MESA Schools Program Clause Samples

MESA Schools Program. The MESA College Prep Program, a part of the University of California, Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) Office of Education Partnerships (OEP) and the College of Engineering (▇▇▇) serves educationally disadvantaged students (including students who will be in their families’ first generation of college graduates, and/or who have limited family incomes). To the extent possible by law, MESA emphasizes participation by students from groups with low rates of eligibility for four-year colleges. MESA provides a pipeline of academic services from elementary through university level to increase the number of these students who graduate with baccalaureate degrees in math, science, and engineering. The MESA Program is offered to designated schools as determined by the UCSB MESA Center based upon specified program criteria and student eligibility, as agreed upon by the University of California, Santa ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Center and the Oxnard School District. MESA is an officially registered and approved program with restricted name use, access, criteria, benefits, rights, and curricula. To accomplish the MESA goals and outcomes, the program consists of four main areas of work: 1. Student Academic Development in STEM 2. College and STEM Career Preparation 3. Teacher Professional Development 4. Parent Education and Involvement Specifically, the UCSB MESA program serves students with innovative academic planning for middle and high school achievement and college readiness, college and career exploration, hands-on math and science enrichment programs, and/or Saturday aacademies and events on a college campus, school campus, or STEM activity site. In addition, MESA students are introduced to study skills, teamwork and student leadership training, and extracurricular activities. MESA also includes parent academic enrichment, STEM education, and college-support information. Finally, MESA includes professional development for advisers. This MOA between Oxnard School District (OSD) and the University of California, Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) MESA College Prep Program has two primary purposes: 1) a MESA Program partnership agreement and 2) data sharing between OSD and the UCSB’s Office of Education Partnerships that houses the UCSB MESA Program. The period of performance of this agreement shall commence on July 1, 2021 and continue through June 30, 2022. Either UCSB OEP or OSD may terminate this agreement at any time, without cause, by giving the other thirty days written notice of such action. Thi...