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Postsecondary = Education & Training After High School

Posted by mf945 on February 1, 2021

Making plans following high school often causes anxiety for families and students alike. Everyone tosses around so many terms, which causes even more stress. Arizona GEAR UP wants to help simplify the jargon, so we boiled down some of the most common terms below.

Postsecondary Education: think of it as any education or training after high school. Several options include four-year universities, community colleges, certificate programs, trade schools, or the military.

But now we’ve thrown more terms at you. No worries,… Read more

Educación Superior = Educación y capacitación después de high school

Posted by Hector Ponce on

Hacer planes para después de high school le suele causar ansiedad tanto a las familias como a los estudiantes. Todo mundo arrojándoles términos por todos lados, lo que causa aún más estrés. Arizona GEAR UP quiere ayudar a simplificar este vocabulario, así que resumimos algunos de los términos más comunes a continuación.

Educación superior: considérenlo como cualquier educación o formación después de high school.  Varias opciones incluyen universidades de 4 años, colegios comunitarios, programas de certificación, escuelas vocacionales o las… Read more

Coaches GEAR UP for Success

Posted by Hector Ponce on January 15, 2021

When we ask alumni about their experience with Arizona GEAR UP, we hear things like, “my coach never gave up on me,” or “as a first-gen student, they helped me with college applications,” and one of our favorites, “without my coach’s support, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Throughout this grant cycle, we will shine a light on our frontline workers—school coaches. They remain vital to the success of GEAR UP programs across the nation, and coaches tirelessly help… Read more

Alumni Spotlight: Porsche Fellers

Posted by Hector Ponce on

“Put yourself out there and go for whatever you want.”

This sage advice comes from Arizona GEAR UP alumna, Porsche Fellers, who just finished up the fall semester of her junior year at the University of Arizona. Beginning in the spring semester, Porsche will begin nursing school at Northern Arizona University on the Tucson campus. She expects to graduate in spring 2023.

Porsche graduated from Lee Williams High School in Kingman, and got involved with Arizona GEAR… Read more

Free Professional Development

Posted by Hector Ponce on

To align with the Achieve60AZ attainment goals, Arizona GEAR UP identified 41 under-served Arizona schools—our A60 schools—to help high school seniors put postsecondary plans into action. In addition, we provide CAP training, free of charge, to educators in these schools. Now, it’s time to sign up.

All the courses will offer online asynchronous learning, so you can learn at your own pace. Additionally, the group will meet once a week for about an hour for an… Read more

Rubber Bands and Donkeys: Finding Resilience in a Pandemic

Posted by admin on January 13, 2021

By: Robert Neese, executive director Arizona GEAR UP

Resilience can help us successfully adapt to adversity, stress, tragedy, or trauma. When you think of resilience, you may consider “the ability to bounce back.” The concept may seem complex, but let’s simplify our ideas by using a rubber band metaphor. Rubber bands, like people, come in different shapes and sizes and are subject to different situations and expectations. Rubber bands are made through a process called vulcanization, which builds up the… Read more

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