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Elite Community Outreach Makes an Impact with SparkLearn

Elite Community Outreach Makes an Impact with SparkLearn

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Elite founder, Carl Cannon, kneels beside the desk of a student in a green hoodie to help him.

Elite Community Outreach is a 501(c)(3) with programs to keep troubled youth in school and off the streets and provide soft-skills job training to ex-felons re-entering the working world. As the scope of Elite’s important work grew, so did their need for a platform to organize and share information.

The Challenge

Delivering information in a way that resonates

  • Elite Safe School students’ needs are not one-size fits all

  • The public schools still heavily rely on paper communication

  • Kids require a learning environment that moves at their pace

  • Focus on empowering people to make effective changes in their lives

A black and white photo of A black and white photo of Elite founder, Carl Cannon, smiling as he high-fives a group of students in a school.

The Process

SparkLearn makes it ‘cool’ to learn and grow

SparkLearn makes it ‘cool’ to learn and grow

  • All of Elite’s resources and curriculum in one place

  • A mobile application that goes with students wherever they go

  • Self-regulated learning tools help students build positive learning habits

  • Data and analytics allow Elite teachers and staff to easily track students’ performance

The Results

The Results

Using SparkLearn to share Elite programs with other communities

Using SparkLearn to share Elite programs with other communities

  • Keeping their resources current and accessible

  • Continuing to help at-risk students learn and grow

  • Documenting the methods ELITE has developed over the last 20 years

  • Teaching others how to start a Safe School program in their community

"SparkLearn allows us to disseminate more information in real-time with real people and in a way where kids say we’re cool.”

"SparkLearn allows us to disseminate more information in real-time with real people and in a way where kids say we’re cool.”

Carl Cannon
Founder, Chief Change Officer

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