Supporting Students and Families with Complex Immigration Statuses in Postsecondary Planning
This lesson provides guidance to school counselors helping undocumented students prepare for college. It includes a webinar that provides a detailed overview of admissions standards at both public and private universities, and explains how to maximize credits and time for DACA and undocumented students through dual-enrollment and concurrent enrollment opportunities across states, high schools, and community colleges.
Supporting Students and Families with Complex Immigration Statuses in Postsecondary Planning
This lesson provides guidance to school counselors helping undocumented students prepare for college. It includes a webinar that provides a detailed overview of admissions standards at both public and private universities, and explains how to maximize credits and time for DACA and undocumented students through dual-enrollment and concurrent enrollment opportunities across states, high schools, and community colleges.
After completing this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Guide undocumented students and families to useful college planning and financing resources.
- Understand major challenges for undocumented students and families as it relates to college planning and financing.
- Utilize best practices when speaking with undocumented students and families
- Complete the MEFA Institute Evidence of Learning Form to earn 1 PDP for this lesson.
Lesson Deliverables
To complete this lesson, participants will:
- Watch the Supporting Students and Families with Complex Immigration Statuses in Postsecondary Planning webinar above
- Download the webinar slides to follow along
- Read MEFA's blog post, Financial Aid for Undocumented Students or Parents
- Read the Secondary School Counselors section (pages 9-16) of the Resource Guide: Supporting Undocumented Youth
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