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Tucson Teacher-Consultants Help UA Strengthen Programs That Help Students "Gear Up" for College
Summary: Leaders of the Southern Arizona Writing Project have guided much of the thinking in Tucson's GEAR UP program, which aims to prepare students in the city's high-needs schools for postsecondary education.
The earlier you start thinking about college, the better." You might say that maxim is at the heart of GEAR UP—"Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs"— a federally funded program that serves over 3,000 students in Tucson.
Teacher-consultants and leaders from the Southern Arizona Writing Project (SAWP), headquartered at the University of Arizona Tucson, are working at the core of the project and have contributed to its multifaceted design.
Among these are Peggy DeChecko, the writing specialist who directs reading and writing initiatives in the GEAR UP schools; Maria Elena Wakamatsu, English Department head at Desert View High School; and Ann-Marie Hall, former director of SAWP who heads the University of Arizona Writing Program, which serves 1,200 undergrads a year and trains and supervises 100 graduate student instructors, some of whom are chosen as literacy coaches for the GEAR UP program.
The program's purpose is to ensure that the students of the class of 2012 in five high-needs high schools are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. The overall goal for the targeted schools is that 65 percent of the class of 2012 will be college ready.
The GEAR UP program provides an easy fit for the writing project leaders and teacher-consultants who are presently working in it. And the chemistry seems right for closer ties as GEAR UP matures and SAWP finds ways to support this valuable program that shares so many of the writing project's goals.
Read more about how the Southern Arizona Writing Project is helping teens in Tucson get ready for college.
The earlier you start thinking about college, the better." You might say that maxim is at the heart of GEAR UP—"Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs"— a federally funded program that serves over 3,000 students in Tucson.Teacher-consultants and leaders from the Southern Arizona Writing Project (SAWP), headquartered at the University of Arizona Tucson, are working at the core of the project and have contributed to its multifaceted design.
Among these are Peggy DeChecko, the writing specialist who directs reading and writing initiatives in the GEAR UP schools; Maria Elena Wakamatsu, English Department head at Desert View High School; and Ann-Marie Hall, former director of SAWP who heads the University of Arizona Writing Program, which serves 1,200 undergrads a year and trains and supervises 100 graduate student instructors, some of whom are chosen as literacy coaches for the GEAR UP program.
The program's purpose is to ensure that the students of the class of 2012 in five high-needs high schools are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. The overall goal for the targeted schools is that 65 percent of the class of 2012 will be college ready.
The GEAR UP program provides an easy fit for the writing project leaders and teacher-consultants who are presently working in it. And the chemistry seems right for closer ties as GEAR UP matures and SAWP finds ways to support this valuable program that shares so many of the writing project's goals.
Read more about how the Southern Arizona Writing Project is helping teens in Tucson get ready for college.
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