Counselor Resources

Welcome to the Financial Aid Resource page for high school counselors! The OASFAA Outreach Committee hopes that you'll find the information on these pages useful in your search to make higher education affordable. Send comments or questions about this information to [email protected].

On this page, you'll find:

• High School Counselor Workshops
• Financial Aid 101 Webinar for Newer Counselors
• OACAC 2019 Articulation Presentation
• College Access and School Counselors Contact Database
• Request a High School Financial Aid Night Presenters
• Ohio FAFSA Completions Year over Year
• Counselor Resources
• Publications (for you to use and distribute!)

High School Counselor Workshops

Thank you for attending the 2019 Counselor Workshops! 

As presented in October and December 2019 by the OASFAA Outreach Committee.

Financial Aid 101 Webinar for Newer Counselors

This free webinar is for newer High School, Access, TRiO, and AmeriCorps counselors, as well as any brand new admissions or financial aid counselors. If you are in your first several years assisting high school students through the paying for college process, this webinar will provide an overview of the financial aid programs available to students. The steps that students must take in pursuing financial aid their senior year of high school will also be covered. 

Download the 2019 FA 101 Webinar Slides

Watch the recorded 2019 FA 101 Webinar

OACAC Articulation Financial Aid Presentation Slides

As presented the week of September 3, 2019 by the OASFAA Outreach Committee.

Download the 2019 OACAC Articulation Financial Aid Presentation.  

College Access and School Counselors Contact Database

• Access to Counselor Database Listserve Coming Soon! 
• Benefits of signing up for Counselor Database Listserve:
  
  • Workshop registration information
  • Counselor event announcements and details
  • Training announcements

High School Financial Aid Night Presenters

• Request a Financial Aid Night Presenter. The OASFAA Outreach Committee can help facilitate your school's Financial Aid Night by helping to connect you with local financial aid professionals willing to present at your school.

Ohio FAFSA Completions Year over Year
Click here to see the year over year FAFSA completion percentage, courtesy of our friends at NCAN via their Form Your Future web site.

Counselor Resources

• 2019-2020 Seven Easy Steps to the FAFSA tutorial, presented by University of California, Santa Barbara Financial Aid Office
• 2018-19 Counselors and Mentors Handbook for Federal Student Aid
• Cost and Financial Aid Comparison Worksheet
• FAFSA Priority Deadlines for Ohio Schools 2020-2021
• FAFSA Completion Tool by High School
• FAFSA Ohio Student Record Data - Contact your superintendent/district official for information on how to view your individual students' FAFSA completions
• Financial Aid Toolkit
• Ohio Education and Training Voucher Program (ETV)
• Student Aid and Identity Theft

Publications

Feel free to use these publications in your FAFSA completion efforts! If there's something you need that isn't listed below, let us know! 

• Create an FSAID
• FAFSA First
• FAFSA FAQs
• Financial Aid Glossary
• Finish the FAFSA in 5 Steps