Daily Learning Contract
- Topic: Paying for Education
- Objective: Students will investigate and describe current methods for paying for college and other postsecondary training.
- TEKS: d(3)(C)
- Demonstration of Learning: funding-method decision guide plus retryable Canvas practice check.
Time: 50 minutes
TEKS: d(3)(C)
Evidence: funding-method decision guide plus retryable Canvas practice check
Before class
Post the CCE guide, the official Federal Student Aid one-page resource/link, and the unpublished unlimited-retry Canvas practice Quiz. No NGPF, EverFi, or Practical Money Skills account is required.
Default digital: one device per student, one projector, and zero prints. Paper: one three-page guide per student and one collection tray; use a paper five-question check only during a Canvas outage. Students may sort the table briefly with a partner, then complete individual fictional-case evidence.
50-minute flow
- Warm-up — 5 min. Which sources reduce cost, which earn money, and which must be repaid?
- Method cards — 10 min. Compare scholarships, grants, work-study, federal/private loans, savings/529, employer tuition benefits, and Registered Apprenticeship.
- FAFSA/TASFA/opt-out boundary — 10 min. FAFSA is free and can open access to federal grants, work-study, and loans. Current Texas public-school policy requires seniors to complete FAFSA, TASFA, or a signed opt-out; middle-school students do none of these in class.
- Scenario decisions — 15 min. Students build funding sequences for two fictional students and explain what each method does and does not guarantee.
- Canvas practice check — 7 min. Five bounded questions with immediate feedback and unlimited retries.
- Exit and clean up — 3 min. Name one source that reduces cost, one that earns money, and one that creates repayment; submit the guide and return materials.
Teacher key
- Scholarships and grants generally do not require repayment when conditions are met.
- Work-study is earned through eligible employment; it is not an automatic tuition discount.
- Loans must be repaid with interest and should be compared using complete terms.
- FAFSA is an application for aid, not an aid award or loan by itself.
- Registered Apprenticeship is paid employment with structured learning; sponsor terms and openings vary.
- Employer tuition benefits and 529/savings rules vary and must be checked.
At minute 13, every student should have one reduce-cost, earn-through-work, and borrow category. At minute 37, all three claims and the safe sequence should be repaired. If Canvas fails, use the guide orally or on paper; do not create an account. Cut partner reporting and extra retries before cutting the guide, one feedback pass, exit, or cleanup.
Privacy and access route
Use only fictional cases. Students do not disclose citizenship/immigration status, family income, Social Security numbers, tax information, debt, or financial-aid eligibility. The paper guide replaces the Quiz if Canvas is unavailable; it does not require a live aid account.