Professional Development & Events
The following events and tools are all free! See upcoming events, recorded past events and self-paced tools below:
Virtual Offerings for Educators:
| Type | Title | Presenter | Date | Time | Register Here |
| Virtual | Teachers Can be Financially Fit | Mark Schug Co-Author: Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists’ Advice for Educators |
February 9th, 2021 | 3:30pm-4:30pm | Register HERE |
| Virtual | 5 in 50, Taxes – 5 essential pieces of NGPF curriculum to supplement your classroom unit on taxes | NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF) |
February 23th, 2021 | 4pm-5pm | Register HERE |
| Virtual | Technology in Insurance |
Darrel Snyder American Family Insurance |
March 9th, 2021 | 3:30pm-4:30pm | Register HERE |
| Virtual | Teaching through NGPF: Arcade Games | NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF) | March 23rd, 2021 | 4pm-5pm | Register HERE |
| Virtual | NGPF: FinCamp | NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF) | April 10th, 2021 | 8am-11am | Register HERE |
| Virtual | Investing | TBD |
April 23rd, 2021 | 3:30pm-4:30pm | Registration Coming Soon |
| Virtual | Financial Inclusion |
TBD |
May 4th, 2021 | 3:30pm-4:30pm | Registration Coming Soon |
| Virtual | TBD | TBD |
May 18th, 2021 | 3:30pm-4:30pm | Registration Coming Soon |
| Virtual | Financial Inclusion Training for the Classroom | Tony Capozziello, Beloit High School
Langton Evans, Madison School District |
Content Created: December 2nd, 2020 |
Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: NuQWhkw6 |
| Virtual | Financial Inclusion Training: The Racial Wealth Gap |
Mark Levine, UWM
Bethany Sanchez, Fair Housing Council Wyman Winston, Neighborhood Wealth |
Content Created: November 18th, 2020 | Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! Recording Password: XkJVEtT3 |
| Virtual | Get Yourself Up to Speed, Credit Basics |
Erin Bykowski, Edgewood College and UW Credit Union | Content Created: November 4th, 2020 | Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: XkJVEtT3 |
| Virtual | What’s New in Wisconsin’s Financial Education Standards | Shiela Briggs, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | Content Created: October 7th, 2020 | Self-Paced & PowerPoint |
Click Here to View Recording! Recording Password: kDWyZzw9 Wisconsin Standards for Personal Financial Literacy PowerPoint(PDF) |
| Virtual | What Your Students Need to Know about FAFSA |
Cheryl Rapp, DFI and Heidi Johnson, UW-Madison Financial Aid Office |
Content Created: September 23rd, 2020 | Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: Flifel0923 |
| Virtual | A Brief Course in Recent Economic Events | Self-Paced | Self-Paced | Click Here to Begin! | |
| Virtual | SecureFutures | Self-Paced | Self-Paced | Click Here to Begin! | |
| Virtual | College Affordability | Self-Paced | Self-Paced | Click Here to Begin! |
In addition, The Forward Learning Institute of Financial and Economic Literacy provides ongoing professional development training throughout the year both in-person and online. For more information, click here.