Your Credit Union will see:
- increased employee motivation.
- increased efficiencies in processes, resulting in financial gain.
- increased capacity to adopt new technologies and methods.
- increased innovation in strategies and products.
- reduced employee turnover.
- enhanced company image, e.g., conducting ethics training (not a good reason for ethics training!)
- risk management, e.g., training about sexual harassment, diversity training.
CUNA Training
Financial Literacy Resources
Biz Kid$ is an Emmy award public TV series where kids teach kids about money and business. The website includes activities for teachers, families, and young entrepreneurs. Calling all teachers, parents, and volunteers: Don’t miss these free downloadable materials! Go directly to the Biz Kids website at http://www.bizkids.com/coolbizstuff.aspx. Each Biz Kid$ episode has its own curriculum, to be used in the classroom or at home in two one-hour sessions over two days.
The Cooperative Extension System is an educational partnership of more than 70 land-grant
High School Financial Planning Program of the National Endowment of Financial Education (NEFE) turns the focus on the students. The curriculum is not about creating a budget, but creating their budget, financial plan, saving plan, and investing strategy. Using performance-based learning, students take what they learn and apply it directly in the course of each unit. Carefully designed exercises and activities move the student step-by-step toward each of the seven core competencies that the program teaches. In the process, students:
To obtain resources and materials:
FoolProof For High Schools is a web-driven financial education program sponsored by credit unions for high schools, community centers, technical schools, and youth groups.
To demo the FoolProof program use the following log-in information: Teacher Demo: Login(username = demo account)(password = foolproof08); Student Demo: Login(username = demostudent)(password = foolproof08).
University of Arizona Family Economics and Financial Education (FEFE) provides free, ready-to-teach materials, curriculum training, newsletters, grants, and other activities to expand and incorporate into your classroom. Sign up and register for at http://fefe.arizona.edu/new-to-fefe. All FEFE curriculum materials are free to download after creating an account. To create an account:
The validation process is essential to the FEFE curriculum to maintain its usability in the classroom by blocking students from test banks and answer keys. If you have any challenges with the validation process, contact fefe@cals.arizona.edu or 520.626.4209.
Junior Achievement (JA) educates students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy through experiential hands-on programs. JA’s unique approach allows volunteers from the community to deliver our curriculum while sharing their experiences with students. Classroom volunteers transform the key concepts of our lessons into a message that inspires and empowers students to believe in themselves, showing them they can make a difference in the world. To find out more or to sign up by contacting your nearest representative at JA of Upper Midwest -(651) 255-0055 Email: administrator@jaum.org, or visit the national Jr. Achievement website at www.ja.org. The Money Savvy Generation/Money Savvy U Intermediate Personal Finance Curriculum aligns their curriculum with NCTM (National Council of Math Teachers) standards and expectations in these critical areas: problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connection, and representation. Each of the five scripted lessons requires approximately 20 to 40 minutes of classroom time, including discussions. Instructor materials consist of a scripted, animated PowerPoint presentation on CD-ROM. Students learn to build sound money management habits by practicing with the Cash Cache Personal Finance Organizer. To learn more and to order your materials go to http://www.msgen.com/assembled/money_savvy_u.html.
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The North Dakota and South Dakota Jump$tart Coalitions and the National Jumpstart Coalition. Both coalitions are nonprofit organizations that actively work to improve the financial literacy of our citizens. They educate the public through speaking engagements and workshops, provide information and materials, and collaborate with public and private organizations and law makers on various projects throughout the state. Whether you're looking for ways to develop money smarts at home, in your classroom, organization, or business, the North and South Dakota Jump$tart Coalitions and the National Jump$tart Coalition have the tools and connections you need to make it happen. To learn more and to download free materials visit their websites at (national) www.JumpStart.org ,(North Dakota) www.ndjumpstart.org, (South Dakota) http://www.jumpstart.org/states-south-dakota.html.
Other helpful websites:
Market Place for Kids
http://www.marketplaceforkids.org/
CU Succeed-a Teen Financial Network
http://www.cusucceed.net/
Credit Union National Association
http://www.cuna.org/initiatives/youth/
University of Montana Extension Service
www.montana.edu/wwwextec/creditsmarts.html
The US Mint
www.mint.com
PBS Your Life Your Money
www.pbs.org/your-life-your-money/
Sesame Street Workshop - "Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times"
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/newsandevents/pressreleases/families_stand_together
The Great Piggy Bank Adventure
http://piggybank.disney.go.com/media/ap/piggybank/index.html
Credit Union National Association’s Thrive by Five
www.creditunion.coop/pre_k/index.html
University of Nevada-Money on the BookShelf
www.unce.unr.edu/programs/sites/moneybookshelf/guides/
Wallet Pop Blog