Financial Literacy For Educators

Program details

The goals of the NGPF partnership program are ambitious, aiming to reach as many teachers as possible — and expand outreach on financial literacy. “If we help to educate teachers, we can impact more students than we otherwise would, and we can ensure understanding beyond the basics so students can better navigate their financial lives,” says Department of Finance Chair and Cutler Family Endowed Professor Laura Lindsey.

The program consists of three separate faculty-led online courses, taken in a single semester, which are for-credit (3 credit hours per course) and could apply toward a graduate degree program at Arizona State University. Investment Management for Educators focuses on a framework for planning and implementing personal investment strategies, Risk Management for Educators focuses on identifying, measuring, and mitigating sources of risk, and Psychology and Technology in Personal Finance highlights common mistakes in personal financial decisions and studies their underlying psychological origins.

This course is open for both individual learner self-enrollment and as well as group enrollment.

Note: Completion of free NGPF prerequisites are required before enrollment in this course.

Who is this program for?

This course is primarily designed to benefit K-12 educators whose main responsibilities, training, and expertise would be augmented by deeper exposure to the personal financial industry. Working together with our experts, these individuals can shape both their own success as educators and transfer that knowledge to help influence positive outcomes in the future financial lives of their students.

This program is offered in partnership with Next Generation Personal Finance who have finished core courses within their program. More details are at the NGPF website.

Not an educator? Learners seeking enhanced financial literacy for business environments are encouraged to explore our Finance for Non-Financial Professionals course instead.

We’re talking about increasing from 25% of high school students taking a personal finance course to close to 50% over the next three to four years. We’re going to require an additional core of educators who are both qualified and confident to teach these courses. We see this partnership with ASU providing teachers with that content knowledge. This is an area that’s both critical and challenging to teach, and by partnering with ASU, teachers can gain additional content knowledge and confidence in investing. It’s incredibly important.

Tim Ranzetta (NGPF co-founder)

What will I learn?

Participants will learn not just the ins and outs of personal finance, but how to apply relevant research and frameworks — in tandem with their deep knowledge of the unique needs and learning levels of their student audience — to real-world applications such as household financial management, inflation protection, and retirement planning. As an educator, you’ll emerge with new ways of thinking, new professional connections, and a path to increase positive impacts in your classroom and community.

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