Middle, high school teachers offered scholarships on teaching financial literacy

BURLINGTON

Middle and high school educators in New England and New York State interested in honing their personal finance teaching skills, or newcomers to the field, can attend a free, online, asynchronous graduate course offered by the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College.

Scholarships are available to Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island educators. The 20 scholarships are sponsored by the Rauch Foundation, which supports and promotes financial preparedness of rising generations of students by supporting schools in the delivery of financial literacy programs.

John Pelletier, director of the Champlain Center, notes that the three-credit, eight-week course, which runs from March 2 through April 24, was recognized by the White House, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the FDIC, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and President Obama’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability.

The course also has been the subject of two studies showing the impact of the instruction (see most recent study Prepped for Success). Its goal is to increase the financial literacy knowledge and instructional capability of educators through targeted training on personal finance topics.

This course is a continuation of the Champlain College’s nationally recognized financial literacy educator training program that has trained nearly 500 educators in New England and New York State since 2011.

Since 2013, the Center for Financial Literacy has produced report cards measuring how well each state and the District of Columbia perform in producing financially literate high school graduates. To see how your state fared in the most recent report card in 2023, click here and then click on your state.

Deadline for applying for the course is Feb. 19. Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis. To apply, click here. For registration questions, contact: cfl@champlain.edu.