Guest Speaker: You Can Pay for College

8th GradeReady Financially for Postsecondary Institutions #3

Pre-Test

1. How do you think students build the belief that he or she could pay for postsecondary institution’s costs?

2. What topics do you think the speaker will discuss about college financial readiness?

3. What two topics do you think the speaker will emphasize in the talk today?

Objectives

• Review Last Week’s Lesson– And other topics on Financial Aid

• Create Questions for the Guest Speaker• Take Notes During Talk• Discuss Building the Belief You can Succeed– In financing a postsecondary education

• Identify Two Topics That Most Interested You– In Today’s Lesson

Review Last Week’s Lesson

1. Average annual tuition at a two-year college– $2,693

2. Average annual tuition at a private four-year college

– $28,500 3. Percentage of undergraduate students that

attend a community or technical college– 40%

Review College Costs Topics

1. Short-term spending on a postsecondary degree leads to– Long-term benefits

2. Main types of college costs– Tuition/Costs, Room/Board, Supplies, Personal

Expenses, Transportation3. Three keys to keeping a budget– Set goals, Create/modify your budget, Follow through

4. Major types of financial aid– Grants, scholarships, work-study, loans

Building Belief You Can Pay For College

• As an 8th grader, it is important to build the belief that you can pay for the costs of a postsecondary education

• While considering the main topics of this unit• Write two questions for our guest

speaker

Guest Speaker

• Take notes on the most important points• Pay special attention to any topics

already discussed in this unit• Write any new questions you think of

during the talk• Write ways the speaker built the belief

that they could pay for the costs of a postsecondary education

Pair and Share

• What were the most important points in the talk today?

• What topics were discussed that were already covered in this unit?

• How did the speaker build the belief that they could pay for the costs of a postsecondary education?

Individual Reflection

• How have your ideas about paying for college changed or not changed after listening to the speaker?

Classroom Discussion

• What were the most important points in the talk today?

• What topics were discussed that were already covered in this unit?

• How did the speaker build the belief that they could pay for the costs of a postsecondary education?

Post-Test

1. How do you think students build the belief that he or she could pay for postsecondary institution’s costs?

2. What topics did the speaker discuss that were already covered in this unit?

3. What topics did the speaker emphasize in the talk today?

Review

1. Students build the belief that they could cover costs for a postsecondary education by

– Answers from class discussion2. The topics the speaker discussed that were

already covered in this unit were – Answers from class discussion

3. The topics that the speaker emphasized were– Answers from class discussion