The Greeley Dream Team (GDT) believes that a college education is possible, and necessary, for students from all walks of life. We are building the educated workforce our community will depend on in the years ahead – one student, one dream at a time. To meet the multi-dimensional needs of our low income, first generation students after high school graduation, we created the Alumni Program. The Alumni Program is designed to support students in their first two years in obtaining a postsecondary degree focusing on their education, workforce readiness, and life skills development. The design of the program is modeled after our highly successful pre-collegiate program, assigning an advisor to work in tandem with the students to ensure their success. In the Alumni Program, students meet with their Alumni Advisor where they set an Individual Student Needs Assessment Plan (ISNAP) to assess goals, challenges, and areas of growth for the academic year. Students will participate in one-on-one and small group advising sessions to monitor and track academic progress, which will establish early alerts and interventions for student success. From the ISNAP, the Advisor will connect the student to on-campus resources including tutoring, clubs, volunteer activities and community events. The Advisor will develop and facilitate college support programming throughout the students’ college career and collaborate with college and community resources to ensure student success and increase personal resilience. Students will receive career development, job placement and workforce readiness activities to increase awareness of job opportunities after college. In their freshman year, students will create a Graduation Plan with their Advisor that will follow them throughout the program to assure retention, promotion, college graduation and workforce readiness. There is no work more important than ensuring our children’s future. We facilitate this through education, workforce readiness and attaining employment, leading them onto a path of self-sufficiency. A college education is a dream for many. The Greeley Dream Team makes it a reality for more.

2020-2021 People Served by Area of Weld County

• Carbon Valley (Berthoud, Dacono, Erie, Firestone, Frederick, Longmont, Mead, Northglenn, Thornton): 0
• County Seat (Evans, Garden City, Greeley): 180
• Outback (Briggsdale, Grover, New Raymer): 0
• Poudre River Corridor (Severance, Windsor): 0
• South County (Brighton, Fort Lupton, Hudson, Keenesburg, Lochbuie): 0
• Thompson River Valley (Johnstown, Milliken): 0
• US-85 Corridor South (Platteville, Gilcrest, LaSalle, Kersey): 0
• US-85 Corridor North (Eaton, Ault, Pierce, Nunn): 0
• Outside Weld County: 0

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Dream Team students come from a low socioeconomic background and most are the first in their family to attend college. For “Jose” college didn’t come as easily as he had expected. After graduation, Jose went to Colorado State University Fort Collins where he continued to keep in regular contact with his Academic Advisor. Throughout the first semester, Jose started mentioning that he was struggling in some of his classes and he was starting to doubt his area of study. He was interested in construction management, but soon realized that it wasn't for him. After many discussions, Jose decided to transfer to the University of Northern Colorado for the spring semester of this year to see if the school would be a better fit for him. The Academic Advisor made it a point to meet with him often and check in to see how things were going after the transition to UNC. Jose reported that he felt better about the school and the fit but was still unsure of what he wanted to do in the future. He sat down with his Academic Advisor and created a pros and cons list of different options and ideas and in the end, Jose was able to decide on a major that he felt would suit him best. Before coming to this new decision, Jose had talked about the possibility of leaving school until he knew for sure what he wanted to do but, after careful consideration, he realized that he needed to give the new major a chance. Now, after changing his major, Jose is feeling much better about the path he is on and excited to continue on this newfound adventure. Jose’s Academic Advisor is very proud of him for sticking with it, despite the bumps along the way and reaching out with his concerns rather than withdrawing from school and quitting. Jose is on the path to success thanks to his Advisor’s persistence and determination to show him that he could stay school and be successful. This is not the first student that the Dream Team has stopped from withdrawing and helped to see a new path even when it seemed impossible.