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Integrating Career Awareness into the ABE/ESOL Classroom - SABES

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L e s s o n 1 9<br />

Financial Aid Resources<br />

Learning Objective<br />

To help students learn about options for paying for fur<strong>the</strong>r education<br />

Materials Needed<br />

TERI handouts from www.tericollegeplanning.org<br />

Vocabulary<br />

financial aid, loans, grants, scholarships, work-study<br />

SCANS Competencies<br />

Basic Skills: Reading<br />

Thinking Skills: Decision making; Reasoning<br />

Instructions for Conducting <strong>the</strong> Activity<br />

Explain that when making career choices, you need to identify what additional education and/or training you may need<br />

and how you will pay for it. Students need to be able to balance education, work, and o<strong>the</strong>r responsibilities. Note that <strong>the</strong>re<br />

are many options for how students integrate fur<strong>the</strong>r education <strong>into</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir lives.<br />

Brainstorm with students <strong>the</strong> variations of going to school and working. Ask students to think about how <strong>the</strong>y or <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

friends and relatives have juggled going to school with o<strong>the</strong>r responsibilities. The list should include:<br />

• Going to school full-time and not working<br />

• Going to school full-time and working part-time<br />

• Going to school part-time and working full-time<br />

• Going to school part-time and working part-time<br />

Ask <strong>the</strong>m what <strong>the</strong>y might need to consider when making <strong>the</strong>se decisions. The list might include:<br />

• How supportive and flexible is your employer?<br />

• Can family and friends help take on some of your responsibilities to give you time to do this?<br />

• What financial resources do you have? Income? Savings?<br />

• What extra or different childcare arrangements might you have to make?<br />

Explain that it is important to know what expenses you will have if you pursue higher education so that you can plan your<br />

budget. Ask students to brainstorm a list of expenses. The list should include:<br />

• Tuition and fees<br />

• Books<br />

• Supplies (calculator, notebooks, etc.)<br />

• Transportation<br />

• Computer or computer access<br />

• Uniforms (if your education or training program requires it)<br />

<strong>Integrating</strong> <strong>Career</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong> <strong>into</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>ABE</strong> & <strong>ESOL</strong> <strong>Classroom</strong> | Section IV, Lesson 19: Financial Aid Resources | 163

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