Supporting students navigating College Enrollment Decisions

Tuesday, March 1, 2022
1:00 PM 2:00 PM

Audience: Advisors

Join Moneythink for a presentation on how to help your students choose a high quality, affordable college with confidence.

SPEAKER(s)

Hannah Smith, Director of Education Partnerships & John Tamrat, Community Engagement Manager

Watch the recording!

Click here for the Presentation Slides 

Thank you for joining us for our presentation on Supporting Students with College Enrollment Decisions. We hope you found the topic and conversations helpful. Are you interested in bringing DecidED to your college access organization and team? Reach out to the Moneythink Partnership team to setup a meeting. 

  • John Tamrat -jtamrat@moneythink   

  • Hannah Smith – hannah@moneythink.org

You can check out the recorded session which will be made available on the NCCPC YouTube channel. You can also access the following resources in this shared folder to review what was presented and learn more about DecidED. 

  • Supporting Student with College Enrollment Decisions [PDF Slide Deck]

    • Copy of the presentation going over the college affordability issue and how to help your students choose a high-quality, affordable college with confidence.

  • DecidED for Admin + Advisors Features [PDF Slide Deck]

    • Overview of Admin and advisor features include sign up, inviting advisors, inviting students, groups, guides, notes, and notification to support student enrollment. 

  • DecidED for Student Features [PDF Slide Deck]

    • Overview of student features, search, filter, fit factors, uploading award letters, to support students understand the net cost for each college on their list to make informed enrollment decisions and plan to pay.

  • DecidED Student Outreach Flyer [PNG & PDF]

    • Outreach collateral to share with students, students can use the QR code directed to DecidED to create their free student account. If you wish to connect with them on DecidED, create a free Advisor Account or reach out to our team to create a free Organization Account. 

DecidED is a free web app that helps students clearly understand the net costs for each college on their list to make informed enrollment decisions and plans to pay.

Support your students in choosing a high-quality, affordable college with confidence. Create your free DecidED account today!  

Hannah Smith leads the partnership development strategy for Moneythink. Throughout her career, she has supported organizations aiming to reduce systemic barriers for students, bringing with her a deep commitment to equity and a strong belief in the value of high quality student support systems. She holds a BA in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley and a M.Ed from the Harvard Ed School. Prior to joining Moneythink, Hannah led the partnership and implementation strategy for the nonprofit managing California’s official college and career platform, CCGI, and provided coaching to educator and workforce teams as they developed intersegmental career pathways. Hannah also spent time in K-12 schools working as a counselor and college advisor. She loves yoga, hanging with her kids and walking in the woods.

Hannah Smith, Director of Education Partnerships

Prior to joining Moneythink, John Tamrat supported students and families in education and workforce development as a Case Manager for Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Bay Area (CA) and Program Coordinator for Genesys Works, Twin Cities (MN). As a first-generation immigrant to the United States, he understands how difficult it can be to navigate the US education system with limited resources and support and believes educational opportunity shouldn’t come at the cost of financial security. John earned his BA from Goshen College and holds a MS from the University of Leed’s Business School (UK).

John Tamrat, Community Engagement Manager