Directions: Please provide us with the following information regarding the implementation of the GEAR UP program at your campus. Your input will be used to complete the Annual Performance Report (APR) required by the US Department of Education for the current school year: August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2025, and collected in three parts. At this time, please only list activities, services and information that occurred from 8/01/2024 to 11/30/2024 (Part 1).

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* 1.  What Campus are you currently assigned to?

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* 2.  What is your current role/job title with GEAR UP? (i.e. Facilitator, Coordinator, Specialist, Instructional Coach, etc.)

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* 3.  What Required and Allowable GEAR UP activities/events took place at your respective campus?  Please provide detailed information of activities offered to students such as virtual field trips, GEAR UP week, exposure to STEM or college readiness activities, etc.

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* 4.  Please highlight any GEAR UP accomplishments and/or stories you would like to share that occurred during this reporting period.  This is where you should brag about the accomplishments achieved this school year.

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* 5.  Describe any barriers/challenges that you encountered at your campus while implementing the GEAR UP program and how they were resolved.

Briefly describe how your campus prepared your cohort students and their parents with the following
(6a - 6d):

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* 6a.  Improved the academic performance of GEAR UP students.

Please provide examples of activities such as targeted tutoring, Saturday Academic camps, weekend tutorials, STAAR tutoring or camps, etc.

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* 6b.  Increased educational expectations of participating students, their parents, guardians, or family members.

Please provide examples of engaging academic enrichment activities such as STEM Camps, Robotics Camps, Literacy Conferences, Student Leadership Conferences, Guest Speakers, etc.

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* 6c.  Improved knowledge regarding post-secondary education preparation and financing for students, their parents, guardians, or family members.

Please provide college-going and college-awareness activities such as financial literacy training, financial literacy fairs, College and Career Fairs, college visits, college search, career search, guest speakers from colleges/universities/ technical colleges, etc.

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* 6d.  Working to improve High School Graduation and Postsecondary Enrollment rates.

Please provide examples such as PSAT Prep, STAAR-EOC tutorials, TSI tutorials, etc.

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* 7. During this reporting period, were student GEAR UP services offered in-person, virtually or both?

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* 8. What professional development was offered to your GEAR UP educators this year? Please specify if these activities were provided in-person or virtually.

Please provide a bulleted list of trainings attended by you and your GEAR UP educators including the topic/purpose of training

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* 9. What aspects of your GEAR UP program do you think were the most successful (had the greatest impact)? Why?

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* 10. Describe the key activities and outcomes from your GEAR UP program that are likely to be sustained over time and how your sustainability goals will be achieved.

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* 11. What systemic changes have occurred in your school?

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* 12. How has GEAR UP helped students as it relates to social emotional, mental health support?

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* 13. Is there anything else you would like to share that has not already been asked?

Please upload any GEAR UP photos using the link below:
https://egtinstitute.box.com/s/qzogewiukfni8nwma8k0t6emo8c1tyec
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