ATTENTION PARENTS:

U.C. Evaluation Services is “field testing” a Parent Survey being developed for GEARUP.   “Field testing” helps to determine a survey’s reliability, validity, and usability.  If you are a parent of a K-12 student, we would be most appreciative if you would take a few minutes to complete this survey.

Just click the link below.  The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.  We thank you for your assistance and participation.

http://snipurl.com/gu_parent_survey

GEARUP (Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness in Undergraduate Programs) is a federal college awareness and readiness initiative for economically disadvantaged youth administered through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Post-Secondary Education.

GEARUP SCORES! is a local partnership that delivers college awareness and readiness programs and services to a cohort of over 4700 Cincinnati Public Schools students currently in thirty (30) K-8 elementary schools. This partnership is supported by a six-year, $18.4 million grant.

The primary partners in GEARUP SCORES! are:

• the University of Cincinnati (UC),
  
• Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS),
  
• the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative (CYC),
  
• Cincinnati State Community & Technical College and
  
• Parents for Public Schools of Greater Cincinnati (PPSGC).
  

Partners providing additional support include The Enquirer, the Cincinnati Reds and the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Partner for Achieving School Success (PASS) center in the UC College of Education Criminal Justice, & Human Services (CECH) serves as the partnership’s lead agency and provides administrative and fiscal leadership and oversight. Bob Suess is the GEARUP Project Director, Marshall Hopkins is the GEARUP Program Coordinator, and Denise Hewitt is the GEARUP Program Facilitator.

GEARUP SCORES! will accomplish this goal through:

• academic preparation of students in math, science, and literacy,
  
• active engagement of students in college-access opportunities, and
  
• support of parents, families, and students with resources that ensure students remain in school and develop the confidence, skills, and positive attitude to become college graduates.
  

Specific support services will include academic intervention, college awareness and advising activities, dropout prevention counseling/mentoring, and parental involvement training/support provided by a full-time staff of over 30 skilled and dedicated professionals.

The GEARUP SCORES! partners previously collaborated successfully on the Cincinnati GEARUP Success Partnership which served more than 4,000 CPS students in grades seven through twelve from 2002 through 2008.

 
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