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3-D Animator Actor/Actress Anesthesiologist Army Artist artist - animals specifically Athlete Athletic Trainer Author Basketball Player Business Management Business Owner Cardiologist CEO - American Metric Corporation Chef clothes Designer Coach Comedian Computer Engineer Computer Programmer contractor Cosmetologist Dancer Dentist Detective Doctor Dress maker Engineer Fashion Designer Fire Department Football Player Government Graphic Designer Guitar Player Investigator Jet Mechanic Judge Kindergarten Teacher Landscaper Lawyer Marine Biologist Marines Math Teacher Mechanic Mechanical Engineer Michelin test track Model Motivational Speaker Music mixer Musician Nail Technicians Navy NFL Football Player Nurse OB Nurse Oncologist Pediatric Nurse Professional Basketball Player Pediatrician Politician Pharmacist Professional Baseball player Photographer Rapper - Music Robotics Scientist Shoe Designer singer Soccer Player Special Needs Teacher Sports Director Sports Player Tattoo Artist Teacher Teacher Art Tech Design UFC Fighter Veterinarian Video Game Designer Waitress Zoologist

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• 3-D Animator• Actor/Actress• Anesthesiologist • Army• Artist• artist - animals

specifically• Athlete• Athletic Trainer• Author

• Basketball Player• Business Management• Business Owner• Cardiologist• CEO - American Metric Corporation• Chef• clothes Designer• Coach• Comedian• Computer Engineer• Computer Programmer• contractor• Cosmetologist

• Dancer• Dentist• Detective• Doctor• Dress maker• Engineer• Fashion Designer• Fire Department• Football Player• Government• Graphic Designer• Guitar Player

• Investigator• Jet Mechanic

• Judge• Kindergarten Teacher

• Landscaper• Lawyer

• Marine Biologist• Marines

• Math Teacher• Mechanic

• Mechanical Engineer• Michelin test track

• Model• Motivational Speaker

• Music mixer• Musician

• Nail Technicians

• Navy• NFL Football Player• Nurse• OB Nurse• Oncologist• Pediatric Nurse Professional Basketball Player• Pediatrician Politician• Pharmacist Professional Baseball player• Photographer Physical Therapist• Policeman Pro Fisherman, Hunter• Professional Cheerleader

• Rapper - Music• Robotics • Scientist • Shoe Designer• singer• Soccer Player• Special Needs Teacher• Sports Director• Sports Player• Tattoo Artist• Teacher• Teacher Art• Tech Design• UFC Fighter• Veterinarian• Video Game Designer• Waitress• Zoologist

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Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for

Undergraduate Programs

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Goal of GEAR UP:

To significantly increase the number of students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

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• Increase students’ academic performance and preparation for postsecondary education.• Postsecondary Education = College/University – 4 year degree

and or Technical College – 2 year degree• Increase high school graduation and postsecondary participation

rates.

• Increase students’ and their families knowledge of postsecondary options, preparation, and finances.

3 Main Objectives

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GEAR UP is not a remedial program.

This grant is about getting students into college.

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Specific Targets:

• Students should pass Algebra 1 by the end of 9th grade.• Mr. West – Opportunities for the Class of 2020,

Summer 2015• Make sure students are taking the courses necessary to go

to college.• Students should be passing in all academic areas.• Students will increase non-cognitive skills.

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Students will increase non-cognitive skills i.e. – Soft Skills non-cognitive

Soft skills - "Soft skills" refer to a cluster of personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social graces that make someone a good student/employee and compatible to work with.

The Five Non-Cognitive SkillsIn their review of the existing research, the University of Chicago scholars identify five non-cognitive skills that contribute to students’ academic success. They are: Academic Behaviors – observable behaviors that show students’ engagement and effort Academic Mindsets - students’ attitudes and beliefs about their academic work and

ability Academic Perseverance – the ability to overcome distractions, obstacles and challenges

to complete academic work Learning Strategies – tactics that students use to help them remember, think and learn Social Skills – behaviors that allow students to interact with peers and adults in positive

and productive ways

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Benefits for the GEAR UP studentsEarly and on-going college planning.

Assistance in completing college applications and FAFSA.

Access to mentoring programs (business and community leaders to assist students.• Lunch – n- Learns centered around the 16 Career Clusters

Support for parents to remain actively involved in their child’s education

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Duties of College Support Specialist:• Provide enrichment programs, academic and non-cognitive (Soft skills -

"Soft skills" refer to a cluster of personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social graces that make someone a good employee and compatible to work with)

• Create Academic Success plans for students

• Set-up/expand afterschool tutoring programs

• Provide workshops (classroom lessons, afterschool, or Saturdays)

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Duties (con’t)• Small group and individual counseling for all students.

• Provide workshops for parents.

• Professional development for teachers.

• College field trips.

• Stay up-to-date on colleges’ requirements.

• Set up Summer programs. • GEAR UP Summer Enrichment week – June 22 - 25

• Collect and analyze data.

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SOME WORKSHOPS…• Organizational skills and Time management

• Getting Motivated! • How to study

• “Lunch and Learn” with a professional• What is a GPA

• Preparing for SAT/ACT• Financial planning

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ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS THAT COULD BE OFFERED…

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Video

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Did you know…• People that go to college earn up to 40% more than non - college

graduates.• Get a bachelor’s degree, and you can make nearly $16,000 a

year more than your friends with just a high school diploma. • Do the math: $16,000 X a 40-year career equals more than half

a million dollars ($640,000 to be exact). Even if you don’t like math, you have to love that!

• By the year 2020, 65% of all jobs will require some type of college education and training beyond high school.

• Research shows that students who have access to GEAR UP activities attend college at a rate of 72%. That is a 24% increase over the state average of 48%.

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Did you know (con’t)…• A college education gives a person more job security. People with high school diploma are more than twice as likely to be unemployed

• For most students who go to college, the increase in lifetime earnings far outweighs the cost of their education.

• College is more than just a classroom. It’s an important time in life to learn and grow as a person while gaining independence and life skills.

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ACT Aspire Spring testing how it leads to college admissions – Ms. Kristin Seay

Midlands GEAR UP Project Director [email protected]

Importance of math MAP testing as it determines 8th grade class placement- Joshua P. Dawkins

Laurens District 55 High School Career Development Facilitator

JV Boys Basketball (864) 682-3151 [email protected]

 

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After school Tutorial/Enrichment Program

Monday – 3:15 -4:30 pm

Thursdays – 3:15 – 4:30 pm

Math – Ms. Emily Terry and Ms. Shuntae Kelly - Rm 11 ELA Ms. Nicole Andrews - Rm 4 Social Studies – Ms. Sarah Scott – LibraryScience – Ms. Sharon Ziegler – Rm 5

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It's not only children who grow, parents do too.

As much as we watch to see what our children do with their

lives,they are watching us to see

what we do with ours.I can tell my children to reach

for the sun.But, I must reach for it myself.

-Joyce Maynard