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April, 2016
by
GEAR UP Maine staff
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Here is what we have included this month
(Don't forget to click "view entire message" at the bottom of this email to view all of our updates)
GEAR UP Maine is in the process of bringing on a new data management system. We have invited four vendors to respond to our RFP. Interviews and demonstrations should be concluded by April 30, 2016.
DATA STEWARDS:
You DO NOT need to enter data through GEM as of March 15, 2016. Your student level, district data must be kept secure at your site. GU-ME will be asking for this information to be ready to transfer to the new data management system by June. As soon as we have a new vendor on board, we will be keeping you updated on any end of the year data that is needed,
As we transition to a new data management system, GU-ME has created files for all Data Stewards to track required data under the GEAR UP grant the file to track student data information can be found here.
INVOICING STAFF/BUSINESS MANAGERS:
Please continue to invoice using the GEM data system
Bulletin Highlights
- District Share Sessions
- Future of Maine Scholars
- GEAR UP Maine staff spotlight - Dori Fellman
- Mt. Blue Geological Society Visit
- Resource of the Month - Claim Your Future
- Grant Opportunities
- GEAR UP Maine Partner highlight - Maine College Circle
- Summer Experience - Know of one? Contact us!
Share your GEAR UP successes and challenges with us to share in Bulletins to come! Email Kayla@syntiro.org
Warmly,
The GEAR UP Maine Staff
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April Must Do's
- Document activities completed (in Excel spreadsheet, NOT GEM)
- Submit invoices (via GEM)
- Document student information regarding who completed the FAFSA, number of college applications filed, and number of college acceptances (in Excel spreadsheet, NOT GEM)
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May Must Do's
- Document activities completed (in Excel spreadsheet, NOT GEM)
- Submit invoices (via GEM)
- Document student information regarding who completed the FAFSA, number of college applications filed, and number of college acceptances (in Excel spreadsheet, NOT GEM)
- Send final Year 3 Action Plan to your Regional Facilitator by May 31st
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Get to Know Your GEAR UP Maine Staff
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Dori Fellman
College Transition Coordinator
dori@syntiro.org
1.) The book I could read a hundred times over: "The Indian in the Cupboard" because it takes back to a time of reading to my children and following the adventures!
2.) I would love to travel back to: Lily Bay on Moosehead Lake. I find it to be the most tranquil place on earth.
3.) When I'm not working I'm: I am usually if summer gardening and in the winter snowshoeing and keeping the wood stove going.
Dori is currently the College Transition Coordinator for GEAR UP Maine. Dori was formerly Cornerstone TRIO Student Support Services Director at University of Maine at Augusta. Her previous experience is as a College Access Counselor and Director of UMF Partnerships for Success (GEAR UP, MELMAC and Nellie Mae grants). Dori served as both president and secretary of MEEOA in the past and currently is the Vice President of NEOA. Other College Access activities include MaineCAN steering committee and state liaison to NEOA. Dori holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Maine at Farmington and a Master of Education from the University of Southern Maine. She has 2 grown children a daughter who is also an educator and a son who is a Harley technician. Dori lives in Starks with her husband Carl and many wild critters in the woods.
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District Share Sessions
ALONG THE WAY!
Be sure to check your e-mails as well as the GU Portal for more information on the District Share Session in your region.
Session info:
Western Maine Regional Sharing Session
April 28, 2016 8:00am - 2:30pm
UMF North Dining Hall
Register here
Northern Maine Regional Sharing Session
April 26th 9:00am - 2:30pm
UMPI Campus Center
Register here
Downeast Regional Sharing Session
April 14th 9:00am - 2:30pm
UMM Campus
Register here
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Future of Maine Scholars Program at RSU 10
The Future of Maine Scholars is a college scholarship for 3rd to 6th graders. Bob Stuart of Maine College Circle with Barb Radmore of Western Foothills Kids Association kicked off the initiative by talking to every 3-6th grade classroom at RSU 10. They had students thinking about what they might like to do, what colleges they could look at and introduced postsecondary vocabulary such as majors and degrees. The emphasis is on effort, starting now to work towards their dreams.
As part of the initiative, there is an essay contest for 3-6th graders. The essay should describe what they would like to do for a career, what colleges they would like to go to and what courses they would take. A committee of community members and educators score the essays and the winners receive a $100 scholarship.
This year there were 56 students selected to receive scholarships with goals ranging from archaeologists to game wardens, nurses, morticians, artists and everything in between. A ceremony was held to celebrate the recipients. This year, local Maine professionals who are in those careers handed out the awards to show students local support for the students' goals and introduce them to role models. There were 25 presenters including a doctor, a video game design professor from Husson, a game warden, an artists, a wildlife biologist , a veterinarian and many more.
Write up by Barb Radmore
Project Director, Western Foothills Kids Association
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Mt. Blue High School Students Present at The Geological Society of Maine
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A fun activity/game idea for students!
Claim Your Future is a game that encourages you to explore education after high school, future careers, and money management.
Visit www.claimyourfuture.com to play!
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MAINE COLLEGE CIRCLE
We are happy to announce our April Partner Highlight, Maine College Circle.
The mission of Maine College Circle is to help more Maine students make more of the opportunity of education, with a special focus on the opportunity of higher education in rural and economically-challenged Maine communities. They pursue this mission by supporting better, earlier, and equal access to information on the opportunity of education, particularly higher education. They try to provide inspiration and excitement to build aspirations. They emphasize the value of effort.They insist on community engagement and try to build energy within each community to support their children’s and their community’s future. For more information, visit their website - www.mainecollegecircle.org
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If your school signed up to pilot VirtualJobShadow.com and are using it, student and staff logins are good until December 2016!
Looking to purchase VirtualJobShadow.com for year 3?
Contact Ryn at ryn@strivven.com.
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The Portland-based Lerner Foundation today announced a five-year, $2 million commitment to youth development programs focused on raising the aspirations of middle school students in rural Maine. Read more...
Apply for Funding
The Maine Department of Education, under Title IV, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), is undergoing the mandatory state processes to allow the development of proposals and eventual grant awards to implement local 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) programs. Local 21st CCLC programs provide comprehensive academic support services that allow students and their families to gain knowledge and new abilities, with the goal of helping students meet state and local learning standards.
View the RFP
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Know of any Summer Experience opportunities in your area that high school students are able to:
~ live on a college campus & experience life in a dorm with a roommate,
~ take academic course work, and;
~ participate in the social life on campus.
GEAR UP Maine is looking to help fund a summer experience for 2 GU students from each of the GEAR UP High Schools, summer 2016!
View our list we've put together of 2016 Summer Opportunities we know about
Please contact Corda Ladd Kinzie at Corda@syntiro.org for more information.
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