Session 1

Welcome To Your First FSA

Training Conference
Trevor Summers | Nov.-Dec. 2017
U.S. Department of Education
2017 FSA Training Conference for Financial Aid Professionals
Welcome to the FSA Conference
• 36 Breakout Sessions offered multiple times
• 5 General Sessions – three on Tuesday (today) and two
on Wednesday
• 11 Birds of a Feather sessions

We are expecting over 5,500 participants!

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Who Attends the Conference?
• Financial Aid Administrators
• Admissions Officers
• Bursars Officers
• Foreign School Administrators
• Loan Servicers
• Senior Ed Officials
• Private Auditors and Accountants
• Financial Aid Rookies
• Financial Aid Veterans
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 What to Expect…
• Registration – Atlantic Hall B and C
• Food & Beverage information is in your program and via the
mobile app
• Food & Beverage cash sales will be available throughout the
day throughout the Dolphin Convention Hall on
• Level 1
• Lobby Level
• Level 5 (more specific information listed in program and mobile app)
• Designated lunch break each day

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What to Expect…
• Announcements and updates in General Sessions
• Breakout sessions have staggered start and end times to
better accommodate traffic flow (see agenda)
• When planning, focus on every other line of tri-fold agenda
• Sessions in both the Dolphin and Swan buildings (mostly
Dolphin)
• See map in spiral bound program book

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Need Help?
• ED Staff
• Red Shirts
-or-
• Blue Ribbons on name badges
• Send questions to: FSAConferences@ed.gov
• Follow the conference via Twitter @FSAconf using the
hash tag #FSATC2017

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 First “Must Do”
Go to all General Sessions

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 General Sessions
• General Session 1: Welcome & Keynote Address, U.S. Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos, today 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
• General Session 2: Federal Update, today 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
• General Session 3: Verification (2017-18 and 2018-19) and Identification and
Resolution of 2017-18 Conflicting Information, today 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
• General Session 4: Keynote Address, FSA Chief Operating Officer, Dr. A. Wayne
Johnson, Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
• General Session 5: FAFSA® and CPS – Now and What’s Next, Wednesday 8:45
a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

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 Second “Must Do”
Go to as many Breakout Sessions
as possible

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 Breakout Session Categories
• Institutional Eligibility • Compliance
• Student Eligibility • Fiscal and Cash
• Program Eligibility Management
• Federal Pell • NSLDS®

• Direct Loans • COD

• Campus Based • R2T4

• Daily Operations • Campus Security

• Open Forum

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 Third “Must Do”
Go to the Hands-On Sessions

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Hands-On Sessions
• Hands-On NSLDS
• Hands-On COD Basics
• Hands-On COD Advanced

80 PCs for 160 attendees, as well as 300 extra chairs to

sit and observe the session

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 Fourth “Must Do”
Go to the Birds of a Feather Sessions

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Birds of a Feather Networking Sessions
• Bursars and Business Officers Don’t
• ESI-Loan Counseling
• ESI-Dual Enrollment Miss!
• ESI-Second Chance Pell
• ESI-Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), Competency-Based
Education (CBE), and Limited Direct Assessment (LDA)
• Minority-Serving Institutions: Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs) & Predominantly Black Institutions
(PBIs)
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Birds of a Feather Networking Sessions
• Tribal Colleges and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions (ANNHs)
• Hispanic-Serving and Asian American and Native American
Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
• Community Colleges
• Graduate and Professional Schools Don’t
• For-Profit Institutions
Miss!

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 Fifth “Must Do”
Go to the Resource Center

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 Visit the Resource Center*
14 booths replete with subject matter experts!
Atlantic Hall B and C
• Ask-a-Fed
• Ask-a-Fed for Foreign Schools
• eCampus-Based (eCB) Programs
• E-App
• Subsidized Usage Limit Applies (SULA)

*Closed during the General Sessions

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 Visit the Resource Center*
14 booths replete with subject matter experts!
Atlantic Hall B and C
• Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System
• National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
• Federal Loan Servicers
• SAIG Enrollment, EDE Express, Participation Management,
FAA Access to CPS Online
• Cybersecurity Resource Information

*Closed during the General Sessions

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 Visit the Resource Center*
14 booths replete with subject matter experts!
Atlantic Hall B and C
• Experimental Sites Initiative
• FAFSA® Demo & FSA ID
• Default Prevention
• OIG Fraud Awareness

*Closed during the General Sessions

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Logistical Tips
• Get familiar with Swan and Dolphin map (pages 11-13)
• Plan smart for General Sessions
• Check location of your next session
• Use 20 minute break between each session
• Have back-up session choices
• Consider alternative time slot
• Wear comfortable shoes - You’ll walk a lot
• Get outside for some fresh air

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 Don’t Forget to…..
• Relax
• Be friendly
• Make a new contact and stay in touch
• Visit the Resource Center
• Ask questions
• Don’t be intimidated
• Start or continue the journey of becoming a Title IV expert
• Print your boarding pass on Thursday or Friday at on-site
registration desk or in hotel lobby
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QUESTIONS?

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