What you need to know about the Apply2College Campaign 2015 Site Coordinator Training

Presented by: Eric Drumheller Assistant Vice President, Grants & Scholarships Les Monroe Director of College Planning What we’ll cover… ■ The basics ■ History of the campaign ■ Why it’s important ■ Free event resources ■ Promotion and staffing ■ Day of your event ■ Post-event activities

The Basics ■ Official dates: October ■ Takes place during school day ■ Seniors complete at least one application ■ Focuses on first-generation, low-income students ■ Flexible to meet your school’s needs ■ Low-cost/no-cost

History ■ American College Application Campaign started in 2005 in North Carolina − By 2014 was in all 50 states − Sponsored by American Council on Education ■ Nebraska held a pilot campaign last year with six high schools − 668 students completed 1,094 applications to 71 colleges ■ EducationQuest sponsors the Nebraska effort with help from a steering committee

Why It’s Important ■ First official step in the college enrollment process ■ Reduces barriers to the application process ■ May increase your school’s college-going culture and rate ‒Especially for underrepresented students

2015 Campaign 2015 Campaign ■ This is your event! ‒your school ‒your students ‒your local support ■ Add it to your school calendar ■ Arrange access to computers

Free Event Resources Free Event Resources

Promotion Promotion ■ EducationQuest will provide: Banner Stickers ■ We will also: ‒send news releases ‒Promote via Facebook & Twitter

Promotion Promotion ■ Ideas for you: ‒Promote via school newsletter and marquee ‒Invite local media to cover the event ‒Post on school’s social media using… #Apply2CollegeNE

Staffing Your Event Staffing Your Event ■ Counselors ■ Faculty and staff ■ Administrators ■ Volunteers ‒Retired counselors, teachers, administrators ‒Business leaders ‒Community members ‒College representatives

Day of Event Day of Event ■ During regular school hours ■ Use check-in/check-out process ‒Give students stickers ■ Post on social media ■ Monitor: ‒# of students participating ‒# of apps submitted and to which colleges

■ Hold debrief meeting ■ Send thank-you notes ■ Submit results to EducationQuest ‒Via (your aggregated student information) # of students who participated # of applications submitted and to which colleges ‒Via SurveyMonkey (your observations) What worked/what didn’t Impact on students Use of materials Future plans Post-Event Post-Event

Eric Drumheller Les Monroe Questions? Questions? EducationQuest.org