- Early Outreach - Getting Started
- Definition and Mission
- Understanding Adolescents’ Stages of Development
- College-Going Culture
- Working Together
- Early Outreach Vocabulary
- Communicating with College Campuses
- Checklists, Timelines and other Resources
- Getting Started With GEAR UP
- Promising Practices
- Professional Development
- Chimpanzee, Next of Kin Summer Workshop
Target:Middle School Teachers
Purpose:Provide middle school teachers a hands-on course to integrate science, math and social studies concepts through the CWU chimpanzee program. Create interest in science and math that encourages improvement in these subjects.
Activities:Teachers participated in a three-day workshop on the CWU campus using the Next of Kin curriculum to design integrated lessons to make science and math relevant in a rich and compelling context.
Results:Teachers who completed the course received the entire curriculum and prepared units/lessons that integrated the concepts into the current curriculum.
Contact: Deborah Fouts
Director, CWU Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
- Math/Science Endorsement Program
Target:Middle School Math/Science Teachers
Purpose:Improve teaching of math and science in middle schools by enabling teachers to obtain a math/science endorsement.
Activities:CWU GEAR UP teamed with CWU Science and Math departments and Continuing Education to offer a weeklong summer institute to achieve the math/science endorsement. Each participant designed and implemented lessons throughout the year to finish the endorsement process by the following spring. The GEAR UP math specialist met with participants each quarter to coach participants and to troubleshoot issues. GEAR UP paid the tuition for the coursework.
Results:Teachers improved their credentials to teach the critical areas of math and science in rural middle schools by obtaining the science/math endorsement for middle level teaching.
Contact:Professor Mark Oursland
CWU Math Department
- Comprehensive Classroom Assessment
Target:Teachers and Administrators
Purpose:Provide district-wide understanding and use of formative assessment and standardization of grading practices to better track student progress and encourage deep learning.
Activities:Districts became familiar with the Marzano Classroom Assessment model. Teams of administrators and teachers from eight districts participated in a full day workshop that featured continuous small group discussions and teamwork.
Results:District teams left with a plan for continuing the project in their school districts to bring about meaningful and standardized assessment practices
Julie Blohm Grinolds
CWU Okanogan Valley GEAR UP
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