MIDDLE GRADE INITIATIVE
Early Awareness School Proposal
District/School:
/
Term: July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016
Program:
NAU GEAR UP Middle Grade Initiative
Use with the
CCR Action
EARLY AWARENESS
Plan
Creating a school-wide culture that fosters all students’ preparation and motivation for
Section 2:
a full range of postsecondary options
2.1
Early Awareness
Activities &
Strategies
[required]
Personnel at each school will be designated by the principal to ensure the
completion of the following required activities:
2.1a - Every eighth grade student will complete a career interest
inventory and explore/research careers and the post-secondary
pathways for achieving career goals. (ideally through a career
information system e.g. AzCIS, Kuder or Create Your Next)
Name:
Contact information:
Estimated Costs:
We will know it is successful if/by:
2.1b - Each school will distribute College and Career Planning Guides
(Provided by GEAR UP) and PreECAP forms to all students. All eighth
grade students will receive guidance in completing a Pre-ECAP
based on career interests from the interest inventory.
Name:
Contact information:
Estimated Costs:
We will know it is successful if/by:
2.1c - Middle School and High School staff collaborate to carry out
transition activities such as summer bridge programs, high school
student shadowing days, high school tours etc. for all eighth grade
students.
Name:
Contact information:
Estimated Costs:
We will know it is successful if/by:
Submit completed proposal to District by April 30, 2015
For use in completing Section 2 of the MGI 2015-16 Action Plan
Jul 2015 –
Jun 2016
2.2
Early Awareness
Activities &
Based on our schools’ use of the Self-Assessment Rubric and discussion of a
college-going culture, we would implement the following college-going
activities and strategies:
Strategies
2.2a
The person(s) in the school and or district responsible for this is/are:
Name:
Contact information:
Estimated Costs:
We will know it is successful if/by:
2.2b
The person(s) in the school and or district responsible for this is/are:
Name:
Contact information:
Estimated Costs:
We will know it is successful if/by:
2.2c
The person(s) in the school and or district responsible for this is/are:
Name:
Contact information:
Estimated Costs:
We will know it is successful if/by:
Submit completed proposal to District by April 30, 2015
For use in completing Section 2 of the MGI 2015-16 Action Plan
Jul 2015 –
Jun 2016
Use with the
CCR Action
Plan
Section 3:
3.4
Capacity
Building
[Required]
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
Implementing, monitoring, and reporting on progress and impact of
actions taken in response to data
3.4b - At least one school counselor, teacher or administrator
participate in the on-line Arizona College Access Professional (CAP)
Course – an eight week online class that provides Arizona specific
information and resources about College-going Culture in the Middle
School.
The following individual(s) will complete one of the two sessions of
the 8 week online College Access Professional (CAP) Training
provided by GEAR UP
(September – October 2015)
Name(s):
Contact information:
(January – February 2016)
Name(s):
Contact information:
Submit completed proposal to District by April 30, 2015
For use in completing Section 2 of the MGI 2015-16 Action Plan