Overview by the Numbers:

Currently Serving: 1,600+ students

<aside> <img src="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" alt="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Summary of Team4Tech Contributions and Collaborations (2024):

• Partnership began in 2014
• 12 projects with 116 pro bono consultants
• 11,379 pro bono hours
• $1,904,180+ value of pro bono consulting
• $164,000+ in grant support </aside>

Background:

<aside> 📌 Amidst apartheid in 1987, John Gilmour initiated a program inviting black students to Pinelands High School, leading to the formation of the Langa Education Assistance Program (LEAP) in 1990. John's departure from Abbot’s led to the establishment of the first LEAP Science and Maths School in January 2004 with limited resources in Cape Town. Subsequent years saw the opening of additional LEAP schools, totaling six, which now constitute an innovative nonprofit organization providing quality education to underserved youth in South African Townships.

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🤝 Partnership Objectives:

LEAP partners with Team4Tech to build and implement an IT strategy and prioritize the strategy’s replication and scaling. LEAP’s goals for the partnership include:

• ensuring all students have a digital portfolio with self-created content
• achieving 100% pass rates in Maths and Science
• having students use Gmail, Google Docs, and Calendar daily and become accustomed to how productivity software will be used in the workplace
• improving ICT infrastructure and security at all schools

📊 Metrics:

Learner Engagement

• IXL math questions answered

Learner Growth

• Pass rate
• Bachelor pass rate

Teacher and Staff Effectiveness

• Teachers Attending Workshops

Organizational Sustainability and Scale

n/a

Grant Budget Analysis:

<aside> <img src="/icons/library_gray.svg" alt="/icons/library_gray.svg" width="40px" /> LEAP puts their grant budget toward:

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• improving technology infrastructure
  • cabling, network switches, access points, a VPN server, and a cloud server have built out technology for the LEAP schools
  • All LEAP teachers now have their own laptops, increasing their ability to practice and use technology for their work
  • New printers increase teacher and staff efficiency
• bolstering student interest in STEM
  • Students have access to laptops and robotics kits for STEM activities

Skilled Volunteering Projects:

• August 2014: On-site Project with Box and Intel @ LEAP Learning Center in Langa (drop down for more)