Montana GEAR UP Technical Assistance Manual

The Montana GEAR UP Technical Assistance Manual is intended to aid GEAR UP school staff in the day-to-day workings of GEAR UP and to ultimately improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the GEAR UP program, both at the school level and statewide.

The Montana GEAR UP state staff understands that GEAR UP is not a “one size fits all” program, and that each School Management Team individually crafts their own school-specific program. Further, each specific school’s program (and subsequently the program statewide) will inevitably evolve as the years of the grant progress. However, there are certain components that are more-or-less universal for all schools. Therefore, in order to maintain a level of continuity program wide and provide school staff with the best technical assistance possible, the Montana GEAR UP office has produced this Technical Assistance Manual (TAM).

• Title Page / Outline / Introduction
• Section I - Program Administration
• Section II - Fiscal Administration
• Section III - Assessment & Evaluation
• Section IV - Scholarships for 2005 Grantees
• Section V - Resources (not available at this time)

Due to the size of some of the sections, we recommend you use the Adobe Acrobat format for downloading and reading the TAM. Visit the Adobe website for the latest version of the free Acrobat Reader. Microsoft Word documents are available upon request.