College and Career Readiness Mobile

Website Stephanie Milner

4-H Specialist

Educational Attainment Team Member

What is the College and Career Readiness Mobile Website?

• On the website there will be several different parts where future students can click on the website to guide them to areas to help with their college and career planning. There are 6 tabs that future students can click on to find information:

• Opening Page

• JR and SR High School Students Page

• I’m in! (college students) Page

• Adult Page

• Workforce Development/Career Readiness Page

• Parent Page

Opening Screen Page

• Welcome – verbage/purpose

• College 101/glossary

• Resource guide to use as teaching tool

• Parents

• Jr. High/High School students

• Adults

• Workforce development/career readiness

• I’m in! (college students)

• Curators statement

• ADA/EO

• Extension

• Funders

JR and SR High School Students Page

Prepare • To do list

• Classes to take

• Groups to join

• Volunteering

• Study for exams

• PSAT

• ACT

• SAT

• Tips and Tricks

Financing • Loans and rates

• Loan forgiveness program

• Identify scholarships for your area

• Community

• Interest

• A+ Schools

• Work study/campus jobs

• grants

• Saving $ for college

• Summer job scholarships (Walmart, Burger King, etc)

• Youth organizations (4-H, FFA, Scouts)

• First generation college

• Grants for disability, ethnicity, geographic residency

JR and SR High Cont.…

Networking• Local jobs

• Internships/practicum

• Job shadowing

Future Decisions • High demand jobs –either in

interest area or geographic area

• Career salaries

External Links Service LearningFAFSAMarch2SuccessACT practice testDHE Explore OptionsUCMDHE College Degree Search

I’m in! (college students) Page

Housing • Utilities

• Insurance

• Law

• Deposits

• Rent

Debt management/budgeting/OFS• Credit score

• Credit cards

• Establishing credit

• Predatory Lending

• Overdraft

I’m in! (college students) Page Cont...

Loans • Subsidies

• Types of loans

• Paying loans back

• Loan forgiveness

Academics • Advisors

• Failing

• Study Abroad

• Changing major

• “Bang for buck”

• Transfer

• Accredited

• Get involved

• Mentoring

• Tutoring

I’m in! (college students) Page Cont…

Health and Safety • Mental

• Insurance

• Dental

• Food/fitness

Life Happens • Roommates

• Weather

• Legal

• Car

• Life skills

I’m in! (college students) Page Cont…

Social Capital • Finding groups

• Special services

Expenses/Income • Books

• Clickers

• Dues

• Finding money

• Parking tickets

External links:FAFSAFinancialstudentaid.eduNSLDS (National Student Loan Data System)Mint.com?Powerpay.org

Adult Page

Prepare and Assess • Skill inventory

• HS equivalency

• Taking the ACT

• Practice tests

• Taking the GRE

• Practice tests

• Transcripts

• Immunization Records

• Work record for credit

• Keyboarding skills

• Computer skills

Paying for college and training

• Loans

• Student loan

• Parent loan

• Home equity

• Grad assistanceship

• College organizations

• MoWin grants

• MoHealthWins

• MoManufacturingWins

• Trade Adjustments assistance

• Tax Credits

• American Opportunity Credit

• Lifetime Learning Credit

Adult Page Cont…

Networking • Scholarships from social/civic

organizations

Balancing Work and Home• Online classes

Future Direction • Links to career app

• Links to Job Outlook

• High paying jobs that don’t require a degree

Workforce Development/Career Readiness Page

“Hard-Earned Skills” • Skill Development and

Expectations

• Tackling the Tough Skills content turned into online certificate training

Resume Development

• References

• Interview skills

• Job search (jobs.mo.gov)Education and Training

• Vocational Rehab• AEL• Extension Business Careers (Education and Training)• Continuing Education

Parent Page

Saving for Post-Secondary Education

• MOST 529 EE series-How much?

• UPromise

• Public vs Private

• Accredited vs No accredited

• College Calculator

Funding-scholarships, grants, loans

• Scholarships: Civic , A+, 4-H, Pell, Employers

• Higher Education, Tuition and fees

• FAFSA

• Loan forgiveness

• Tax issues

• Upward Bound

• Youth FuturesPreparing/Comparing Colleges

Parent Page Cont…

Career Awareness • Encouraging diverse career

options/job shadowing (NASA)

• College Degree Search

• UCM resource

Career Outlook• Career Center

Dual College Credit • Clep test, AP, Dual, Proficiency Exam-

need our own application

College Parent• Dorm credit

• Emotional, social

• Financial Management

• MO Dept. of Higher Ed-Parent Resources

Teams

• There will be 6 teams and information will overlap so please communicate!• Financial

• Getting Ready

• Freshman Follies

• Careers

• Academics

• Curative (adult)

Teams Cont…

• Financial:

• Andrew Zumwalt-Leader

• Trish Savage

• Ryan Law

• Marilyn Landrun

• Getting ready:

• Victor Bradford-Leader

• Moises Aguayo

• Caroles Taylor

• Freshman Follies:

• Megan Green 

• Mary Gosche

• Maude Harris-Leader

• Amanda Gray

• Careers: 

• MO Career Center

• Chad Schatz-Leader

• Academics: 

• MO Career Center 

• Tamara Colman-Leader

• James Langley

• Curative (adult):

• Mary Paulsell-Leader

• Paul Rainsberger 

• Elaine Bryan

• Nancy Johnson

For questions or information contact Stephanie Milner573-686-8064

milnersn@missouri.edu

http://extension.missouri.edu/ccr/