College Access Training
EducationQuest Foundation will conduct free College Access Training for community agency staff in June at locations across the state. Learn how you can help your clients achieve their educational goals. The sessions are:
| Lincoln | Thursday, June 3 | Country Inn and Suites Nebraska Room |
| Columbus | Wednesday, June 9 | Duster's Restaurant |
| Omaha | Thursday, June 17 | Omaha Home for Boys Wurdeman Learning Center |
| Scottsbluff | Wednesday, June 23 | Western Nebraska Community College Harms Technology Center |
| North Platte | Thursday, June 24 | Mid-Plains Community College North Campus |
Please share this invitation with your colleagues.
Participants may earn one Social Work, LMHP, LMFT and Counseling CEU for each hour spent in session workshops – or 5.5 credits for the entire workshop.
Agenda
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| Session 1 | |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | EducationQuest Programs and Services |
| Presented by: EducationQuest Staff | |
| Learn about our free programs and services that will help you help your clients get on the path to college. | |
| Session 2 | |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Web Tools |
| Presented by: EducationQuest Staff | |
| Discover scholarship search sites, calculators, and other useful online college access tools. | |
| Session 3 | |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | KnowHow2GO Partner Playbook Update |
| Latest update on even more resources available through our "KnowHow2GO Partner Playbook." | |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am | Break |
| Session 4 | |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Help your clients reach their potential |
| Presented by: EducationQuest Staff | |
| Help your clients get free money for college with helpful scholarship tips and information about EducationQuest's Reaching Your Potential scholarship. | |
| Session 5 | |
| 11:00 am – 11:45 am | Building Bridges: Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities |
| Presented by: WIN-AHEAD (Western Iowa and Nebraska Association of Higher Education and Disability) Staff | |
| Discover ways to help your clients with disabilities prepare for transition issues and for the challenges of higher education. | |
| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch (complimentary) |
| Session 6 | |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | Educational Outcomes and Resources for Youth in Foster Care |
| Presented by: Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and the Foster Youth Council | |
| This interactive discussion will explore college access barriers facing foster youth and resources available to them. Co-presented by foster care youth, you will learn first-hand about their unique challenges. | |
| 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm | Break |
| Session 7 | |
| 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Federal Financial Aid Update |
| Presented by: EducationQuest Staff | |
| By understanding the types of financial aid and how to apply, you can help your clients find money to finance higher education. | |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Wrap-Up |
| Registration | ||
| Deadlines: | May 28 for Lincoln | |
| June 3 for Columbus | ||
| June 11 for Omaha | ||
| June 18 for Scottsbluff and North Platte | ||
EducationQuest will send you a confirmation email after you register online. If you don’t receive the email within 24 hours, contact your EducationQuest representative (see below).
Questions? Contact the EducationQuest representative nearest you.
| Tammi Preston – Lincoln 402.479.6653 800.303.3745, ext. 6653 tammip@educationquest.org |
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| Treve Florom – Kearney 308.234.6310 800.666.3721, ext. 105 trevef@educationquest.org |
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| Brad Brown – Omaha 402.391.4033 888.357.6300, ext. 22 bradb@educationquest.org |
