GEAR UP
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
Jacqueline Matthews, Project Director, x5011
Role
GEAR UP is a college awareness and readiness program. It encourages young people to stay in school, study hard, and take the right courses to go to college. The grant serves students attending Carroll Junior, Lee Junior, Martin Luther King, Carroll High, Neville High, and Wossman High Schools.
Program
GEAR UP was enacted as part of the 1998 Higher Education Act to give more low-income students the skills, encouragement, and preparation to enter and succeed in post-secondary education. GEAR UP grantees serve an entire cohort of students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follow the cohort through high school.
Services
- Focus Teachers in Math and ELA
- After-School Tutoring
- Saturday Academies
- Summer Camps
- Field Trips
- 21st Century Classrooms
- Laptop Labs
- I.D. Badges
- Incentives for Accelerated Reader/Attendance
- Staff Development
- Support to 21st Century and Safe Schools Grants
Office
*The GEAR UP office is located on the campus of Jefferson Upper Elementary School.*
Room 214
1001 Pecan Street
Monroe, LA 71202
318-410-1382
Program Evaluation
2009-2010 GEAR UP Evaluation 2008-2009 GEAR UP Evaluation Parent/Student Surveys
Parent Survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/27NZDWL) Student Survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/28MRX6T) ULM Links
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