GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

GEAR UP KENTUCKY

GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE

PROGRAMS

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

Gear Up History

•President Clinton’s administration, 1998•5 year Federal grant designed to promote an increase in the number of

students who enter•Monies granted to Gear Up schools are used in Awareness, Access,

Engagement, Support and Rigor components•Extended through Congress and we are on our 2nd 5 years

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

Gear Up Facts

•Provides low income students with greater access to postsecondary education

•Serves an entire cohort of students from 7th through 12th grade•Funding based on number of students

•Seven Project Associates across the state and numerous site coordinators in the schools

•College Coaches-added support to Gear Up Kentucky program this year

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

Awareness

•Providing students with information regarding the variety of post secondary opportunities: career/technical, two and four year institutions•Discussion of grants, loans and scholarship opportunities

•College campus visits

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

Access

•Providing students with opportunities to tour a variety of post secondary institutions when

possible.

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

Rigor

•Promoting higher level thinking skills•Creating academic opportunities that are engaging and focus on college

bound levels and higher level classes.•Professional staff development opportunities that are content specific and

promote higher level thinking skills and problem solving•Pre-Algebra, Algebra I and II, etc.

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

Engagement

•Focuses on parental awareness of grants, loans and scholarship opportunities

•Promote the philosophy that there are a variety of post secondary opportunities available for all students

•Encourage parents to talk about college as a possibility for their student, speak in language of not if but “WHEN” you go to college.

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

GEAR UP PARENTS EFFECT:

•Student Achievement

•Student Attitudes and Behavior

•School Policies when involved on PTSA, SBDM, etc

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

Support

•Providing students with remediation opportunities•Providing students with enrichment opportunities

•ACT/SAT preparation•Black Achievers program

•GUK Gazette-monthly newspaper•ILP-Individualized Learning Plan

•Mentoring•Summer academic camp opportunities

GEAR UP Alliance 2011 Institute for a College-Going Culture:Drive the dream

GEAR UP complements other federal programs by:

•Starting earlier, no later than 7th grade.•Staying with students through high school

•Transforming schools•Supporting college scholarships•Leveraging local resources•Bolstering state efforts

WE LOVE GEAR UP