Coordinating PEPS & ECAP:

Maxine Daly, ADE Deputy Associate Superintendent: College and Career Readiness (ECAP)

Kay Schreiber, ADE College and Career Readiness CoordinatorJan Wenning, GEAR UP Assistant Director

Rhae Lynne Clawson, GEAR UP Site Support Specialist

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ECAP Authorization

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ECAP—State Board Rule (R7-2-302.05)

On February 25, 2008, the Arizona State Board of Education approved Education and Career Action Plans for all Arizona students in grades 9–12.

ECAP ECAP Attributes

POSTSECONDARYPOSTSECONDARY EXTRACURRICULAREXTRACURRICULAR

ECAP Attributes

Authorization

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The GEAR UP initiative was authorized by Title IV of the 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) and was signed into public law (P.L.105-244) on September 29, 1998 by President Clinton.

State grants are competitive six-year or seven-year matching grants that must include both an early intervention component designed to increase college attendance and success and raise the expectations of low-income students and a scholarship component. In July 2012, NAU was awarded a State Grant for the period 2012-2018. (PEPS included as a service in grant our application).

ARIZONA GEAR UPGaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs

Minimum Expectations for Postsecondary Planning Sessions (PEPS) – Year 3Grade 9

“Unless someone like you cares a whole, awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not”

~Dr. Seuss

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PEPS

R-R-R

Supplement Not Supplant

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The “supplement not supplant” provision requires that federal funds be used to augment the regular educational program, not to substitute for funds or services that would otherwise be provided during the time period in question. 

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Arizona GEAR UP Minimum Expectations for Postsecondary Planning Sessions (PEPS) – Year 3

Grade 9

Crosswalk

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ECAP PEPS

Crosswalk

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ECAP PEPS

Crosswalk

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Minimum Expectations for Postsecondary Planning Sessions (PEPS) – Year 3Grade 9

* For students who create online portfolios (e.g., in AzCIS) as part of their ECAP process, a separate GEAR UP portfolio is not required as long as the portfolio includes the 4 documents required by GEAR UP.

ECAP PEPS

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GEAR UP enters all student participation data into a secure web-based relational database.

For PEPS the following is entered:

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Scribe Reporting Capabilityfor PEPS

PEPS - ECAP Work Sheet

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Resources for discussion included in packet: PEPS & ECAP Crosswalk; PEPS Minimum Standards and Checklist (Grade 9); Summary of ECAP process for each district. 

Questions for consideration during discussion:

Task 2.1 in GEAR UP Plan

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Team TimeKeeping the End in Mind

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• Using the 5 guiding questions for discussion on the work sheet, please articulate your plan to complete PEPS in coordination with the ECAP process at your school.

• One minute share-out

Thank you!!

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