2024-05-11T18:29:38-04:00 2023-07-31 943458074 GUTIERREZ MADARIAGA CPA PA 8025 NW 162ND ST MIAMI LAKES FL 33016 990 2022-08-01 921948323 TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM INC TEAC 220 MIRACLE MILE STE 236 CORAL GABLES FL 33134 LESLIE MILLER SAIONTZ PRESIDENT 2024-04-08 true LESLIE MILLER SAIONTZ 999009999 true JOHN-PAUL MADARIAGA P01396578 3057781899 2024-05-11 X 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X LESLIE MILLER SAIONTZ 220 MIRACLE MILE SUITE 236 CORAL GABLES FL 33134 1090770 false X HTTPS://TEACHERACCELERATOR.ORG/ X 2023 FL THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (TAP) IS OUR COMMUNITY'S SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE. TAP PROVIDES COLLEGE SENIORS NOT MAJORING IN EDUCATION AND CAREER-CHANGING PROFESSIONALS WITH DEGREES NOT IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION WITH TRAINING TO BECOME FULL-TIME TEACHERS AT M-DCPS. TAP FACILITATES HIRE WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (M-DCPS) AND GUARANTEES JOB PLACEMENT AS A FULL-TIME TEACHER. TAP CONSISTS OF 4 COMPONENTS: (1) A COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHING COURSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE (MDC), AND FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU) WITH FIELD EXPERIENCE IN K-12 CLASSROOMS, (2) A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH M-DCPS, ACHIEVE MIAMI, AND TEACH FOR AMERICA-MIAMI-DADE WHERE TAP PARTICIPANTS TEACH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER 305 PROGRAM (3) CERTIFICATION SUPPORT, AND (4) MENTORSHIP THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR TEACHING. TAP'S MISSION IS TO CREATE PIPELINES TO MOBILIZE, TRAIN, AND MENTOR NEW COHORTS OF EDUCATORS TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT 4 3 0 0 1082331 0 8439 0 1090770 0 0 329587 0 32899 752744 1082331 8439 1516990 1492646 24344 X THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (TAP) IS OUR COMMUNITY'S SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE. TAP PROVIDES COLLEGE SENIORS NOT MAJORING IN EDUCATION AND CAREER-CHANGING PROFESSIONALS WITH DEGREES NOT IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION WITH TRAINING TO BECOME FULL-TIME TEACHERS AT M-DCPS. TAP FACILITATES HIRE WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (M-DCPS) AND GUARANTEES JOB PLACEMENT AS A FULL-TIME TEACHER. TAP CONSISTS OF 4 COMPONENTS: (1) A COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHING COURSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE (MDC), AND FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU) WITH FIELD EXPERIENCE IN K-12 CLASSROOMS, (2) A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH M-DCPS, ACHIEVE MIAMI, AND TEACH FOR AMERICA-MIAMI-DADE WHERE TAP PARTICIPANTS TEACH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER 305 PROGRAM (3) CERTIFICATION SUPPORT, AND (4) MENTORSHIP THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR TEACHING. TAP'S MISSION IS TO CREATE PIPELINES TO MOBILIZE, TRAIN, AND MENTOR NEW COHORTS OF EDUCATORS TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT false false 896282 THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IS ACUTELY AFFECTING ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION. AS RECENTLY AS THE START OF THE 2023- 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WERE OVER 5,000 TEACHER VACANCIES ACROSS FLORIDA. ACHIEVE MIAMI'S TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM HAS TACKLED THIS PROBLEM THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH DYNAMIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS DEDICATED TO CREATING A TEACHER PIPELINE THAT SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES. IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR (2023), TAP OPERATED EVEN MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN ANTICIPATED AND DEVELOPED A CLEAR, SCALABLE SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY. TAP'S PILOT YEAR INCLUDED EXCITING MILESTONES, HIGHLIGHTED BELOW: NEW TEACHERS: - TAP HAS SERVED A GROSS NUMBER OF 53 POTENTIAL TEACHER CANDIDATES THROUGHOUT THE FIRST YEAR. - TAP RECRUITED, TRAINED, AND MENTORED 24 (27 PENDING) NEW TEACHERS, CREATING A NEW PIPELINE OF PROFESSIONALS TO TEACH. - 24 TAP CANDIDATES PASSED THEIR CERTIFICATION EXAMS. TEACHER PREPARATION: - TAP COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED 3 COLLEGE COURSE AND CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS TO CREATE AN EXPANSIVE MODEL THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. - TAP CANDIDATES COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 52.5 HOURS OF CLASSROOM LEARNING AND 210 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THEY WERE PREPARED TO TEACH. - CREATING A CULTURE OF EXCITEMENT REGARDING THE PROFESSION OF TEACHING. O OVER 90% OF TAP CANDIDATES INDICATED THEY FELT PREPARED TO LEAD A CLASSROOM OF STUDENTS. O 87% OF TAP CANDIDATES FEEL SUPPORTED IN BECOMING A TEACHER, AND 0% INDICATED A LACK OF SUPPORT. O 97% OF TAP CANDIDATES SELF-REPORTED AS "STRONG STARTERS," INDICATING THAT THEY CAN RESPONSIBLY BEGIN A SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO LEAD A CLASSROOM OF LEARNERS. 