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Springboard Collaborative

Review Springboard's warehouse lease commitment

Enable Springboard's operational capacity to continue closing the literacy gap at scale.

Posted April 26, 2021

Background & Context

Springboard Collaborative coaches teachers and family members to help students read on grade level. Our offerings combine personalized instruction for pre-K through third-graders, workshops training parents to teach reading at home, and professional development for teachers. We envision a world in which all children have the requisite literacy skills to access life opportunities. This work is especially important now as the education system is disrupted and the achievement gap will almost certainly increase during this time.

Immediate Problem

Springboard has three years remaining on our lease agreement for warehouse space that holds our educational program materials in Philadelphia. We have concerns about the continued use of this space in terms of meeting our growth and protecting the safety of our team. We'd like legal advice as to our options for negotiating remedies or seeking alternative space.

Work & Deliverables

We are asking for legal help in assessing our options for expanding warehousing capacity and ensuring safe conditions under our current lease commitment.

Project Plan

Preparation Phase

  • Intro call with Springboard's project manager

Collaboration Phase

  • Review Springboard's warehouse lease
  • Provide written notes from review, or discuss over a phone call

Wrap Up

  • Hold one call with Springboard to discuss Springboard's implementation of advice and reassess option

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Additional Information

  • Time Commitment: 1-5 hours
  • Training Provided: No
  • Site-Preference: Remote
  • Open to Law Students: No
  • Bar License(s) required: Any Bar License
  • Required Languages: None
  • Required Legal Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate
  • Mentoring Provided: Yes
  • Supervision Provided: No
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard Collaborative closes the literacy gap by closing the gap between home and school. We coach educators and family members to help kids learn to read by 4th grade. Springboard envisions a world in which all children have the requisite literacy skills to access life opportunities. In pursuit of the vision, Springboard will help 100,000 children reach reading goals by 2023. The path forward consists of five main elements: Flagship programs: Our flagship Summer and Afterschool programs double students’ annual reading progress through parent-teacher collaboration. Franchised programs: We successfully launched an affiliate model through which Springboard trains and certifies leaders to implement our playbook in their context for half the cost. Family engagement blueprint: We distilled the best practices from our programs and wove them into a framework for embedding family engagement into the school day, school year, and—ultimately—the school culture. Marketplace: We created an a la carte menu of products and services that drive impact, scale, and financial sustainability. This includes a home literacy app, our family workshop curriculum, and teacher training modules. Springboard as an idea: Finally, we are distilling Springboard into an open-source methodology for engaging parents that can become ubiquitous. We aim to catalyze a culture shift, making family engagement in education the new normal. It took decades for the sector to embrace the idea that all children can learn. It is Springboard’s ambition—and our charge—to prove that all parents can teach.

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