SALT - Lesson Plan

Attention

"SALT" is a game-changing new membership program that helps students and families navigate financing higher education, successfully manage any resulting debt, and build money skills for life.

KVCC is now a partner with SALT and offers this to all of our students FREE OF CHARGE for you entire life!

Part of this class is structured to get you signed up for SALT and to begin exploring how this great service can help you better manage the financial aspect of your academic goals!

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:

  • Successfully register for the SALT service.
  • Explore and reflect upon available services through SALT
  • Develop a plan on how SALT may be used to manage their educational financing.

Teaching

SALT is a service being offered to KVCC students to help them make better decisions about financing their education and in managing their debt. There are LOTS of services to explore on the SALT website. This course is going to expect you to focus on specific aspects of this service, however, your relationship with SALT will extend way beyond this class!

To get started you need to sign into the SALT website.

Click HERE to go to the SALT website and sign in

Once you are signed in your will receive an email notification at the email you chose to register, and you can enter the site.

For the purposes of this course we are going to have you explore the resources available to you through this website. This will require that you familiarize yourself with the SALT website and enable yourself to navigate to specific resources.

Below, in the ASSESSMENT section are a list of reflection questions that we would like you to answer about specific aspects of this service. Remember, this is to benefit YOU...this is a free service to enable you to manage your finances in the best way...in these days, many of need as much help as we can get!

Assessment

SALT Lesson Quiz

Navigate through the SALT website and explore the resources to answer the questions below. Prepare your answers, spell-check, and then paste them into the quiz located in this same folder.

  1. When you signed up for the website, did you have SALT search for your student loans and load your data?
    • Yes, I'm all set and SALT now has information on all my students loans!
    • No, I don't have any student loans.
    • No, I have not done this but plan to do it later.
    • No, I would like some assistance with doing this. (we will have a staff person contact you to set up an appointment if you choose this answer)
  2. Under the "Money Coach" tab, select "Learn the Basics". Select ONE item and review it. Write a one-paragraph summary of the content with a reflection on how useful you found this information to be. (Pick one you think WILL be useful to you!)
  3. Under the "Money Coach" tab, select "Repay Student Loan Debt". Select ONE item and review it. Write a one-paragraph summary of the content with a reflection on how useful you found this information to be. (Pick one you think WILL be useful to you!)
  4. Under the "Exclusives" tab explore "Jobs", "Scholarships", and "Deals". Write a one-paragraph summary of the content with a reflection on how useful you found this information to be. (Pick one you think WILL be useful to you!)
  5. Write up a one-paragraph plan on how you will use this website to help you make your best decisions regarding financing your education, career development, budget management, etc. We want to know how you plan to take advantage of this excellent service.

SALT Lesson Discussion

We are in the process of trying out SALT with our students and we are interested in what you think about it. Post comments (positive and negative) about your experience with the SALT website and services. Story telling is greatly encouraged! If you have had an important experience with this service tell us about it!