896282 true true false false false false false false false false false true false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false false X 4 3 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false FL X TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM 7863473499 220 MIRACLE MILE STE 236 CORAL GABLES FL 33134 X LESLIE MILLER SAIONTZ PRESIDENT 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BRENT SAIONTZ DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CLAUDIA GRILLO DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EVELYN GREER DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LYDIA MUNIZ EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 1082331 1082331 8439 8439 1090770 8439 X 297638 267355 18170 12113 31949 27157 3195 1597 180218 91784 79423 9011 106166 82898 17451 5817 78 62 12 4 76 67 6 3 13907 8200 5285 422 STIPENDS 200000 188820 7453 3727 UNIVERSITY TEACHING 165474 165474 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 25000 20140 4860 TEACHING SUPPORT COSTS 21851 6465 15386 39974 37860 1909 205 1082331 896282 153150 32899 275982 1241008 0 1516990 138599 1242669 111378 0 1492646 X 24344 0 24344 0 1516990 8439 15905 X false true X true false X 1082331 1082331 1082331 1082331 1082331 8439 8439 8439 8439 1090770 1090770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED SHORT TERM TREASURY SECURITIES 1241008 F 1241008 DUE TO ACHIEVE MIAMI, INC. 111378 111378 X 1106675 15905 15905 1090770 1090770 1082331 1082331 1082331 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADOPTED THE PROVISIONS OF ASC NO 740, "ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES" ("ASC NO 740") IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS. ASC 740 REQUIRED THAT THE IMPACT OF TAX POSITIONS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IF THEY ARE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT OF BEING SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION. ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES IS MADE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AT 7/31/23, THERE WERE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THE ORGANIZATION FILES TAX RETURNS WITH US FEDERAL AND OTHER TAX AUTHORITIES FOR WHICH STATUE LIMITATIONS MAY GO BACK TO THE YEAR ENDED 2020. FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (TAP) IS OUR COMMUNITY'S SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE. TAP PROVIDES COLLEGE SENIORS NOT MAJORING IN EDUCATION AND CAREER-CHANGING PROFESSIONALS WITH DEGREES NOT IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION WITH TRAINING TO BECOME FULL-TIME TEACHERS AT M-DCPS. TAP FACILITATES HIRE WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (M-DCPS) AND GUARANTEES JOB PLACEMENT AS A FULL-TIME TEACHER. TAP CONSISTS OF 4 COMPONENTS: (1) A COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHING COURSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE (MDC), AND FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU) WITH FIELD EXPERIENCE IN K-12 CLASSROOMS, (2) A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH M-DCPS, ACHIEVE MIAMI, AND TEACH FOR AMERICA-MIAMI-DADE WHERE TAP PARTICIPANTS TEACH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER 305 PROGRAM (3) CERTIFICATION SUPPORT, AND (4) MENTORSHIP THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR TEACHING. TAP'S MISSION IS TO CREATE PIPELINES TO MOBILIZE, TRAIN, AND MENTOR NEW COHORTS OF EDUCATORS TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A QUALIFIED TEACHER. IN 2024, TAP WILL FACILITATE THE HIRE OF 150 NEW TEACHERS (REACHING OVER 3,000 STUDENTS) IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT CHILDREN'S EDUCATION BY PLACING NEW TEACHERS IN K-12 CLASSROOMS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IS ACUTELY AFFECTING ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION. AS RECENTLY AS THE START OF THE 2023- 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE WERE OVER 5,000 TEACHER VACANCIES ACROSS FLORIDA. ACHIEVE MIAMI'S TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM HAS TACKLED THIS PROBLEM THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH DYNAMIC COMMUNITY PARTNERS DEDICATED TO CREATING A TEACHER PIPELINE THAT SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES. IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR (2023), TAP OPERATED EVEN MORE SUCCESSFULLY THAN ANTICIPATED AND DEVELOPED A CLEAR, SCALABLE SOLUTION TO THE TEACHER SHORTAGE AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY. TAP'S PILOT YEAR INCLUDED EXCITING MILESTONES, HIGHLIGHTED BELOW: NEW TEACHERS: - TAP HAS SERVED A GROSS NUMBER OF 53 POTENTIAL TEACHER CANDIDATES THROUGHOUT THE FIRST YEAR. - TAP RECRUITED, TRAINED, AND MENTORED 24 (27 PENDING) NEW TEACHERS, CREATING A NEW PIPELINE OF PROFESSIONALS TO TEACH. - 24 TAP CANDIDATES PASSED THEIR CERTIFICATION EXAMS. TEACHER PREPARATION: - TAP COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED 3 COLLEGE COURSE AND CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS TO CREATE AN EXPANSIVE MODEL THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. - TAP CANDIDATES COMPLETED A TOTAL OF 52.5 HOURS OF CLASSROOM LEARNING AND 210 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THEY WERE PREPARED TO TEACH. - CREATING A CULTURE OF EXCITEMENT REGARDING THE PROFESSION OF TEACHING. O OVER 90% OF TAP CANDIDATES INDICATED THEY FELT PREPARED TO LEAD A CLASSROOM OF STUDENTS. O 87% OF TAP CANDIDATES FEEL SUPPORTED IN BECOMING A TEACHER, AND 0% INDICATED A LACK OF SUPPORT. O 97% OF TAP CANDIDATES SELF-REPORTED AS "STRONG STARTERS," INDICATING THAT THEY CAN RESPONSIBLY BEGIN A SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO LEAD A CLASSROOM OF LEARNERS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 LESLIE SAIONTZ BRENT SAIONTZ PRESIDENT DIRECTOR MOTHER AND SON FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE PREPARED FORM 990 IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND SIGNS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FOR ANY ITEMS THAT PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ANY DIRECTOR WITH SUCH A CONFLICT ABSTAINS FROM VOTING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHES TOP MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION BASED ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND COMPARISONS WITH COMPENSATION DATA FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS, THEN SUCH COMPENSATION IS APPROVED AND DOCUMENTED WITH A FORMAL VOTE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS, COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS ALONG WITH ALL STAFF IS DISCUSSED AND PLANNED FOR AS PART OF THE BOARD'S BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS AND TIMETABLE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING 87,642 4,869 4,869 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 4,142 74,554 4,142 TOTAL 91,784 79,423 9,011