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  1. Adding Users to Phone Contacts

    Program Managers will want to add their mentee's and mentor's phone numbers to their phones so they can easily text them and send out mass texts. To do this, first download a .csv (Excel) file of the contacts you want to add from the User Managemen...
  2. Alt-Pathway Decision-Making

    While a degree has clear benefits, some individuals may choose a different pathway, including military service, directly entering the workforce or apprenticeships. We want to work to ensure all students are afforded the opportunity to choose from a ...
  3. College Decision-Making

    A post-secondary placement decision is made by considering several factors. It’s nuanced, and you have to be prepared to tailor it to each student and family. Some of our students will only be considering colleges, some of our students are consideri...
  4. Financial Aid Appeals

    Financial Aid Gaps When you apply the student's Expected Family Contribution (EFC) toward the Cost of Attendance (COA), you are left with the student's documented financial need, all of which are associated with aid eligibility. However, just beca...
  5. Pro-Pathway Decision-Making

    While a degree has clear benefits, some individuals may choose a different pathway, including military service, directly entering the workforce or apprenticeships. We want to work to ensure all students are afforded the opportunity to choose from a ...
  6. Financial Aid Gaps and Appeals

    Financial Aid Gaps When you apply the student's Expected Family Contribution (EFC) toward the Cost of Attendance (COA), you are left with the student's documented financial need, all of which are associated with aid eligibility. However, just beca...
  7. Types of Applications - Bay Area

    As you all approach the application season, there are different systems that students can apply for in the Bay Area. It is all dependent on whether or not students are eligible to attend each system. Here in California, we have two distinct college ...
  8. Step 3.3: Info Meetings - Handouts

    For informational meetings with potential school partners, consider bringing printed copies of the following collateral. Sending a follow-up email with these documents is another alternative. Here is a handout with Facts About iMentor H...
  9. Step 3.2: Info Meetings - Decks

    When iMentor meets with prospective school partnes, we aim to speak with the Principal, AP and counseling staff. If there are peer organizations doing similar work in the school, it can be helfpul to have them in the room too. These different stakeh...
  10. Step 2: Initial School Outreach

    The second phase of school partner recruitment is outreach either by leveraging exisiting relationships or cold calling.  Here are blind outreach templates for districts and schools. Additionally, it may be of note that iMentor has has s...