Ready-To-Use Presentations

Early Awareness
Financial Aid Awareness
Financial Literacy

Early Awareness

It is never too early to start planning for college.  These presentations provide tips and tools to educate that important student in your life about the process of planning for, applying to, and paying for college or other postsecondary options.

• College Is Possible: 4 Steps to College
   
  It's never too early to start preparing for college. This presentation outlines four easy steps to actively prepare students to successfully transition from middle school to high school and from high school to college. 
  
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  Counselor/Mentor Workbook Resource
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Financial Aid Awareness

Many students consider finances the biggest barrier to college.  Use these presentations to introduce the financial aid process and to provide insight on ways to maximize available options.

• The Financial Aid Process: Paying for College
  
  Get the conversation started about paying for college.  This session outlines the financial aid process, identifies trusted sources of information, summarizes state and federal aid programs, and introduces the 2012-2013 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). 
  
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  Download Talking Points for Counselors and Mentors (in Spanish)
  Download PowerPoint Presentation (in Polish)
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• Como Pagar los Estudios Universitarios
  
  La meta es darle información básica que necesitara para entender el proceso que un estudiante debe seguir para pagar los estudios universitarios, técnicos, comerciales o vocacionales.  Creada para el beneficio de estudiantes y padres, esta presentación explica el proceso a seguir para acceder a programas de ayuda financiera provenientes del ámbito federal y estatal; dar a conocer fuentes confiables de información; e introducir la Solicitud Gratuita de Ayuda Federal para Estudiantes (Free Application for Federal Student Aid, FAFSA).
  
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  English version
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Financial Literacy

Equip students and families with the knowhow to make informed decisions about money and how it works.  Loan options, interest rates, grace period, credit scores, and repayment rights and responsibilities are only a few of the financial literacy concepts that every student needs to learn to prevent them from becoming involved in transactions that are financially destructive. 

• Default Prevention and Money Management Techniques for Students and Borrowers
  
  Through ISAC’s partnership with Mapping Your Future, this presentation provides you with tools and information to teach your students about money management and being responsible when borrowing student loans. Suggested speaking points for each slide are included in the notes section.