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Montana GEAR UP partners with up to 24 middle and receiving high schools in low income communities to increase the number of students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. The program serves an entire grade of students beginning in the seventh grade and follows them through high school to graduation, adding a new class of seventh graders each
year.
Montana GEAR UP is funded by a six-year, $18 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education and is administered through the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education in Helena.
MONTANA GEAR UP MISSION:
Montana GEAR UP believes that postsecondary education is possible for all Montana students, regardless of economic background, and strives to empower them to realize that ambition. Montana GEAR UP brings this message to middle and high schools, students, their parents, and the community.
MONTANA GEAR UP GOALS:
- To establish the importance of postsecondary education and provide early college and career awareness activities.
- To provide financial aid awareness, planning, and scholarships to GEAR UP students.
- To provide GEAR UP schools with the tools necessary to strengthen academic rigor and support in order to improve student opportunities and enrichment.
Impact Aid
Approximately 75 school districts in Montana receive over $38 million annually from the US Department of Education under the Federal Impact Aid Program.
Sample Parent-Pupil Survey
Impact Aid 2014 Application Information
Impact Aid Webinar Presentation December 2010
Impact Aid Overview
Impact Aid Source Check Form
Impact Aid Application Data
Impact Aid Applications, Laws and Regulations
Impact Aid Web Links
Montana Regional Education Service Areas
The purpose of the Montana Professional Development Partnership Project is to improve student achievement in Montana schools by providing state support and funding for high-quality professional development in core academic areas of math, reading, language arts, science and social studies that focuses on (1) increasing the subject-matter knowledge of teachers; (2) increasing teacher understanding and use of effective, research-based instructional strategies; and (3) increasing teacher competency in the use of educational technology. In addition, this program seeks to encourage and support the development of “regionalized” delivery models that will address the challenges and limitations that are presented by the geographic size and rural nature of Montana to the effective and efficient delivery of these high-quality professional development opportunities.
Contact Information and Map for Montana's Regional Education Service Areas
Regional Service Areas
Click regions for contacts/websites
PESA
Prairie Educational Service Area
Kim Stanton, Director
(406) 853-1908
707 South Stacy Avenue,
Miles City, MT 59301
Web Site: www.mt-pesa.org
Fiscal Agent: Glendive Public Schools
MNCESR
Montana North Central Educational Services Region
Gaye Genereux, Director
(406) 378-3136
17555 Coal Mine Road,
Big Sandy, MT 59520
Web Site: www.mncesr.org
Fiscal Agent: Centerville Public Schools
MRESA3
Montana Regional Education Service Area 3
Marsha Sampson, Director
(406) 896-2085
College of Education
1500 University Drive,
Billings, Mt 59101
Web Site: www.msubillings.edu\smart
Fiscal Agent: MSU-Billings
RESA4U
Regional Education Service Area 4 You
Bruce Grubbs, Executive Director
(406) 522-6004
404 W Main Street, Bozeman, MT 59715
Fiscal Agent: Bozeman School District
Marcy Moriarty, Director of Professional Development
(406) 522-6004
404 W Main Street, Bozeman, MT 59715
WM-CSPD
Western Montana – Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
Nancy Marks, WM-CSPD Coordinator
(406) 728-2400 Ext 1088
215 S. 6th Street West,
Missoula, MT 59801
Web Site: www.wmcspd.org
Fiscal Agent: Missoula County Public Schools
