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Reach Higher Career App Challenge

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The Reach Higher Career App Challenge calls upon app developers, educators, and data mavens to submit mobile solutions to improve access to information about career and technical education (CTE), help students navigate education and career paths, and increase the capacity of career counselors to serve students. The Challenge seeks solutions that include integrated tools to assess user skills and interests, and offer users accessible information on occupations, education options, credentials, and career-seeking skills.

Submissions close at 11:59:59 PM EST on Monday, December 7, 2015. Please submit at least one hour before the deadline to ensure your completed submission is received. Once the form is submitted, it may take a few minutes to load into our system. Please do not reload the form or exit the browser until you see a message confirming that we have received your submission.

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Submission Summary

Submission Name *

Submission Headline *

One-sentence "elevator pitch". (15 words max)

Submission Description *

Please provide a brief description of your concept. (100 words max)

Submission Maturity *

Concept only (minimum required)
In development (optional)
Publicly available (optional)

Actionable Outcomes

Describe how your concept supports students’ education and career choice decision-making. Be specific about the integration of assessment tools, occupational data, educational options, and career-seeking skills. *

(500 words max)

Target Audience

How does your concept take into account the regional, technological, and socio-economic differences between student populations, including students with disabilities and English Learners? *

(250 words max)

How will your concept support and create efficiencies for career counselors and/or teachers? *

(250 words max)

Scalability

Please describe how you will develop your concept into a full prototype over the course of the Challenge. How will you use local data sets and application programming interfaces (APIs) to offer contextually relevant educational and employment recommendations? *

(500 words max)

Market Differentiation

How does your concept improve on current career counseling applications and tools? *

(500 words max)

Team Commitment

Describe your team and characterize its strengths and commitment. How is your team best suited to bringing this application to fruition? *

(500 words max)

Required Assets: Design Documents

Please upload an asset (e.g., video, image, visualization) that illustrates the major design features of the proposed prototype application. (Accepted upload file formats include: .ppt, .pdf, .mp4, .mov, .jpg, .png; files must not exceed 20 MB). *

Optional Assets: Demo

While not required, you may upload an asset (e.g., video, image, visualization) or link that illustrates a demo of your prototype application, if available. Please do not upload a file that repeats your answers above. (Accepted file formats include: .ppt, .pdf, .mp4, .mov, .jpg, .png; files must not exceed 20 MB. Videos may be posted to video-sharing sites like YouTube or Vimeo).

Upload:

Link:

You may provide a link to the GitHub repository for your prototype below:

If the repository is private, please grant pull access to LuminaryLabs1.

Team Affiliations

I am applying on behalf of: *

Any prizes disbursed as part of this challenge will be allocated accordingly.

Myself / my team
A legal entity

If applying on behalf of a legal entity, please provide the name of the entity below:

If applying on behalf of yourself, you must disclose the names of any team members that are foreign citizens. If your team has no foreign citizens, please state “none”.

Please see the Rules, Terms & Conditions for additional details concerning eligibility.

Third Party Works

Does your submission include any third party works? *

(i.e., content that is the intellectual property of a person or entity other than the submitting team, including any patents, copyrights, or trademarks)

Yes, and I affirm that appropriate documentation for all licenses and releases can be supplied upon request of the Department of Education and/or Luminary Labs.
No

If yes, please describe these works below:

SUBMISSION CHECKLIST *

I attest that if I am selected as a finalist, I will develop the submitted concept into a fully functioning prototype by the conclusion of the Virtual Accelerator.*
I understand that if I am selected as a finalist, I am required to participate in the Innovator’s Boot Camp and present my submission on Demo Day.*
I have read and understand the Rules, Terms & Conditions, and fully agree to them.*
I am an individual and/or represent a team that meets all eligibility criteria as stated in the Rules, Terms & Conditions.*
My submission is compliant with all applicable privacy laws.*
I did not receive assistance from subject matter experts or judges associated with the Challenge when preparing this submission.*

Submission period now closed.

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