1. California GEAR UP MiraCosta Community College Oceanside San Diego State University San Diego Palomar Community College San Marcos Rancho Santiago CCD Santa Ana Marymount College Mission Hills CA State University Dominguez Hills Carson 09 10 California State University San Bernardino 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Los Angeles Unified School District Project STEPS Los Angeles University of California Davis College OPTIONS Davis Humboldt State University Arcata Los Angeles Unified School District GEAR UP 4LA (Two Grants) Los Angeles YPI Charter Schools San Fernando Valley The Regents of the University of CA (Two Grants) Santa Cruz University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 San Francisco San Jose Monterey Santa Barbara San Diego Los Angeles San Luis Obispo Fresno Merced Palm Springs Tehama Anaheim Del Norte Siskiyou Shasta Trinity Eureka Humboldt Modoc Lassen Plumas Glenn Butte Mendocino Sierra Nevada Placer El Dorado Colusa Lake Marin Amador Alpine Mono Tuolumne Calaveras San InyoInyo San Bernardino Riverside Imperial Kern Tulare Madera Mariposa Santa Clara Sonoma San Mateo Kings 1 4545 6 Salinas 7 11 12 13 14 17 9 3 Contra Joaquin Costa Alameda Stanislaus University Corporation at Monterey Bay (Two Grants) Seaside California State University Fullerton (Two Grants) Fullerton California State GEAR UP Oakland Toba Sutter Yolo 2 Napa Sacramento Solano 8 10 Palm Desert 16 15

3. GEAR UP IN CALIFORNIA LOOKING BACK… 1999: Statewide GEAR UP California Conference in Oakland 2005: GEAR UP California Conference in Santa Ana

4. Since 2011, funding for GEAR UP in California totals over $125 million With support from partners, stakeholders, higher education institutions and communities we provide services to: 241 Schools 22 Counties 86 Districts On behalf of … 205,247 Students throughout California

5. BUILDING OUR COLLECTIVE AGENDA… Leverage our energy, resources and expertise; Advance, inform and improve our collective work; and Support and sustain GEAR UP efforts statewide.

6. Together We Rise… TOGETHER WE CELEBRATE TOGETHER WE SHARE TOGETHER WE LEARN

7. GEAR UP CPI ONLINE NETWORK www.castategearup.org/cpi Visit the CPI website to: ACCESS documents and information from November, 2015 CPI Conference REACH OUT to your colleagues to post a question, share an idea, schedule a call SHARE updates from your project and statewide GEAR UP News GEAR UP STAFF CAN COLLABORATE ONLINE TODAY! Log onto: www.castategearup.org/cpiwww.castategearup.org/cpi CLICK ‘online network’ SIGN IN TO GOOGLE (you may need to create a profile) CLICK ON ‘apply for membership’

8. www.castategearup.org @CAGEARUP CaliforniaGEARUP

9. UNIQUE AND SHARED GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER

10. “THE SECRET OF CHANGE IS TO FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ENERGY, NOT ON FIGHTING THE OLD, BUT ON BUILDING THE NEW.” - Socrates

11. Unique and Shared Activity Instructions: 1.Form a group with five people you do not know 2.Identify a note taker for the group 3.Write down the names & affiliate partnership for each team member on provided paper. 1.In your group, answer the following 4 questions on provided paper: 1.What makes you get up in the morning? 2.Where’s the most interesting place you’ve been in California? 3.What do you value most about working for GEAR UP? 4.What do you want to get from today’s session? 2.For each question, summarize and write down the 3-5 common comments shared by the group

12. Names of Group Members Question 1: – 3-5 common answers Question 2: – 3-5 common answers Question 3: – 3-5 common answers Question 4: – -3-5 common answers

13. QUICK DEBRIEF WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA??