Learn More Indiana’s Partner Updates

1. Learn More Indiana’s Partner Updates Susan Tharp Elizabeth Crouch

2. Topics of Discussion • Reminder of Learn More Indiana’s services • An Update on Indiana’s College Success Coalitions • Learn More Indiana Campaigns • Priorities Moving Forward • We want to hear from you!

3. Learn More Indiana • Strategic outreach effort focused on raising Indiana’s educational attainment • Partnership of state agencies responsible for education, financial aid, workforce development • Indiana Commission for Higher Education • Indiana Department of Education • Indiana Department of Workforce Development • State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana

4. Learn More Indiana • Additional support: • Indiana’s Colleges and Universities • USA Funds • Lumina Foundation for Education • Federal College Access Challenge Grant

5. Learn More Indiana • Core services help Hoosiers plan, prepare and pay for postsecondary education: • In print, • In person, • On the phone and • On the Web

6. Meeting the Challenge A growing statewide alliance oflocal individuals and organizations helping more Hoosiers know how togo to college and succeed.

7. Indiana’s College Success Coalition • Created in 2007 with grant funding from the Lumina Foundation for Education • Leverages core services with local grassroots and coalition-building efforts • Provides coordinated network for community leaders to identify needs, share ideas, and craft solutions

8. Indiana’s College Success Coalition • Organized into 14 regions: • Based on Twenty-first Century Scholars program’s regional support sites to support collaboration • Led locally by regional chairperson, community coordinator and coalition members • Coalitions members include representatives from K-12, higher education, faith-based organizations, nonprofits, and businesses among others

9. Indiana’s College Success Coalition • Initial success: • Recruited over 700 coalition members to date • Doubled attendance at 2009 College Goal Sunday • FAFSA submissions increased significantly in 2009 • Lessons learned: • Like students, communities want to help but often don’t know how to help • Need simple, practical steps to engage students and community members

10. Learn More Indiana’s Marketing/Media Campaigns College GO Week • Cash for College • KnowHow2GO

11. College GO! Week (Fall) • Overall Goal: Students take specific steps to prepare for education after high school. • Seniors: complete a college application • Juniors: register for Indiana’s e-transcript • Sophomores: complete the PSAT • Freshmen: complete a career/college assessment • Provide schools with toolkits to host event. • Combine with local support to motivate students.

13. Cash for College (Spring) • Overall Goal: Help Hoosier students and families prepare to pay for college • Provided Indiana’s high schools with promotional items (handouts, banner, posters) to raise in-school awareness of money available to help pay • Online toolkits available for community partners and K-12 leaders: LearnMoreIndiana.org/CashforCollege

14. Cash for College (Spring) • Grade-specific steps for all K-12 students: • Seniors: file the FAFSA • Juniors: scout for scholarships • Sophomores: calculate the cost • Freshmen: learn the lingo

15. Cash for College (Spring) • Grade-specific steps for all K-12 students: • Every middle student will plan to pay by: • Developing or updating their Graduation Plan • Applying for Indiana’s Twenty-first Century Scholars GEAR UP program

16. Cash for College (Spring) • Grade-specific steps for all K-12 students: • Every elementary student will start to save by: • Asking their parents to open a savings account • Reading Little by Little with a teacher or parent

17. Events: Indiana’s FAFSA Fridays • Free, instructional webinars for college-bound students and families: • Describes financial aid process • Provides FAFSA-filing information • Participants may chat online with financial aid experts—public or private chat available

18. Events: Indiana’s FAFSA Fridays FAFSA Friday February 12 and 19 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. EST

19. Events: College Goal Sunday Date: February 21, 2010 Time: 2 p.m. (local) Where: 37 sites across IN Why: Students and families receive free help filing the FAFSA online CollegeGoalSunday.org

20. (Summer) • Activities focused on transitions implemented by Coalition at a local level • Provide families an opportunity to: • visit a college campus • participate in their choice of workshops • take advantage of other opportunities

21. Priorities Moving Forward • Improving core Learn More services: • Helpline transition • New Web site under development • Strengthening relationships: • Partner agencies • Colleges and universities • Community groups • Building coalitions’ capacity and sustainability

22. Questions/Feedback • College GO! Week • Cash for College • KnowHow2GOIndiana • Other Questions?

23. How You Can Help • Get connected: • Visit www.learnmoreindiana.org • Call 1-800-992-2076 • Get involved: • Provide feedback on previous events • Respond to ideas for future initiatives

24. Contact Us • Susan Tharp • susant@learnmore.org • 317.464.4400 ext. 42 • Elizabeth Crouch • elizabethc@learnmore.org • 317.464.4400 ext. 40