Kathleen Straus, President, Michigan State Board of Education, realizes the importance of personal finance education for our students.  "Students have to know about personal finance.  All children must understand the difference between needs and wants, and should be taught now to set realistic goals and to learn the skills of budgeting.  They will need to understand the use of credit and mortgages.  The younger we start to integrate personal finance education into K-12 courses, the more money savvy our next generation will become."

The National Jump$tart Coalition’s Clearinghouse connects teachers with the resources and tools they need to develop a financial literacy program for their classroom. 

Our annual educators conferences provide you with a wealth of valuable information and resources for teaching personal finance to all grade levels. 

Michigan Jump$tart publishes a newsletter six times a year to help educators promote financial literacy among youth.  This is a great way to stay informed of all our events and what’s happening in the financial literacy world.

Teacher Training

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program Training in Michigan – Summer and Fall 2010 sessions

FEFE 2-Day Family Economics & Financial Education Project Training - August 16-17, 2010
Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center (Higgins Lake, Roscommon, MI)

JumpStart Coalition 2010 National Educators' Conference: Save the Date!  November 5-7 2010

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Curriculum

Michigan Department of Education Model Programs for Youth Financial Education

A list of financial literacy programs available to you selected as meeting the two criteria established.  The programs included show alignment to Michigan Department of Education’s benchmarks and standards and alignment with one or more of the State Board of Education’s initiatives.

National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) High School Financial Planning Program

The HSFPP consists of a seven unit student manual, instructor’s guide, and a dynamic suite of Web pages that offer a large, continually growing collection of resources, articles, and financial tools for teachers, students, and parents.  Curriculum, teacher guide and student workbooks are provided free to educators. 

Family Economics & Financial Education (FEFE)

Our mission is to provide educators with no-cost curriculum materials and the skills and confidence to effectively teach family economics and finance to their students.  FEFE offers ready-to-teach lesson plans, based on the theories of active learning and multiple intelligences that are straightforward and require minimal educator preparation.

National Jump$tart Coalition Clearinghouse contains a wealth of resources and lesson plans.