Michigan Jump$tart Blog! 
We are excited to annouce the new Jump$tart Blog!  Our blog allows us to dialogue with each other about current Financial Literacy issues.  Our blog will allow everyone to stay updated on the latest legislative happenings as well as providing useful financial tools.  Log onto www.mijumpstart.blogspot.com.  While you're there, be sure to subscribe to receive updates.

Michigan Teacher Conferences - Save the Date!

2008 FEFE National Conference Information

Mini Society Economics Training July 29th

Mini-Society Economics Training for teachers grades 3-8 The Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency will be hosting a Mini-Society Economics Training July 29-31st from 9:30am-3:00pm at the University of Michigan: Dearborn. In the sessions, you will create a society and market economy in your own classroom. Students will earn income in classroom currency they have designed, conduct market surveys, create goods and services, even learn how to price and sell them during class Market Days. See how your classroom society faces the same issues that our adult society does. In this course, you will create your own workshop society and participate in many of the same experiences your students will. You will also learn about Michigan's Economic Grade Level Content Expectations. Cost for the session is $50.00 and sb-ceu's: 1.5.

Register at www.resa.net. Click on workshops, search July and scroll down to Social Studies.

This is a great opportunity! Be sure to pass on the information to any teacher you know who would benefit!

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program Educator Trainings in August
 
Attention Educators and Interested Individuals who would like to teach the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program –
We are holding two one day NEFE High School Financial Planning Program trainings in August. Come and learn about the NEFE HSFPP program and be ready to teach the program prior to school starting in the fall. This free one day training will provide you with the necessary tools to teach the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program curricula to your middle and/or high school aged students. Training sessions will be held in August in Bay City and Grand Rapids. At the Bay City location only - .5 CEU’s will be offered to teachers by the BAISD.  For more information and to register click here.

National Foundation for Credit Counseling 2008 Financial Literacy Poster Winner

Bloomfield Hills eighth grader Harrison Noh has been recognized as the National Winner of the NFCC’s 2008 financial literacy poster contest.  The theme of this year’s contest was “Financial Responsibility Begins with Me.”  Close to 1,500 posters were submitted through NFCC Member Agencies across the country, as well as directly from teachers interested in bringing the concept of financial literacy to their students. Harrison submitted his poster through GreenPath Debt Solutions headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI.  You can read more by clicking here.

Money Smart Week featured in the Detroit Free Press

On April 21st, the Detroit Free Press featured Money Smart Week (MSW) in the business section.  The article focused on teaching personal finance early. It was great exposure for MSW and the importance of financial education.  This article had the potential to reach over 150,000 readers.

Congratulations Michigan Jumpstart!
Once again, I am proud to be working with the coalition here in Michigan.  Erica Tobe, with the help of several others,has spent days and days getting enough schools to participate for the very first time in the National Jumpstart Survey.  We have surpassed our goal and have 11 schools submitting the survey in Michigan schools.  This will have a powerful impact on Michigan’s future and we appreciate all the work and efforts of Erica and others that assisted in this effort over the last several months. 

Lois Gibbons-Chair

Stay in the Know with Michigan Jump$tart's Newsletter!

The Michigan Jump$tart Coalition publishes a monthly newsletter to help educators promote financial literacy among youth. If you would like to be put on the newsletter distribution list, please e-mail diane@m-f-a.com. You can also access the current and back issues on this site.

Current Newsletter

Highlights: Michigan Jumpstart Lunch and Learn at the Capitol featuring State Senator Mark Schauer; NCEE curriculum materials available and ABA Education Foundation’s new booklet series.

About the Michigan Jump$tart Coalition
Organized in 2000, the Michigan Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy is a conglomeration of more than 30 organizations— public, private and non-profit—that seek to improve the personal financial literacy of Michigan´s young adults. Like the National Jump$tart Coalition, the Michigan Jump$tart Coalition endeavors to increase the prominence of financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of standards for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance. The Michigan Jump$tart Coalition affiliated with the National Jump$tart Coalition in 2004.