SC GEAR UP
Weekly Memo - 1/4 to 1/10
Happy New Year!
Good Morning SC GEAR UP!
I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and you received everything you wanted fro Xmas! We are back in the office and off to a great start here at CHE. We have some big things planned for this Semester, so it is important that we get back up to speed quickly to finish off the 10th grade in strong fashion.
I have some Schools missing from our Grant Newsletter. That is the only hold-up. This time last year in Orlando I had multiple complaints re: communication. I've tried to communicate more, but this newsletter is an important part of that communication on a grant-wide basis. Vickie should be getting the entire grant newsletter out when we get them all compiled. The hold-up though isn't Columbia, for a change.
Capacity Building
I need registration forms for your attendees ASAP! I'm trying to tie all this conference stuff up soon. Feb. will be here before we know it. Gotta figure out who's going.
Surveys
Let's be sure we get the survey's done people.
Tutoring
Gotta keep working this! Please staff and advertise your tutoring programs, monitor the quality of the assistance given and continue to push tutoring to students/parents. Remember, if there is a kid who is failing, that is not attending a tutoring program, your coach will need to document that contact was made and why the student isn't coming.
College Goal South Carolina
Continue to work with your pilot College Goal Sites to be sure they have what they need for February. If you need something from us, Catherine can assist you.
Comparison School Follow-Up
Please follow-up with the Comparison schools you suggested and made contact with for us. We need more schools. If we can do something/offer something/remove a requirement that gets them to commit, let me know.
COMPASS Follow-up
Everyone didn't provide a Compass report before the Holiday. Remember, I'm asking for reports on where you are on the COMPASS Project, by school. By THIS Friday, January 9, I want you each to send to me a summary of where you are with this project, by school and district, and any issues you are having or need assistance with. I want to know:
- Date of last meeting/contact on subject and who attended
- Date of COMPASS administration
- Technical college that will partner with high school through project
- Plan for Dual Enrollment Course delivery
- Plan for Developmental or "GEAR UP University Transition Course"
- Have you discussed if this "Transition Course" could be offered with Carnegie Unit
- Have you began generating a budget/cost for program
- Issues you are encountering at any level
Just so you all know, I compile the reports and provide a comprehensive report to Karen and CHE leadership. I've underlined the item above b/c I need you to start generating a budget as soon as possible. I need to know the round about cost for this project b/c I will need to ask to use additional funding that our annual allocation to make it happen.
GC Meeting
We will have the GC meeting on Wednesday, January 14, at Midlands Technical College. This is a mandatory meeting. We will have some sessions on COMPASS and Dual Credit. We will also have data reports from Vermadel and the usual from Jomia and the Chamber. We will also have 2 additional presentations from ACT and Sonya.
We will finalize the agenda this week.
Objectives for 2014-15
The SCGU Grant objective for 10th grade will be that 80% of our students will pass Biology by the end of 10th grade.
Vermadel has provided an early snapshot of where we are to start the year. Right now 17.37% of our cohort has completed Biology I.
Social Media Update
The SC GEAR UP Facebook and Twitter are now both up!!!! Please have the coaches encourage students to like and follow SC GEAR UP on social media. We can do better on Twitter and certainly on Facebook.
I can't stress enough how much we need to beef up the social media!!! This is a great way to keep everyone informed on what we are doing. We are also working on the websites each week. We need that support folks!