Financial aid professionals may want to make note of two Wednesdays in January and February 2025 to tune into some upcoming webinars.
In a recent Dear Colleague Letter, Federal Student Aid announced a series of live webinars that will cover topics related to the Title IV programs and will include the most recent guidance and statutory and regulatory updates, along with operational information and reminders. A live Q&A session will follow each presentation, so participants are encouraged to submit their questions by typing them into the chat during the webinar.
Registration is not required as the webinars are offered on a first-come, first-served basis for up to 20,000 attendees.
The webinars being offered include:
2025–26 ISIR: What to Expect
- January 15, 2025, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (ET)
- Participants will learn how to mine necessary data from the 2025-26 ISIR, make corrections, explore key terms, fields, data values, and comment codes. Screen shots from the 2025-26 ISIR will be included.
- Participants can join the webinar at Microsoft Teams Live Link for 2025–26 ISIR: What to Expect Webinar, Jan. 15, 2025.
Professional Judgment and Dependency Considerations
- February 12, 2025, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. (ET).
- Participants will learn the factors involved in exercising professional judgment and key terminology helpful to understanding the process, including the difference between special and unusual circumstances.
- Dependency considerations specific to unaccompanied homeless youth and foster care youth will also be discussed using real-life scenarios.
- Participants can join the webinar at Microsoft Teams Live Link for Professional Judgment and Dependency Considerations Webinar, Feb. 12, 2025.
Participants can add an iCalendar invitation to their calendars now by:
- Logging into the FSA Training Center.
- Selecting the “Upcoming Webinars” icon on the home page.
- Locating a webinar in the table and selecting the iCalendar file to download and save the invitation to your calendar.
Anyone without a username and password for the FSA Training Center, should choose “Create new account” (at the bottom of the log-in page) and follow the instructions.
Presentation materials will be available to download the day before the webinar in the “Upcoming Webinars” section of the FSA Training Center. The week following the webinar, a recording and transcript will be posted.
