Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference

1. Pennsylvania Banner Users Group 2008 Fall Conference TEACH Grant Discussion & Setup

2. General Announcements: • Please turn off all cell phones/pagers • If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible • Please avoid side conversations during the session • Questions will be answered ….. Thank you for your cooperation

3. Presented by The University of Scranton • Bill Burke, Director of Financial Aid • Margaret Hynosky, Associate Director of Financial Aid

4. TEACH Grant Implementation • Initial review by Financial Aid Staff- NASFA, Dept. of Ed & AACRO webinars, publications on NASFAA & IFAP web sites • Information sharing with our own Education Department, College Dean, supervisor • Task Force assembled- Education Department, Fin Aid, Admissions, Career Services • Task Force Recommendation • Implementation Action Plan

5. Approval & Application • Obtained signed agreement from various campus administrators • Made recommendation to President • Updated Electronic Application with Department of Education • Met with Task Force to develop an Action Plan

6. Action Plan • Determined TEACH eligible programs • Determined when students are officially considered in the program • Determined if students just in pathway toward an eligible program would qualify • Created an application • Counseling requirements • Promotion Plan • Presentation to Education Department

7. Promotion Plan • Letter and e-mail to all students enrolled in a TEACH Grant eligible program • Article in Student Royal News online newsletter • Posting on web site • Article in Education Department student newsletter • Student interest sessions

8. Counseling Requirements • Chose Financial Aid TV web based counseling to provide initial, subsequent and exit counseling • Mapping Your Future is another option • Personal interview or telephone interview conducted by responsible advising centers

9. BANNER Requirements • Coding of TEACH eligible majors • Creating University packaging requirement • Initial counseling requirement- one time • Subsequent counseling requirement- each future disbursement period • Exit counseling- whenever student no longer eligible for grant- graduation, withdrawal, ineligible program, not meeting academic requirements, etc… • Agreement to Serve- each academic year

10. BANNER SETUP • RFRBASE…Create TEACH fund codes Must have fund code based on level Undergraduate vs Graduate • RTVTREQ…set up Teach Counseling requirement • RFRMGMT… set up for each fund code • Must indicate the level on the packaging tab for each fund created • Add Teach Counseling requirement on Tracking Tab

11. BANNER SETUP (cont’d) • RPRMAJR…Define Major Codes eligible for TEACH • RPRDEGR…Specify eligible TEACH degree programs • RORRULE Set up rule to check CGPA of 3.25 OR Admission Test Above 75th Percentile is not null, prior to each disbursement.

12. BANNER FORMS • ROAHSDT Admission Test Above 75th Percentile Teacher Expert Indicator (graduate only) • RPATATS • Agreement to Serve (ATS) data received from COD is stored for each aid year • Can be manually entered or update • RRAAREQ…Teach Counseling must be satisfied

13. COD AND TEACH PROCESSING • RERORxx…new parameter to create TEACH origination records • REAORxx…tab for TEACH Origination and acknowledgement • READIxx…drop down for Teach Disbursement and Acknowledgement Record • REREXxx…new parameter to extract TEACH funds

14. COD AND TEACH PROCESSING Cont’d • RERFI09….MRR records • RERIM09…Updated for TEACH Import all Agreement to Serve and Booking Notification system generated files for TEACH • RERIMEX…Import/Export Report updated for TEACH

15. Open to the Floor • Questions • Comments