An Educator Newsletter

January 2010

The articles below contain ready-to-copy materials for your school newsletters, tips from your colleagues and the latest tools and information from Making It Count, FastWeb and TheApple.

Plan Your Financial Aid Night
Are you thinking of hosting a financial aid night at your school? If you are, we’ve got a list of great tips to help you plan a successful event, including suggestions from other educators.

Ultimate Money Skills: College Funding
With the Ultimate Money Skills: College Funding online tool, your students will find a wealth of information, tools and resources to help them create their own strategy to pay for college, including:

• An interactive overview of the college funding process, including information about the FAFSA, the types of financial aid available and more

• The opportunity to create their own college funding strategy with the electronic College FundPath™ Worksheet

• The ability to save, update and print their personal plan any time they like

At UltimateMoneySkills.com, students can also:

• Discover if they have a flair for finances by taking the Financial Challenge test

• Build and manage their personal budget with the Budget Builder

• Learn how to manage credit wisely

• Find tips to help prevent identity theft

Tell your students about UltimateMoneySkills.com today!

Test Prep for Students
Point your students in the right direction for test prep. Fastweb's new tes prep center has all your students need to score big.

Quiz: What Kind of Educator Are You?
Every educator has a certain rapport with students, but what do your professional habits really say about you? Take a quiz and find out what kind of educator you are!

Start the quiz now.

6 Fastest Growing Education Careers of 2010
TThis year's market for education careers will be drastically different from last year. Find out which 6 jobs in education will be in high demand.

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College Admissions/Application Worksheet

Frequently Asked Financial Aid Questions

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