Pre-Conference Sessions
NCCEP will host a variety of pre-conference session on Sunday, July
20th. For more information on each session, please see the descriptions
below.
Product
Demonstrations and Field-Testing Sessions • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Free to conference attendees
These sessions provide opportunities to learn about, see, and experience
products that have helped students achieve the academic success
prerequisite to college enrollment and to help education programs
increase their effectiveness. Session topics include:
Instructional Technologies
Interested in developing your students' higher-order thinking skills
and facilitating academic achievement? During this session companies
will demonstrate software and hardware that will help GEAR UP educators
engage and motivate their students. The technologies demonstrated will
help teachers make learning more interactive, hands on, and
project-based.
Core Academic Support: Math, Science, and Reading/Literacy
This session will provide GEAR UP practitioners an opportunity to
learn about products designed to help educators create an engaging
learning experience leading to higher student achievement in the core
curriculum areas of math, science, and reading/literacy. Participants
will have an opportunity to field test products that promote academic
success in these crucial academic areas.
Test Preparation
As the college admissions process becomes increasingly competitive,
admissions offices scrutinize students' scores on standardized college
entrance exams ever so closely. Participation in the test preparation
services session will help participants determine if partnering with a
test preparation service could benefit students and GEAR UP programs in
their community.
Data and Student Monitoring Systems
Experience state-of-the-art data and student monitoring systems that
can help you track the progress of your GEAR UP students over time
including their involvement in particular GEAR UP activities. These data
acquisition and assessment tools can provide the information you need to
determine which elements of your program are most successful and which
can be modified in order to maximize program effectiveness.
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U.S. Department of Education
Sessions • 12:00 - 5:15 PM
Free to conference attendees
Our collaborating partner, the U.S. Department of Education, will be
hosting workshops for new and experienced GEAR UP professionals. These
workshops will be conducted by GEAR UP Program Officers and
other Department of Education Officials. Session topics
include:
FPR Process: Closing Out Your GEAR UP Project
The U.S. Department of Education will provide information to 2002
grantees regarding the closeout of their grants. This session will
include information about how to request a no-cost extension, the types
of activities that can be conducted during the extension period and
detailed information about the Final Performance Report that each
grantee is required to file at the end of the grant performance
period.
Do's and Don'ts of Fiscal Management
A primer for first-time grantees and review session for experienced
federal grant administrators led by a grants administrator/expert from
the U.S. Department of Education, this session will provide all of the
information new and experienced GEAR UP program administrators require
to successfully administer a federal GEAR UP grant. Specific rules and
regulations - including budgeting and expense allocation - will be
covered.
Documenting the GEAR UP Match
The U.S. Department of Education will provide a detailed review of
the statutory and regulatory matching requirements for GEAR UP programs.
The presentation will include a description of the types and sources of
matching contributions that are permissible, how to document matching
contributions, and valuation of in-kind contributions. GEAR UP grantees
will share how they have successfully achieved the dollar-for-dollar
match and will provide sample forms and processes developed to better
document the match.
Making Your Mark – The APR Process
The U.S. Department of Education will provide technical assistance
designed to assist grantees in completing an Annual Performance Report
(APR). Each grantee's annual and cumulative result has a direct impact
on the future of the GEAR UP program as appropriations are connected to
program results aggregated from individual project data. This session
will review the process for completing the web-based APR.
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