New Tool Improves, Standardizes Teacher Training in Personal Finance
A reception to celebrate the official launch of the Jump$tart Teacher Training Alliance Model, a tool designed to help local organizations provide K-12 teachers with standard, consistent and effective professional development that increases their own level of financial literacy, improving their confidence in, and enthusiasm for, teaching personal finance in the classroom.
Washington, DC, July 12, 2013 --(PR.com)-- A reception is slated July 17 to celebrate the official launch of the Jump$tart Teacher Training Alliance Model, a tool designed to help local organizations provide K-12 teachers with standard, consistent and effective professional development that increases their own level of financial literacy, improving their confidence in, and enthusiasm for, teaching personal finance in the classroom.
Delivered as a toolkit, this standardized model will help to ensure a sufficient and consistent level of competence for teachers of personal finance across states and professional disciplines.
The Jump$tart Teacher Training Alliance (J$TTA) is a collaborative endeavor founded by the Council for Economic Education, Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, Junior Achievement USA, National Endowment for Financial Education, and the Take Charge America Institute at the University of Arizona. The J$TTA Model was developed with valuable insight from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Where: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
When: 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Why: To ensure its effectiveness, the J$TTA Model was developed, tested, and piloted for nearly three years. This event marks the Model’s availability to qualified organizations across the county. A brief program will highlight the development of this new teacher training model. In addition, there will be a reception to acknowledge and thank the many individuals and organizations that played a role in creating, piloting and researching the tool.
Registration: To attend the reception, please contact Heather McElrath at 703-472-2625 or hmcelrath@gmail.com.
Interview Opportunities:
· Ted Beck, Chairman, Jump$tart Coalition and President and CEO, National Endowment for Financial Education
· Laura Levine, President and CEO, Jump$tart Coalition
· Mary Blanusa, Vice President, Government Affairs & Partnership Projects , Council for Economic Education
· Michael Staten, Ph.D., Take Charge America Institute at the University of Arizona
· Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D., National Endowment for Financial Education (research)
About Jump$tart: The Jump$tart Coalition is a Washington, DC-based not-for-profit organization that seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of students in pre-kindergarten through college. It is a coalition of about 150 national organizations and a network of 49 affiliated state coalitions, which work individually, and collectively, to conduct and support financial education. Jump$tart is the original promoter of April as Financial Literacy Month. For more information about the Jump$tart Coalition, go to www.jumpstart.org or follow us on Twitter @NatlJumpstart.
Delivered as a toolkit, this standardized model will help to ensure a sufficient and consistent level of competence for teachers of personal finance across states and professional disciplines.
The Jump$tart Teacher Training Alliance (J$TTA) is a collaborative endeavor founded by the Council for Economic Education, Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, Junior Achievement USA, National Endowment for Financial Education, and the Take Charge America Institute at the University of Arizona. The J$TTA Model was developed with valuable insight from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Where: Phoenix Park Hotel, 520 North Capitol St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
When: 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Why: To ensure its effectiveness, the J$TTA Model was developed, tested, and piloted for nearly three years. This event marks the Model’s availability to qualified organizations across the county. A brief program will highlight the development of this new teacher training model. In addition, there will be a reception to acknowledge and thank the many individuals and organizations that played a role in creating, piloting and researching the tool.
Registration: To attend the reception, please contact Heather McElrath at 703-472-2625 or hmcelrath@gmail.com.
Interview Opportunities:
· Ted Beck, Chairman, Jump$tart Coalition and President and CEO, National Endowment for Financial Education
· Laura Levine, President and CEO, Jump$tart Coalition
· Mary Blanusa, Vice President, Government Affairs & Partnership Projects , Council for Economic Education
· Michael Staten, Ph.D., Take Charge America Institute at the University of Arizona
· Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D., National Endowment for Financial Education (research)
About Jump$tart: The Jump$tart Coalition is a Washington, DC-based not-for-profit organization that seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of students in pre-kindergarten through college. It is a coalition of about 150 national organizations and a network of 49 affiliated state coalitions, which work individually, and collectively, to conduct and support financial education. Jump$tart is the original promoter of April as Financial Literacy Month. For more information about the Jump$tart Coalition, go to www.jumpstart.org or follow us on Twitter @NatlJumpstart.
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