Friday, April 20, 2018
Registration is now open for the 2018 National Institute of Financial and Economic Literacy (NIFEL) teacher and community educator training this summer at Edgewood College in Madison. The institute annually trains educators from across the state on a variety of personal financial education topics. Three separate sessions are scheduled. Attendees may sign up for one or multiple sessions.
Register online at https://edgewood.edu/NIFEL
June 25-28, 2018 – Innovation & Entrepreneurship
This course provides a foundation for anyone in the educational field interested in learning about the entrepreneurial process, becoming more innovative in their work, creating change in their schools, or creating opportunities for students to learn about and practice entrepreneurship.
July 9-11, 2018 – Credit and Money
Attendees will learn about credit, one of the most widely used but often-abused financial tools in existence, and about the many changes in the law affecting credit cards today. Through a variety of speakers and activities, the course shows you how to teach your students about credit basics – technical, psychological and behavioral.
July 16-20, 2018 – Investor Education, Economics and Insurance
During this session enrollees will explore saving and investing as a means to financial security and wealth-building and gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed investment decisions for them and their students.
In addition, there will be sessions on all major forms of insurance. Registration for each session is $350, including lodging and meals, or $890 for attendees wishing to earn three graduate credits.
Online registration is available at https://edgewood.edu/NIFEL
The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions’ Office of Financial Literacy – along with the CBM Credit Education Foundation and the Wisconsin Jump$tart Coalition on Personal Financial Literacy – played a key role in launching the annual NIFEL training in 2001. Since then, more than 900 teachers been through the training. In the 2017-18 school year, more than 40,000 K-12 students in Wisconsin were taught by NIFEL-trained educators.
