7 - K-12 & Unschooling/SDE Graduates survey

Number of positions available: 1 team of 5 persons The UnschoolingSchool.com team is launching a project to synthesize the many sources of proof and evidence that Self-Directed Education (SDE) works and is an optimal way to educate children. We have partnered with Riipen.com to engage university and college students in short projects to help with the work of gathering and synthesizing the evidence. For more information about our amazing project click on the Resources Section. This project involves designing and conducting 2 multiple-choice surveys: 1. For Conventional System High School graduates and drops-out— to gather evidence that they would have benefited from a K-12 education that involved much more student agency. 2. For Unschoolers/Self-Directed Education participants-- to gather evidence that their SDE prepared them very effectively for post-secondary education and/or work Possible sources: 1. peers, FB, Insta, Student Unions/Association 2. ALPHA I & ALPHA II (Toronto), Windsor House Vancouver, ‘homeschooled’ Unschoolers (FB groups) Possible approach: - research ways to access the group - design survey methodology - conduct survey - synthesis and share results. We are looking for 5 people working as a team. Deliverable is an APA formatted report & creative sharing of the results, Tic Toc, Insta, YouTube, Twitter, etc. (details to be discussed prior to the start of the project) “Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” – Khalil Gibran

Applied Business Analytics

Positions available: four students 1) Project description : Run and test different machine learning and analytics functions available on axcel.io platform and create marketing content like use cases and articles and "how it works" videos. 2) Technology Description: Axcel.io has a comprehensive list of functions that are ready to utilize. We need a student to help us in testing and creating technical content for promoting the software in Social media and live webinars.

LevelUp Affiliates: Data Management

Looking for a total of 2 students. Riipen has launched a new Affiliate program as a sales & marketing strategy to increase employer partnerships . We are looking for an analytical and detail oriented individual to help us with Data Management tasks including: Quality control & Quality assurance for CRM & PS software Data enrichment You are an asset to this role if you have interned previously/ had experience with HS Please apply below if interested. Feel free to check out more here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theaffiliates/

Data Analysis & Dashboard creation

Positions available: five students We’d like students to help analyze our datasets to draw helpful insights. From this analysis, we hope to not only improve our processes and understanding but also gain insights that will greatly enhance our strategy. These insights will be directly related to business outcomes. Here are some of the topics we’d like students to explore throughout this project: Improve pricing and risk selection Identify trends and potential predictive mitigation strategies Develop more sophisticated products and pricing models Dashboard creation. create dynamic dashboards representing the business KPIs using the software tools we use in-house or free software.