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Louisiana’s First Choice for College Access

Tireka Cobb, Ph.D., LOSFA Field Outreach Services Director

The LOSFA (Louisiana Office of

Student Financial Assistance)

5-Point Match: Connecting

Students to their

Postsecondary Future

31st Annual Enrollment Planners Conference

LOSFA’s Vision is to be Louisiana’s First Choice for College Access

Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA)

Overview

• Introduce 5-Point Match Concept and Tool

• Link 5-Point Match to Program Activities

• Discuss Program Design and Data

• Tour the 5-Point Match Tool




Postsecondary 5-Point Match Component for FLY Tour

Aptitude, Skills, Interest Match:

Identify your most sought-after

courses of study. Are any of your

programs regionally or nationally

recognized?

Do you offer internships or other

job opportunities for students in

any specific career fields?

Academic Match:

What are your admission

requirements? What are your

alternative admission

requirements?

What is your average GPA and

ACT score for incoming

freshmen?

Cost of Choice Match:

How much is COA per student in

their first year of enrollment? Are

there any highlighted benefits you

offer to your students in the

attendance cost?

Do you offer internships or other

job opportunities for your students

to help cover costs?Social/Emotional Match:

Can you identify student life services available to

your students? Are there any Greek, religious, or

departmental organizations offered to your

students?

What is your average yearly total enrollment? Does

your campus identify as rural, suburban, etc.?

Retention Match:

What is your percentage of

enrolling freshmen who

graduate within 6 years or

less? At what rate do students

return to obtain post-

graduate degrees?




LOSFA’s 5-Point Match ToolUNLOCK MY FUTURE




LOSFA’s 5-Point Match ToolUNLOCK MY FUTURE

*4 and 5 Star Jobs Denotation will be included when the matches pop up on the quiz results page as well as on the career details pages.




LOSFA’s 5-Point

Match ToolUNLOCK MY FUTURE




Starting with Middle School our mission is to

facilitate the progression towards college

access and success.

We have to get them to know about careers and

the related college options, apply to attend, show

up on campus and persist beyond the first year.

LOSFA’S 5-Point Match in Action




LOSFA’s Menu of Services:

• Trailblazer Leadership• College Application Month• College Goal Sunday• FAFSA Completion

Workshops• TOPS Seminars• Counselor Webinar

Workshops• College Application

Workshops• STS Workshops• LOSFA Resources –

Email/Phone Assistance• Financial Aid Open Houses

• College Kick-Off

• LOSFA FLY Tour

• College

Acceptance/Award

Recognition Day

• Area Leadership

Program (ALP)

• Campus Field Trips

• Leadership Summit

• Signal Vine: Text

Messaging

Initiative

• TOPS Retention

Initiative

• TOPS Tracker

• TOPS Check-up




LOSFA’s SENIOR GAME PLAN




Connecting Services/Activities to the 5-Point Match

WHAT? Aptitude Match

AcademicMatch

Cost-of-Choice Match

Socio-Emotional

Match

Retention Match

College Kick-off

Louisiana

College

Application

Month

College Goal

Sunday

Financial

Literacy for You

(F.L.Y.) Tour

Rip the Career

Runway

College

Acceptance

Day




Connecting Services/Activities to the 5-Point Match

HOW?Aptitude

Match

Academic

Match

Cost-of-Choice

Match

Socio-

Emotional

Match

Retention

Match

College Kick-off

Seminar, Hand-

out & Game

Seminar, Hand-

out & Game

Seminar, Hand-

out & Game

Seminar, Hand-

out & Game

Seminar, Hand-

out & Game

Louisiana College

Application

Month

Presentation,

Hand-

out/Checklist, &

One-on-One as

Needed

Presentation,

Hand-

out/Checklist, &

One-on-One as

Needed

Presentation,

Hand-

out/Checklist, &

One-on-One as

Needed

Presentation,

Hand-

out/Checklist, &

One-on-One as

Needed

Presentation,

Hand-

out/Checklist, &

One-on-One as

Needed

College Goal

Sunday/FAFA

Completion

Events

Presentation,

Hand-

out/Checklist, &

One-on-One as

Needed

Financial Literacy

for You (F.L.Y.)

Tour

Theatrical

Performance

Theatrical

Performance

Theatrical

Performance

Theatrical

Performance

Theatrical

Performance

Rip the Career

Runway

LED/LWC

Narration &

Student

Performance

LED/LWC

Narration &

Student

Performance

College

Acceptance Day

Presentation &

Hand-out

Presentation &

Hand-out

Presentation &

Hand-out

Presentation &

Hand-out

Presentation &

Hand-out




Data Collection

IMPACT?Qualitative Quantitative

College Kick-off Social Media Participation Data

Louisiana College

Application Month

Social Media; Survey

Participation Data,

Survey, College

Application Completion

Data

College Goal

Sunday/FAFA

Completion Events

Survey

Participation Data,

Survey, FAFSA

Completion Data

Financial Literacy for You

(F.L.Y.) TourText Messaging Participation Data

Rip the Career Runway

Social Media

Participation Data &

Survey

College Acceptance

DaySocial Media Participation Data




Field Outreach Services: Performance with a Purpose




Field Outreach Services: Performance with a Purpose

Losfa001 May 12, 2016 5:01 pm

West Jefferson High School

LOSFA program coordinators, Juterh Nmah and Khristopher

Hobbs, taught a course entitled, "College Access Match and Fit,"

to 9th and 10th graders at West Jefferson High School this week.

The course encouraged students to start planning for college

early, and to begin thinking about future careers.

Losfa001 May 26, 2016 8:02 am

Negreet High School

Congrats to all of the high achieving seniors at Negreet High

School! #CollegeAcceptanceDay


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Questions and Tour the Site

www.unlockmyfuture.org


Tireka Cobb, Ph.D.

Director, LOSFA Field Outreach Services

[email protected]

(225) 219-0920 (phone)

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