2. What is GEAR UP?

3. Let’s start with the basics:
Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

4. GEAR UP is designed to:
Provide low-income students with greater access to a postsecondary education

5. It’s a 7 year commitment to the HISD community:
This means we’re following the current 8th grade cohort all the way through their first year in college

6. GEAR UP Goals:
Increase academic behaviors, performance and preparation for a postsecondary education
Increase the rate of high school graduation and postsecondary enrollment
Increase student and family knowledge of postsecondary options, preparation, and financing
Gather appropriate student data in order to accomplish GEAR UP goals

7. GEAR UP Financial Basics:
GEAR UP is a federally funded grant that will provide goods and services that specifically target the college readiness of the Class of 2017

8. GEAR UP Financial Basics:
GEAR UP is allotted approximately $800,000 each school year to pursue goals as outlined by the grant
GEAR UP must accumulate $400,000 in donated goods or services (in-kind) each school year

9. GEAR UP Financial Basics:
What is in-kind?
In-kind examples include:
Donated time
After-hours tutoring, chaperoning
Uncompensated professional development
Donated goods
Books
School supplies
Donated services
Guest speakers
Job shadowing

10. We need your help.
Because our school staff often goes beyond their contracted hours to provide our students everything they can, we ask that you to document those extra hours
We’ve included a documentation sheet that makes this as easy as checking off a box and getting a quick signature

11. The role of the CRC in 2012-13 On campus twice a week (days tbd)
Analyzing student data
1-on-1 conferencing with student
Organizing college and career activities
Preparing a monthly college/career bulletin board
Putting together and sending out a monthly newsletter to parents
Gathering in-kind contributions

12. YOUR GEAR UP Team:
Arnulfo Talamantes, Jr College Readiness Coach: Kingsborough – Terrell Wells Adriana Frias College Readiness Coach: Leal - Harlandale Leticia Rodriguez Project Facilitator Jennifer Galindo Compliance Monitor

13. GEAR UP. Go Far.