Xcalibur News
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Excel Like a Boss : Tame the Spreadsheet Beast
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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 […]
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Still on the Matter: Skill-Building for GEAR UP Professionals
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The mission of GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is clear: to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. Working to achieve this mission is a diverse team of professionals — GEAR UP coordinators, school counselors, educators, […]
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🎓‘Excel’ with Purpose: Skill-Building for GEAR UP Professionals
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📊 Microsoft Excel is an indispensable tool in today’s data-driven landscape. Microsoft Excel is an indispensable tool in today’s data-driven landscape. Proficiency in Excel enables education professionals to efficiently manage, analyze, and interpret data—skills essential for evidence-based decision-making and effective program implementation. 📈 When used intentionally, Excel becomes more than […]
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From Data to Decisions: How SCRIBE-embedded Dashboards Empower GEAR UP Grants
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💡 Organizations that effectively utilize data dashboards can significantly enhance their decision-making processes, leading to improved performance outcomes (Dufault et al., 2025). Did you know? A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that dashboards facilitate visualization and tracking of key metrics, thereby enhancing organizational performance. 📢 […]
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SCRIBE Embedded Data Dashboards – Coming Soon!
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For years, we’ve seen how much our evaluation clients love the dashboards we create using their data. These dashboards have transformed how they understand student enrollment, participation trends, and key program outcomes. But what if you didn’t have to wait for an evaluation retreat? What if your most critical data […]
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Reflecting on the Success of the 2024 Xcalibur Conference
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Last month, in collaboration with FOCUS, Xcalibur hosted our second Evaluation Conference in St. Augustine Florida, and it was a remarkable success. We brought together GEAR UP professionals and evaluators from 18 GEAR UP state and partnership grants. The conference was truly a hub of knowledge, networking, […]
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Here We Grow Again
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All I ever wanted to do as a kid was grow up! Adult freedom to go where I wanted, do what I wanted, and have no one to answer to was a huge desire of mine. I sought this independence a little too early, and like most young adults, I […]
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Xcalibur Team Reflects on 2023
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Jimmy V said, “To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. Number three is you should have […]
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GEAR UP Together! Excel Skill-Building Workshops
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I have been working in the GEAR UP space for over eight years, and prior to that I worked with educators in schools and school districts to help them use data to inform decisions. Throughout my career there has been one constant…Excel! Excel has been the primary tool that I’ve […]
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Welcome to the Team
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While everyone else is prepping for back to school season, at Xcalibur we are busy on-boarding three new evaluation specialists! We are excited to introduce Dr. Comfort Afolabi, Melisssa Gattuso, and Catherine Villnave to our Xcalibur clients and SCRIBE users. Each of our new team members bring diverse experiences with […]