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‘Planting Seeds’ of Evidence: Reflections from the 2025 CCREC Meeting in San Francisco
Last month, GEAR UP professionals from across the country gathered in San Francisco for the 2025 NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference. With this year’s theme, “Planting Seeds,” we were invited to reflect on how small, consistent efforts—when nurtured with care—can grow into generational change. Nowhere was that theme more alive than […]
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Hey, Y’all! The Xcalibur Conference is Heading to Savannah, GA
Hey, Y’all! As someone who has called Georgia home for a decade now, it’s a true pleasure to invite GEAR UP teams from across the country to join Xcalibur in Savannah next spring for our biennial conference. In May 2026, we hope you’ll step beneath the canopy of Spanish moss-draped […]
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Scoop Up New Skills with GEAR UP Together: Skill Building Workshops
Summer break might be your chance to slow down, but it’s also the perfect time to brush up on skills to make your school year cooler. Xcalibur’s GEAR UP Together: Skill-Building Workshops are on-demand courses made just for GEAR UP professionals and the education teams who support them—and they’ll have […]
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Excel Like a Boss : Tame the Spreadsheet Beast
Let’s be honest… Excel can feel like a confusing jungle of grids, buttons, and mysterious formulas. But what if we told you that you could tame the spreadsheet beast…without the stress, the head-scratching, or the 37 open Google tabs with Youtube videos? Say hello to the GEAR UP Together: Skill […]
