Webinar: FAFSA Season is Here: How to Equip Your Students by EVERFI K-12

About This Webinar

Research shows that each year, students leave billions of dollars in Federal Aid unclaimed. The FAFSA can feel daunting, complicated and overwhelming in the best of times. In today’s swirl of uncertainty, the dream of college might seem completely out of reach for many students.

It doesn’t have to be this way - educators already know the importance of empowering students with knowledge, and figuring out how to pay for college is no different. There are free resources and strategies available to demystify the FAFSA and empower students to take their financial aid into their own hands.

Join Persist Nashville's cofounder and Director of Coaching, Kristen King, along with guest educators in a discussion about how to decode the FAFSA for your students and their families. You’ll hear strategies for increasing application completion rates in your school and get free access to digital resources that will help students understand how to responsibly and effectively finance their higher education.

Agenda

FAFSA 101: 2022 data, including how much free FAFSA money is left on the table!
Use cases and Q&A
Tangible (free) tools to support your students

Presenters

Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed

Sr. Dir. K12 Community Engagement

EVERFI K-12 Team

Want to prepare your students for career and life success, but short on time? Busy teachers use EVERFI’s standards-aligned, ready-made digital lessons to teach students to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Kristen King, M.Ed

Persist Nashville Co-Founder

Kristen is the cofounder of Persist Nashville and has spent her entire career committed to improving K-16 education. Ms. King became a teacher through Teach for America, serving students in Waipahu, Hawaii. After teaching for two years and earning her MEd.
Kristen transitioned into working with college students at InsideTrack. Prior to co-founding Persist Nashville, Ms. King worked as the Associate Director of College Access and Persistence at RePublic High School. She currently serves on the Board of College Ready Now. In her free time, she loves watching Alabama football, Aston Villa Soccer, and spoiling her niece.

Jay Matthews

Specialist, Community Impact

Jay Matthews has worked in education for 10+ years. Jay worked as a PreK Lead Teacher, Scholarship Advisor/Financial Aid Officer, Undergraduate Instructor and 4H County Agent. She has a Masters of Education in Instructional Technology and Education Specialist degree in Adult Education. She’s also a boss mom and the ultimate DIY'er/crafter!

Rachel Henry

Implementation Lead, NY/NJ

Rachel Henry is an Implementation Lead for EVERFI based in Newark, New Jersey. She grew up outside of Ft. Worth, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to working at EVERFI, Rachel has served as a high school math teacher and most recently, a financial aid counselor at a liberal arts college. Rachel is passionate about critical skills education and supporting schools across the Northeast with EVERFI’s no-cost digital resources. Outside of work, Rachel loves to run, practice yoga, read and hangout with her partner, Taylor and adorable pithuahua, Sadie.

Jessie Stone Fox, M.Ed

Sr. Dir. K12 Community Engagement

Jessie has been in education for the past 14 years, as a high school social studies teacher in Hawai’i, 5th grade English teacher in Israel, and college success coach. She now works as EVERFI’s Sr. Director of K12 Community Engagement from her home base in Portland, Oregon, where she connects educator communities with relevant no-cost resources for their classrooms. Jessie is thrilled to bring educators together around a common goal of gifting students with real world skills, and provides free access to engaging content around financial literacy, health and wellness, diversity, equity and inclusion, digital wellness, STEM, and social-emotional learning. Jessie also hosts free bi-weekly webinars, along with EVERFI’s free flagship summer educator conference, LearnOn.

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