With the national expansion of the Kids Count® program, we are developing a professional development program to  better prepare educators to teach financial literacy. NFI national research of teachers released in April 2007 unveiled a host of challenges teachers face as they consider whether and how to address financial literacy in their classroom. Despite the barriers teachers face, 95% of the nation's classroom teachers believe financial literacy should be part of the school curriculum.
The next step to ensure that you, the educator, become skilled at teaching financial literacy, NFI is developing a comprehensive professional development program. The program will provide teachers with resources that broaden their own knowledge of financial literacy as well as their effectiveness at teaching this subject. The program will also help time-starved teachers effectively integrate financial literacy content into a variety of subjects such as social studies or mathematics.
The first stop on your own financial literacy professional development journey begins here with an assortment of educator resources, upcoming workshops and curricula to begin using in your classroom and more.
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