At MCAN's discretion, webinar recordings may be archived for continued professional development. Archived webinars are not eligible for SCECHs and may be removed at any time.
Single Session Webinars
Preparing Juniors for Senior Year
Jeneen Hatoum, director of High School Innovation, MCAN
MCAN High School Innovation staff will provide guidance on how to support your rising seniors to prepare them for success. We will identify challenges, insights, and key learnings as well as provide actionable next steps.
Supporting Seniors with Financial Aid Award Letters
uAsire and MCAN High School Innovation staff
MCAN High School Innovation staff and uAspire will provide guidance on reviewing financial aid award letters and supporting seniors and their families through financial aid decisions. We will identify challenges, insights, and key learnings as well as provide actionable next steps.
Ideas for Summer Melt Programming
Jeneen Hatoum, director of High School Innovation, MCAN
MCAN High School Innovation staff will provide ideas for creating and implementing summer melt programming to ensure graduating seniors matriculate to college in the fall. We will identify challenges, insights, and key learnings as well as provide actionable next steps.
Personal Curriculum: Know Your Options to Modify the Michigan Graduation Requirements
Rashell Bowerman, Instructional Intervention Consultant, MDE
The Personal Curriculum is a process to modify specific Michigan Merit Curriculum credit requirements and content expectations based on the individual learning needs of a student as well as their post-school goals. It is designed to serve students who want to accelerate or go beyond MMC requirements and students who need to individualize credit requirements to meet MMC and receive a diploma. Several scenarios or case studies will be laid out for participants and there will be time for dialogue around the PC process based on those scenarios.
Hosting a Successful Application Campaign for Michigan College Month
Kiersten Nolan, Strategy Assistant for high school innovation, MCAN; Sarah MacLean, Tamara Kolodziej, and Katie Frentz, Petoskey High School Counseling Team
MCAN's High School Innovation staff and Petoskey High School counseling staff, who received the 2023-24 School of Excellence award for Michigan from the American College Application Campaign, will provide guidance on planning and executing Michigan College Month programming for a successful application season.
Be FAFSA Ready: FAFSA Updates and Promising Practices Toward Completion
Kiersten Nolan, MCAN; Jeneen Hatoum, MCAN; and Allison Jordan, Merrill Community Schools
In this session, MCAN staff will cover updates regarding the 25-26 FAFSA and what you can do to be ready for the FAFSA opening on Dec. 1. This webinar will include Allison Jordan from Merrill Community Schools, who will share their promising practices for FAFSA completion from the last FAFSA cycle and how you can implement them at your school.