WHAT IS GEAR UP

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WHAT IS GEAR UP?

• Federal support
• History
• Scope
• Six-year awards to States, Partnerships
• Match requirement

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MISSION
To significantly increase the number of
economically disadvantaged students who are
prepared to succeed beyond high school.
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ARIZONA GEAR UP

• 8 Partnership and 2 State grants since 1999
• Early intervention component (college awareness
  and preparation activities)
• Scholarship component (State grant only)

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GRANTEES

• Partnership
• 1999-2005 - Tucson Unified Sacaton Unified
• 2000-2006 - Santa Cruz County Schools
• U of A NAU
• 2002-2008 - Dysart Unified
• 2005-2011 - Santa Cruz County Schools U of A

• State
• 2000-2006 2006-2012 - NAU

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NAU GEAR UP 2000-2006

• 42.1M (federal match)
• Statewide
• 4,847 students (2006 cohort)
• 6,621 students (total)
• Site teams coordinator college-going culture

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MODEL

• Cohort approach, beginning with 7th graders and
  staying with them through high school graduation

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RESEARCH-BASED

• Multiple overlapping strategies
• Delivered by qualified providers
• In sufficient scale

will create sustainable change
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COLLEGE AWARENESS PREPARATION
Tutoring / Mentoring
Job Shadowing
Parental Involvement
Community Service
Cultural Events
Summer Enrichment
College Visits
Financial Aid Workshops
Scholarships
Attendance Monitoring Intervention
Personal Academic Counseling
AIMS Preparation Workshops
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SAMPLE PARTICIPATION DATA 2000-2006

• Over the 6 years of the project
• 1,665 students went on college visits
• 4,465 students received tutoring
• 1,414 students had benefit of mentors
• 5,229 students received counseling
• 2,285 parents participated in GEAR UP activities
• 999 students attended summer enrichment programs

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SCHOLARSHIPS

• More than 9 million awarded to 500 GEAR UP
  students in April 2006

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HECTOR ARAUJO

• Westwood High School GEAR UP student 2000-2006
• I guarantee every single senior has been helped
  by GEAR UP one way or another.

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JESSICA DADEMASCH

• Kingman High School GEAR UP student 2000-2006
• It was about college and I knew I wanted to go
  to college.

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JANUARY 2006 WestEd REVIEW
Graduation Rate WestEd 88 Actual 82 State
Avg 67
Dropout Rate WestEd 5 Actual 3.7 State Avg
4.9
IHE-Going Rate WestEd 75 Actual 70 (est.)
State Avg 31
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EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
Depends on series of successes
Greater Knowledge Information
Higher Aspirations
Greater Incentive To Prepare
Academically
Higher Expectations
Specific Plans
Enrollment
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2006-07 FOLLOW-UP

• Continuing support and
• assistance for
• Students in college
• Students who did not graduate high school due to
  AIMS or insufficient credits

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