 4.0 Schools’ Tiny Fellowship Founding board assembled First pilot of a Career Test Drive Awarded Thorne Prize for Social Innovation at Yale Partnership with Houston Community College for TSI Academies Featured on local news channel BridgeYear receives 501(c)3 status Partnership with TRIO Educational Opportunity Center High School Outreach Campaign begins with Marvy Finger Family Foundation First corporate sponsorship provided by JP Morgan Chase BridgeYear adapts SignalVine to double advising capacity Young Professionals Board formed ExxonMobil volunteers co-design Process Technician and Console Operator Career Test Drives Pharmacy Technician Medical Laboratory Technician Health Information Technician Process Technician Console Operator Phlebotomist Call Center Representative Plumber HVAC Technician Network Technician New Career Test DriveAdvising Cohort Partnerships OUR PROGRESS Electrician Web Developer Pipefitter BridgeYear receives office space as in-kind donation from TEACH
- 4. OUR IMPACT 66% enrolled into HCC in Fall 2017 20 Career Test Drive Fairs all over Houston 1800 Worked with students students advised 637 3800 Career Test Drives experiences 91% 89% of students learn of a new career of students increased understanding of job functions 9 Career Test Drives in three industries “As a counselor, I see a lot of kids who really don’t know what they want to do. The opportunity to try on careers has gotten them more interested in college than before they started.” - College Counselor “I had a lot of fun. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do before, and this opened up my mind to say hey, I have another chance at doing something. This turned me around to actually want to go and pursue this career.” -Student after a Career Test Drive BRIDGEYEAR IS THE ON-RAMP TO EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
- 5. A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2017-2018 SUPPORTERS Foundations Baxter Trust Center for Civic Leadership, Rice University Marvy Finger Family Foundation Project 88 Foundation The Simmons Foundation Corporate Sponsors JP Morgan Chase In Kind Donors Comp-U-Dopt The Kipling School Ronin Art House Star Cleaners TEACH - To Educate All Children Individual Contributors $1000+ Dawn and Robert Hawley Stephanie Larsen Champ Warren $500-$999 Karandeep Singh Chawla CodeSpeak Labs Joseph and Jan Khuat Laura Dew Sharon Lester $250-$499 Dick Chiu Steve Doan Hong-Lin Chen Lee Chen Hwung Scott and Lauren Phillips Barrett Sides Catherine Wu $100-$249 Polly Ahrendts Karen Benson Brandi Brevard Howard Chen Melissa Chen Caroline Doan August Hamilton Song-Mei Keyes Laurel Lacroix Hoang Lan Cecilia Nguyen Luna Nguyen Tam Nguyen Melissa Colgate Nork Tung-Mei Pan Susana Rosas Roel Saldivar Mira K Shah Sarah Shieh Christine Tran Ivan Van Albert Wei Bob Wimpelberg @BridgeYearHTX @BridgeYearProgram @bridgeyear www.bridge-year.org