Breakthrough Collaborative
Jon Appleby has a diverse work experience. Jon started as a Director of the Youth Group at Grace Fellowship Community Church in 2005, where they worked until 2013. Jon then served as an Executive Pastor at LifePoint Church from 2015 to 2016. Following this, they joined New Door Ventures as a Youth Development Specialist from 2016 to 2018. Since 2018, they have been working at Breakthrough Collaborative, starting as a Recruitment Manager until 2020 and currently holding the position of Director of Recruitment, National Office. In 2022, they were appointed as the National Director of Recruitment at Breakthrough Collaborative.
Jon Appleby attended Golden Gate Theological Seminary from 2005 to 2014, where they pursued a Master of Divinity degree with a focus on Systematic Theology and History. In September 2015, they obtained a certification in Duolingo German Fluency at the intermediate level.
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Breakthrough Collaborative
Breakthrough Collaborative pursues a dual mission to: 1. Increase academic opportunity for highly motivated, underserved students and get them into college ready to succeed; and 2. Inspire and develop the next generation of teachers and educational leaders. Our vision is to create an empowering educational experience that results in equitable access to higher education for our students and prepares our teaching fellows for education sector roles, enabling all of our students, teaching fellows, and instructional coaches to achieve their full potential as learners, teachers, leaders, and agents of change in their communities. Breakthrough has been improving educational outcomes for young people since 1978, with the establishment of a single site at University High School in San Francisco. Over the next 20 years, Breakthrough grew to a collective of independent sites across the country. Today, the Breakthrough national office located in Oakland, CA serves a collaborative network of 24 Breakthrough affiliates throughout the U.S. by providing program standards and resources including curricula, evaluation tools, and teaching fellow recruitment. Breakthrough affiliates carry out direct services to middle- and high school students from under-resourced communities, college undergraduates serve as teaching fellows, and professional teachers serve as instructional coaches in their localities.