Learn to Grow
Heather Reed is a seasoned professional in education and social impact, currently serving as a Non-Executive Board Member at Learn to Grow, where initiatives focus on enhancing the quality of schooling and reducing youth unemployment in South Africa. Previous roles include Partnerships Manager at StudentCrowd and Head of Education Operations at both HyperionDev and CoGrammar, contributing to the growth of tech education. As Academic Lead at 2U, Reed managed relationships for online professional courses with prestigious institutions. Notable experience as Programme Director at Sulabh International involved overseeing educational programs and partnerships aimed at health and hygiene improvement in schools across South Africa. Reed holds a BA Honours in Counseling Psychology and a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing, Management, and Economics.
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Learn to Grow
Learn to Grow aims to positively impact the disadvantaged communities by forcing sustainable change in education outcomes in disadvantaged schools through interventions impacting on teacher-parental involvement in primary and secondary schools through communication interventions, and assisting in higher competency of school leavers, supporting the STEAMAC model, enabling them to pursue vocational or tertiary education. We aim to financially support as many as possible students to enrol in vocational training to ensure employability and competency. We are able to address obstacles that stand in the way of providing quality education. Our schools are some of the least resourced and marginalised schools in the country, providing less than optimal education to learners, but as long as there is a passion and a commitment to education, together with our partners, we are able to bridge many of these gaps. Through our work we are changing the trajectory of underprivileged communities.