A Personal Finance Boot Camp For Teachers - ETTC

A Personal Finance Boot Camp for Teachers:
Content, Strategies, Resources and Best Practices for Implementing Standard 9.2
Teaching financial literacy? Trying to get up to speed on personal finance topics that you’ll be
teaching? Looking for new ideas, resources, and strategies that engage and stimulate middle
and high school-aged students? Need ideas for reaching and teaching special needs, at-risk,
advanced, and English language learners? Not sure how to get started?
Fun, interactive, and meaningful financial literacy teacher training workshops are available in
two New Jersey locations. A 2-day, 13-hour professional development opportunity awaits you.
Tuesday and Wednesday – August 17 and August 18
ETTC/Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Burlington, NJ
For directions: http://ettc.lrhsd.org/direct.shtml
Wednesday and Thursday – August 25 and August 26
Madison Public Library (Chase Room); Madison, NJ
For directions: http://www.rosenet.org/library/
Join your peers in a fun and interactive “boot camp” of two 6.5- hour workshops that will
provide the knowledge, skills, approaches, activities, and tools to understand and teach
personal finance issues to meet the Standard 9.2 requirements. Boot camp participants will
engage with other teachers to discuss ways to teach students about financial services, credit,
investing, insurance, taxes, loans, and financial goal setting. Creative and innovative teaching
strategies will be discussed along with resources for personal and professional use. This will
be a fun, interactive, and creative hands-on event.
Attend both workshops and receive a Boot Camp certificate. Space is limited
FEES IF PAID BY August 1
$75 for full boot camp (2 days)
$50 for 1-day camp
FEES IF PAID AFTER August 1
$100 for full boot camp (2 days)
$75 for 1-day camp
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Register and pay at www.njcfe.org.
New Jersey Coalition for Financial Education
308 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08618
Email: info@njcfe.org
Phone: 609-306-3810; Fax: 609-492-4102
This program is sponsored by the NJ Coalition for Financial and the NJ Department of Education with support
from Citi.
13 hours of professional development credits are available. Certificates will be provided.

Content, Strategies, Resources & Best Practices for Implementing Standard 9.2
REGISTRATION: Participants can register by mail or online at the NJ Coalition for Financial Education’s secure Web site:
www.njcfe.org. Reserve a seat and pay your registration fee online with a credit card. If you prefer to register with this form,
please return it completed with payment via check or credit card only to:
Personal Finance Boot Camp
NJ Coalition for Financial Education
308 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08618
Name: _____________________________________________________________________________________________
School/Organization: __________________________________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________ City: ______________State: _____________ZIP:________
Daytime Phone: ___________________________________ Evening Phone: ____________________________________
E-mail Address:________________________________________________________________________
Check the Boot Camp dates you wish to attend:
____ Tuesday August 17 _____ Wednesday – August 18 _____Both Days (August 17 and 18)
ETTC/Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Burlington, NJ
____ Wednesday August 25 _____ Thursday - August 26 _____Both Days (August 25 and 26)
Madison Public Library; Madison, NJ
FEES: If paid by August 1, 2010: _____ $75 for full boot camp (2 days)
_____ $50 for 1-day camp
FEES: if paid after August 1, 2010 _____ $100 for full boot camp (2 days)
_____ $75 for 1-day camp
Make checks payable to New Jersey Coalition for Financial Education (Sorry, no purchase orders or vouchers)
Credit Card Payment:
Type of Credit Card: _______MasterCard _______Visa _______American Express
Card Number: _________________________________________________________________________
Expiration Date: ___________________Code (3 Digits on Back): _______________________________
Credit Card information:
If your credit card billing information is different from the address above, please provide us with the following:
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
City: ________________________________ State: _______________ Zip: ______________________
Phone (with area code): _________________________________________________________________
Signature _________________________________________________________________________ (Required)
Contact NJCFE for registration information at 609-306-3810 or email NJCFE at info@njcfe.org. All persons pre-registered by the early
registration deadline will receive a written confirmation via U.S. mail or e-mail. REFUND POLICY: Complete refunds will only be made up
to 20 days in advance of the start of the workshops. No refunds after this time.
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A Personal Finance Boot Camp for Teachers:
Content, Strategies, Resources & Best Practices for Implementing Standard 9.2
BOOT CAMP DAY 1
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast; Networking
9:00 – 12:00 Defining Personal Finance, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Making It Real
o Goal setting and planning
o Saving and managing money
o Using financial services
o Credit and loans
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch and networking
12:45 – 3:30 Using the Tools
o Activities that work
o Making financial literacy fun
o Selecting key messages for students
o Adapting resources; using social marketing tools to teach
3:30 Wrap Up & Adjourn
BOOT CAMP DAY 2
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast; Networking
9:00 – 12:30 Getting Beyond the Basics – Advanced Content Areas
o Investing
o Insurance
o Financial Frauds
o The 10 Key things Young People Need to Know
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch and Networking
1:15 – 3:00 Learning from your peers
o How to get started
o Teacher sharing sessions
o Bridging the learning gaps; best practices
o Strategies for success – What every teacher needs to know
3:00 – 3:30 Summary, Evaluation, Door Prizes
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