Wv Gear up State Grant

WV GEAR UP STATE GRANT 11th & 12th Grade Strategic Plan for Year One: 2008-2009

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Goal/Objective Examples of Participants Anticipated End Date Estimated Strategies/Activities (Who needs to be Start Date Cost involved?) Goal One: To  Encourage Dual Enrollment significantly increase in college classes the academic  Encourage AP classes performance and  Provide Summer Brush-up rigorous preparation for incoming seniors/ACT Prep of cohort students for  Have college students meet participation in with and talk about college postsecondary readiness (mentoring) education.  Do Parent Newsletter  Goal Two: To  Do you know how many of significantly increase the your 11th and 12th grade students number of high-poverty, have taken the right college prep at-risk students who are classes? prepared to enter and th succeed in postsecondary  For 11 grade, meet with education. those who are on the right track and go over what they need to complete for college readiness.  Do your juniors and seniors understand the community and technical college options if they have not taken the college prep core?  Schedule a college tour to include no less than one 4 year and 1 CTC so that students understand their options.  Provide college application assistance to seniors  Provide FA assistance to seniors  Offer a college planning and FA workshop for parents  Offer a college night for students & parents  Offer a career fair  Inform students of the Governor’s event and have them take the Senior Survey  Inform students about Promise, WV HEG, and GU Incentive Award – March 1 deadlines.  Present Get A Life to 11th and 12th graders  Present Covey’s Highly Successful Teens  Have college students meet with and talk about college readiness (mentoring)  Do Parent Newsletter Goal Three: To  Do you know how many of significantly increase the your 11th and 12th grade students rate of high school have taken the right classes for graduation and graduation? participation of cohort th students in postsecondary  For 11 grade, meet with education. those who are on the right track and go over what they need to complete graduation requirements.  Do your juniors and seniors understand the community and technical college options if they have not taken the college prep core?  Inform students of the Governor’s event and have them take the Senior Survey  Inform students about Promise, WV HEG, and GU Incentive Award – March 1 deadlines.  Schedule a college tour to include no less than one 4 year and 1 CTC so that students understand their options.  Provide college application assistance to seniors  Provide FA assistance to seniors  Offer a college planning and FA workshop for parents  Offer a college night for students & parents  Have college students meet with and talk about college readiness (mentoring)  Do Parent Newsletter    Goal Four: To  Schedule a college tour to significantly increase include no less than one 4 year cohort students’ and and 1 CTC so that students families’ knowledge of understand their options. postsecondary educational institutions, admissions  Provide college application requirements, and financial assistance to seniors aid.  Provide FA assistance to seniors  Offer a college planning and FA workshop for parents  Offer a college night for students & parents  Offer web college search as a class project  Wallpaper hallways with college pennants.  Do Parent Newsletter  Goal Five: To ensure  Collect data on student effective, efficient, and participation in all GU activities most appropriate use of  Complete Mid-Year Status resources through Report intentional collaboration with identified partners  Prepare data required for that are committed to APR GEAR UP goals.  Spend GU funds with the idea that the product will last long-after GU is gone so that the benefit is passed on to future students.  Initiate evaluation forms after major events to assess the effectiveness of the activity.  Have seniors complete senior survey  Baseline Data Survey  Obtain parent/guardian signature forms