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Serving
Over 12,000 Chicago Area Students
The
Chicago GEAR UP
Alliance focuses on creating sustainable change in
schools and communities while providing direct service
to all students and their families. Sustainable change
requires us all to reflect on our own practice and
to gain new knowledge and skills.
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as parents and students are taking new risks,
teachers are challenging themselves to try new
methods, develop innovative curriculum, take on
leadership roles, and participate in new partnerships
for student success.
Staff
of individual schools and universities bring many
years of expertise to the partnership in a wide
range of areas. The Chicago GEAR UP Alliance has
a number of ways for this expertise to be shared
across schools and networks and for new ideas
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Seminars/Institutes
ranging from middle school certification courses
to "Zen and the Art of Test Taking" workshops
and "Young Adult Literature" Conferences are being
offered within specific networks and across the
partnership.
Summer
Institutes provide time for more intensive
work on specific areas. Curricula developed through
these seminars and institutes is often piloted
in Summer Academies within networks allowing teachers
the opportunity to experiment with the full support
of GEAR UP staff.
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Vertical
Teams in each network
focus on Language Arts/English, Advisory/Transition,
and Math and are comprised of teachers across
grade levels and schools. Participating teachers
work with GEAR UP staff to provide leadership
in curriculum development and articulation within
individual networks.
Innovative programs of each
university are reaching new audiences through
the GEAR UP partnership . For example, Online
Expeditions and Countdown
each use technology-the web and cable access television
respectively-to involve teachers, students and
parents in challenging and engaging projects.
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Click here to
view the institutes and seminars list. |
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