PALO ALTO, California, February 9, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Leading nonprofit organization in financial education, Next Gen Personal Finance, announced today the scope of its DP Partnership program: NGPF will partner with state organizations in 21 states to provide professional development opportunities for teachers and $ 100,000 financing grants. Together with NGPF, these organizations support more than 85,000 financial educators and volunteers.
These partnerships expand access to high-quality, targeted professional development for personal finance in these states, at a time when the need to teach financial skills at school is more urgent than ever.
“These partners have built vibrant statewide networks of passionate personal finance teachers,” he said. Tim Ranzetta, Co-founder of NGPF. “Our goal is to fuel that passion locally with a set of excellent professional development opportunities. Educators will experiment with innovative teaching approaches, explore free resources that they can use immediately, and collaborate freely with their colleagues.”
Joe Difiglia, Executive Director of New Jersey’s Economic Education Council in New Jersey City University, said: “NJCEE from NJCU is excited to partner with Next Gen Personal Finance once again to provide the highest quality professional development for our New Jersey teachers. Our organizations share a common mission that is based on professional excellence in the classroom. “
Betty Montgomery, a National Council certified professor who serves as Director of Career and Technical Education for the Kentucky Department of Education, said: “We are excited to Kentucky for our partnership with NGPF. The professional development opportunities for teachers are excellent, as well as the curriculum resources and activities that can be easily implemented for face-to-face and online learning. Advocating for financial education will help young adults make better decisions for a financially secure future. “
These virtual events start this month and last until the spring semester. Teachers in states of partner organizations can register for these exclusive virtual events by visiting https://www.ngpf.org/blog/professional-development/partnership-for-professional-development/ or by contacting your state’s partner organizations to receive information about local opportunities.
Thank you to these organizations for joining the Partnership for PD:
Arizona Economic Education Council
Connecticut Jump $ tart Coalition
Colorado Economic Literacy
Florida – The School District of Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade County Public schools
Iowa Jump $ tart Coalition
TeachIdaho
Center for Economic Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kentucky Jump $ tart
Maine Jump $ tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
Maryland Council about economic education
Massachusetts Jump $ tart Coalition
Michigan Economic Education Council
Minnesota Council on Economic Education
Mississippi Economic Education Council
New Jersey Council on Economic Education at NJCU
Ohio – THE University of Cincinnati Alpaugh Family Economics Center
Rhode Island Jump $ tart Coalition
South Carolina Economic Education Council
Virginia Council on Economic Education (VCEE)
WVU Center for Financial Literacy and Education and West Virginia Jump $ tart
Wisconsin Jump $ tart Coalition and FLIFEL
About Next Gen Personal Finance
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) has become the “one stop shop” for more than 42,000 educators looking for an engaging, high-quality personal finance curriculum to equip students with the skills they need to thrive in the future. The NGPF curriculum has a wide reach, with more than 7 out of 10 high school students in the United States attending schools where a teacher uses NGPF resources. NGPF supports educators with 15 weekly live DP sessions, 9 certification courses and asynchronous on-demand modules. More than 7,000 teachers participated in more than 120,000 hours of NGPF professional development in 2020. The non-profit organization was recognized by Common Sense Education as “Main website for teachers to find lesson plans” and “Best Business and Finance Games”
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