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UTPA GEAR UP Parental Involvement Component presents: Avanzando Juntos,
GEARing UP for College
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How Parental Involvement = Student Success
• Involving parents in the education of their children directly effects student achievement in school.
• Students’ grades improve and they like to go to school because of parental involvement.
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Parental involvement in High SchoolParent involvement actually declines as students grow older
• There are many reasons from the parent and also from the school for this lack of involvement.
• One of the reasons concerns the lack of understanding of nontraditional families on the part of the school system.
• The nontraditional family is struggling to deal with many factors that affect every member of the family.
• These can definitely affect the way that the family is able to be involved in the student's education.
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The UTPA GEAR UP Team
• The GEAR UP Coordinator and GEAR UP Family Liaison work as a TEAM to plan, coordinate, and provide essential services to GEAR UP parents.
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How is UTPA GEAR UP involving parents?
• Parental Involvement Initiatives– National Hispanic Institute Modules– Las Platicas Academy– Parent Conferences
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National Hispanic Institute (NHI) Modules
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NHI and UTPA GEAR UP
• NHI and UTPA GEAR UP work concurrently to create a parent/student-centered curriculum, that is both innovative and research based.
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The Result
• 18 research based modules that bring content to GEAR UP’s Family and Community Liaisons’ monthly parent meetings.
• Because each module is tailored for our project, they are distinctly empowering to our parents.
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The Modules• Introduction
– How to use each module (a guide to successfully implementing each module)
• Phase I– Summary of module– Module requirements
• Time• Materials• Space • Printouts• Parent handouts
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– Learning Strategies• Tips on conducting presentation
– Activities and Discussion• Appropriate for each module• Different activities to choose from
– Power Point• Supportive to each module
– Closing
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8th grade modules • Module 1 – Family and Community Liaison as
primary point of contact• Module 2 – Campaigning Generation 2015• Module 3 – Social influences and psychological
of our children• Module 4 – Cultivating the future• Module 5 – Planning for the future• Module 6 – College preparation timeline• Module 7 – Easing parents’ fears about college• Module 8 – Parents as students• Module 9 – Well-rounded students
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9th grade Modules
• Module 10 - Welcome to the 9th grade• Module 11 - Getting an early start on that diploma• Module 12 - Understanding your 9th grader• Module 13 - Stepping to the Challenge• Module 14 - Besides good grades• Module 15 - Think College, Talk College, Toward
College• Module 16 - Going the extra mile• Module 17 - Understanding Financial Aid Process• Module 18 - Moving on
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Las Platicas Academy
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What is Las Platicas Academy?• Las Platicas Academy is a unique and
incredibly effective venture. Tapping on what makes the South Texas Rio Grande Valley culture special and distinct; and that is our love to platicar (chat). However, our platicas are focused on our children’s education and academic opportunities.
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What is Las Platicas Academy?• UTPA GEAR UP provides 15 hours of
instruction to volunteer parents in sequential academic sessions.
• Each session is designed to educate Parent Volunteers on different aspects of their child’s life and most importantly, prepares them to share the information with other parents in their community.
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The Academy• Each Family and Community Liaison recruits at
least one (1) parent volunteer per every hundred GEAR UP students in their campus.
• Parents are trained in sequential form through Las Platicas Academy.
• Upon completion of 15 hour training, a graduation ceremony is held, and parent volunteers are recognized as “Platicadoras” or “Platicadores”.
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Las Platicas Academy
• Topics– high school
graduation plans– college
admissions– entrance exams– financial aid
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• Conduct informal training sessions with other parents using materials provided in the Las Platicas Academy
• Provide awareness of GEAR UP services to other GEAR UP parents
• Volunteer in the school and community to spread information about college access
Role of the GEAR UP Platicadora
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Parent Conference
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Reaching out
• Parent Conferences are a wonderful opportunity to reach out to a large amount of parents.
• UTPA GEAR UP Parent conferences offer a series of college readiness themed bilingual sessions, that are both informational and inspiring.
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One is never enough
• This year, UTPA GEAR UP had the opportunity to offer five extremely successful Parent Conferences in La Joya, McAllen, Brownsville.
• More than 1500 GEAR UP parents were serviced.
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UTPA GEAR UP Family and Community Liaisons
• Coordinate all GEAR UP services to parents. • Conduct monthly parent meetings using
materials provided by NHI.• Support and facilitate volunteer opportunities for
Platicadoras.• Perform home visits as necessary.• Recruit parents to participate in GEAR UP
activities.
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Parent Services
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Parent Services• Awareness on
Assessments• Academic Awareness on
Rigorous Coursework• Counseling/Advisement on
College Planning• Family Involvement
Activities• GEAR UP Awareness • Literacy-Computer Training• Literacy-GED• Workshops on Other
Topics
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Parent Services• Workshops on College
Preparation • Counseling/Advisement on
Financial Aid • Counseling/Advisement on
Other Topics• Literacy-ESL• Literacy-Biblioteca• Literacy-Other• Community-Volunteering• Community-Leadership
Development• Academic Awareness on Other
Topics• College Visit
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UTPA GEAR UP in
La Joya