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August
2010 SUSTAINABLE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE
August 31– September 2 September IRA Training, Bismarck, ND
September 20-21, 2010
IRA Training, Ft. Pierre, SD
September 23-24, 2010

October Fall Institute, Bismarck, ND
October 26-28, 2010
November Lending Conference, Sioux Falls, SD
November 30 – December 2, 2010
more information coming soon

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Why Send Your Employees to MASC Education Conferences?With employee education, you are enabling your employees to improve their lives, as well as reap the benefits of financial management, personal wellness, and a host of other valuable topics.

Your Credit Union will see:
“An Investment In Your Employees is an Investment into your Credit Union”

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
universities.  Its interactive website http://www.extension.org/personal%20finance , helps    
Americans improve their lives with access to timely, objective, research-based information, and  
educational opportunities. 

 

 

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:

  • create their own financial plan.
  • create their own budget.
  • propose a personal saving and investing plan.
  • select strategies to use in handling credit and managing their debt.
  • demonstrate how to use various financial services.
  • create a personal insurance plan.
  • examine how their choice of career and lifestyle will affect their financial plan.

To obtain resources and materials:

  • Register and click Instructors log in at http://hsfpp.nefe.org (upper right hand corner)
  • Click ‘Register’ and complete registration.  Keep your username in a convenient location for future use. 
  • Upon registration, you will be taken directly to the lesson plan/resources page and you can download any lesson plan, power point, activity, or excel sheet absolutely free!  If you prefer not to download your materials, you may directly order from the website.


Banzai
is a free web-based program teaching real-world financial literacy.  Banzai provides real-world experiences as students learn to make wise spending decisions. Banzai includes free downloadable lesson plans and real life scenarios. 
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.
The program is completely turnkey for teachers. Students register themselves and tests are self-grading.
Online, interactive lessons called "modules" feature dozens of videos of young people, who do all the teaching.  A teacher website provides extensive support materials. Nine 45-minute classroom sessions teach both technical skills and, more importantly critical thinking skills.
FoolProof is the only financial literacy program in the United States that is endorsed by both the Consumer Federation of America and the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
To obtain resources and materials:

  • Register and login, go to: http://www.foolproofteacher.com/ and click on “Sign up for FoolProof here”(Orange writing at top of page). 
  • You will then follow the steps on the bottom right side of the page: Select FoolProof for High Schools.
  • Fill out the appropriate online form at online registration. You will be sent an email with an access code to create your personal teacher account.
  • Create Your Account.  FoolProof will send you an email with your account details within 24 hours. When you receive it, please create your personal teacher account.  To assist you Fool Proof will have a "Quick Start Guide" that walks you through it literally in one minute.   

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:

  • Click “Create an Account”.
  • Fill in all profile information including administrator and submit.
  • You will receive an email to confirm that you registered and then pending FEFE approval you will become a user.
  • Once you are approved, you will receive a second email with a link to follow to create a password (you will originally have a temporary password).

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.

 

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

www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/09/08/top-10-money-myths-held-by-teens-and-how-to-change-them/

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