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Share what you know.
Learn what you don't.

SkillSwap connects ambitious students to teach, learn, and build portfolios together โ€” powered by AI, built for schools.

Free
Always free for students
AI
Powered by OpenAI
Safe
School-verified accounts
9+
Platform features
Built for
BPA Chapters
CTE Programs
MCCTC ยท Canfield, Ohio
DECA & Student Orgs
Platform features

Everything you need to swap skills
confidently.

From AI-assisted profile building to real-time scheduling โ€” SkillSwap has every tool students and advisors rely on.

Powerful profile builder

Showcase your skills, teaching availability, and goals. Smart tags help the right peers find you instantly.

Guided promptsSmart skill tagsPortfolio-ready layout
AI

Resume Scanner

Upload any PDF or image โ€” instantly extract and categorize skills using Vision OCR and OpenAI.

Scheduling that just works

Coordinate sessions in minutes with real-time availability sharing, reminders, and timezone support.

AI

Session Suggestions

AI generates complete session ideas tailored to your skills and history. Auto-fills title, description, location.

Achievements & recognition

Unlock community badges, track learning streaks, and showcase verified achievements on your profile.

Live messaging & updates

Clarify goals, share files, and stay in sync before and after sessions. Organized, notified, secure.

Can we move our session to 4pm instead?
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Sure! I'll send the calendar invite ๐Ÿ‘
AI

Skill Matcher

AI-personalized recommendations for what to learn next, based on your profile and career direction.

Safety-first platform

School-verified signups, teacher visibility, community moderation, and admin reporting tools built-in.

Learning resources hub

Attach notes, share lesson outlines, and reuse curated study templates across sessions.

Powered by OpenAI

AI that actually helps
students succeed.

Three intelligent features that save time, surface opportunities, and personalize every student's journey.

Resume Scanner

Drop a PDF, image, or scanned resume โ€” skills are extracted in seconds using Vision OCR and GPT-4.

Instant extraction from PDFs & images
Smart categorization of skills
Works on scanned documents

Session Suggestions

AI analyzes your skills and history to generate ready-to-post session ideas โ€” title, description, and more.

Complete ideas generated in seconds
Learns from your past sessions
Auto-fills session details

Skill Matcher

Discover what to learn next with career-focused, personalized learning path recommendations.

Based on your current skill set
Career-path aware
Surfaces complementary peers to learn from
Launch in 3 steps

Simple to start.
Built to scale with your campus.

SkillSwap fits into advisory periods, club meetings, and student-led initiatives with zero admin overhead.

1

Create your profile

Tell the community what you can teach, what you want to learn, and when you're available.

2

Match with peers

Filter by skill level, school, or availability to find the perfect learning partner or teaching match.

3

Host & grow together

Use guided agendas, share resources, earn achievements, and build your portfolio one session at a time.

Proven impact

Students and advisors
feel the difference.

Real stories from CTE programs and BPA chapters piloting SkillSwap in the 2025โ€“2026 school year.

โ€œSkillSwap helped our BPA chapter mentor freshmen in algebra while giving advanced students real leadership experience.โ€

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Alicia Gomez
BPA Student Lead, STEM Academy

โ€œI found a design partner the same week I joined. The built-in scheduling and reminders keep us both accountable.โ€

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Marcus Reed
CTE Software Engineering Student

โ€œAchievements and feedback make it easy to track growth. Our principal now uses SkillSwap data for showcases.โ€

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Priya Desai
Digital Design & Media Arts
FAQ

Everything students &
advisors ask us.

Launch your SkillSwap chapter

Ready to activate
peer-to-peer learning?

Onboard your first cohort in under a week. Track measurable outcomes for BPA, investors, or school leadership.