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NGPF Professional Development Opportunity

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We are excited to announce Iowa Jump$tart’s newest partnership with Next Gen Personal Finance which will provide additional PD opportunities this spring. Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) is a national nonprofit that is expanding access to personal finance education by delivering free professional development and curriculum.

Over the next six months, we will be collaborating on the Partnership for Professional Development Initiative.

What does this mean for you?

Collaborating and connecting with other personal finance teachers has become more important than ever. That is why we are so excited to collaborate with NGPF on these three upcoming events. Each of these events will include multiple opportunities for teachers to work together to share ideas and best practices while also walking away with new resources to implement immediately.

  • Title: 5 Resources in 50 Minutes
    • Description: Looking for bite-size resources to engage your students both in-person and while you are teaching remotely? We will zip through 5 of NGPF’s most popular during this session. 
    • Date: March 4, 2021
    • Time: 4pm-5pm
  • Title: Teaching Through NGPF Arcade Games
    • Description: Looking for online games and simulations that promote student critical thinking and dialogue? Play some of the popular NGPF Arcade Games while discussing implementation strategies.
    • Date: April 8, 2021
    • Time: 4pm-5pm
  • Description: In this 3 hour session, you will collaborate with other educators from Wisconsin, discover new resources and deepen your content knowledge. Try a format that educators are calling “the most productive PD this school year!”
    • Date: April 17, 2021
    • Time: 8am – 11am
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Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarships

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The Sallie Mae Fund, the charitable arm of Sallie Mae®, has partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to launch a new scholarship program. The Sallie Mae Fund Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program will provide $1 million a year over the next three years to help students access and complete post-secondary education.

Nearly 900 students, including high school seniors, students in their final year of post-secondary education, and grad students, will receive scholarships through the scholarship program over the next three years.

  • The Bridging the Dream Scholarship for High School Seniors: In 2021, The Sallie Mae Fund will award $10,000 scholarships to high school seniors who plan to enroll in a two- or four-year degree professional certificate, or vocational training program. Seniors who excel inside and outside of the classroom and demonstrate financial need can apply now through March 8 at www.salliemae.com/landing/bridging-the-dream.

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Virtual Financial Literacy Camp

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We are excited to announce that Iowa Jump$tart has coordinated with Next Gen Personal Finance to offer a one-day virtual workshop for Iowa teachers on Thursday, August 6.  The focus of this workshop will be on how to deliver great and effective financial literacy content virtually.

We know that many of you will have to teach some or all of your classes virtually this year.  We wanted to help you with that.  We are sure this workshop will help you be as effective as you can be given the circumstances.  Even though we had to cancel our annual conference this summer, we are hoping that this opportunity will be even more relevant to your current situation.

Here is the information to sign up.

Register now!

Go to our Conference page for more information.

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Update on the 2020 National Educator Conference

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Unfortunately, the National Jump$tart Coalition has announced it has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 National Educator Conference, due to COVID-19 related travel and event restrictions and the significant number of participants who have decided not to attend.

The 2020 National Educator Conference was originally planned to be held on November 7-9 in Atlanta. Though Jump$tart will not be converting NEC into a virtual conference, they are working on an opportunity to connect partners and educators, so stay tuned!

Upcoming Events

Iowa High School Student Financial Education and Economic Mobility Webinar

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FDIC LogoAll 333 schools of the Iowa Public School System has been mandated to teach financial education starting in the 2020-2021 school year. The FDIC will host a webinar for all school districts. This event will outline multiple financial education curriculum’s including the FDIC Money Smart curriculum. FDIC staff will outline multiple other resources including the Teacher Online Resource Center, in-school banking resources and the Money Smart financial education curriculum. The FDIC will engage all Iowa School Districts in a partnership with the Iowa Department of Education in which FDIC staff will market this event and FDIC resources. The partnership is ongoing and will help to transition this effort to insured account outreach and credit education in the future.

May 21, 2020 3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Register Online

FDIC Webinar Agenda

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April 2020 is Financial Literacy Awareness Month

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On April 16th, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation to declare April Financial Literacy Awareness Month.  We are living in an epic time.  Through all of life’s changes and struggles we now face, let us focus on how to use our finances to better our lives and stretch our resources to the unknowable end.  Iowa Jump$tart Coalition is dedicated to providing resources to promote financial literacy education.  Please explore our website or contact us for more information.

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At Home Financial Literacy Challenge worth $10,000

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The National Financial Bee

Compete for a chance to win a college scholarship up to $10,000!

Calling all parents and caregivers! The Iowa Insurance Division is proud to sponsor the EVERFI National Financial Bee, a first-of-its-kind nationwide financial literacy challenge for students in 7th-10th grade. This year’s virtual challenge will take place April 20-24, and we want YOU to participate!

During Financial Literacy Month, and especially during this time of unprecedented uncertainty, we are committed to helping our Iowa Insurance Division team and their families plan for their financial future and find ways to pay for college. The National Financial Bee provides an opportunity for students to have some fun and learn critical financial concepts — all from the comfort of home while social distancing!

The five-day challenge was created by social impact education innovator EVERFI, our partner in financial education. Each daily lesson covers important financial topics covering everything from savings, investing, income, debt and more. After completing the lessons, students submit a short capstone essay in which they share their biggest financial dream and outline a plan for how to get there. Three winners of the National Financial Bee will receive up to $10,000 in college scholarships.

How It Works

Students can participate in just 3 easy steps:

  1. Visit the National Financial Bee website https://iid-iowa.everfi-next.net/welcome/national-financial-bee
  2. Complete the 5 lessons (~10 minutes each)
  3. Submit a short essay on your biggest financial dream and how you plan to achieve it by May 8th.

The National Financial be is open to all our Iowa Insurance Division employees, their immediate and extended families, and the communities we serve. We will be promoting the challenge across our social media channels and encourage you to re-share with friends and family.

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Money Smart Week 2020 has been cancelled

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Money Smart Week 2020 Chairs and Supporters,
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has canceled the 2020 Money Smart Week campaign scheduled for April 4-11, 2020. 
We are announcing this decision now to provide the Money Smart community with ample time to adjust schedules.
Please cancel all Money Smart Week events, advertising and related efforts within your local communities.
The Money Smart Week National Team is coordinating a series of short consumer-friendly webinars to take place during the month of April, which is Financial Literacy Month. Details to come.  
 
If you have any questions, please post them on our communities platform.
We look forward to reengaging with you for Money Smart Week 2021.
-The Money Smart Week National Team
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Classroom opportunity with Iowa JumpStart

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Cache__BannerYou may have heard about the Cache! which is an online game for your classroom. It’s from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, it’s for Money Smart Week, it’s free to you – and there are prizes. Iowa teachers and students are eligible for the national prize as well as the Iowa JumpStart prize. It’s easy for your students to play, but you need to sign up by March 13 so they can access the site.

To participate:

  1. Teachers register and get details at this Money Smart link:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Cache2020
  2. Teachers get a code for their students to use – I will send an email to you.
  3. Students use any mobile device or computer to maneuver Ben Franklin through some 21st century financial hurdles and get him to the “portal” to answer the personal finance questions.
  4. Teachers can use Cache! as a fun activity or in conjunction with teaching a personal finance lesson.
  5. Students can play as many times as they wish from March 30 to May 5, 2020.
  6. Cache covers seven topics students should understand – credit scores, identity theft, car loans, student loans, debit vs. credit, paychecks and budgeting.

If you have questions, you can email joanne@kusterltd.com.

Thanks for teaching financial education in your classroom!