Professional Development & Events
The following events and tools are all free! See upcoming events, recorded past events and self-paced tools below:
Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) is a free blended-learning personal finance curriculum, to engage and empower students to make smart financial choices. NGPF deeply values the professional development of Educators across the country. A few of the things NGPF has to offer are:
Certification Courses: Certification for Educators on specific Personal Finance topics.
FinCap Fridays: FinCap Fridays combine a 5-question competition with a 2 minute video to energize classrooms and engage students through current events.
Question of the Day: Questions of the Day are the perfect way to warm up your students before a lesson or introduce a new topic. These questions are designed to spark curiosity for better student engagement!
2023 Virtual Offerings for Educators:
| Type | Title | Presenter | Date | Time | Register Here |
| Virtual | Overview of Taxation: A beginner’s guide |
Linda Lepe, UW-Madison |
November 28, 2023 |
3:30pm-4:30pm | Register Here |
Recorded Virtual Offerings for Educators:
| Type | Title | Presenter | Date | Time | Register Here |
| Virtual | NGPF Math on a Mission: Finance Knowledge for All |
Daniel Rolando, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF) |
May 11, 2023 |
4:30pm-5:30pm | |
| Virtual | LIFETIME FINANCIAL PLAN:Classroom proven lesson for your students |
Patrick Kubeny Rhinelander High School |
May 24, 2023 |
4:00pm-5:00pm | |
| Virtual | Understanding the WisconsinRetirement System (WRS) |
Kelly Behnke, Senior Worksite Benefit Consultant |
April 19, 2023 |
3:30pm-4:30pm | Click Here to View Recording! |
| Virtual | Spot and Avoid Scams |
Jessica Frey, UW Credit Union’s Fraud Investigator |
February 23, 2023 |
3:30pm-4:30pm | |
| Virtual | Get Your Students Banked |
Constance Alberts, Director, Bank on Greater Milwaukee | December 1, 2022 | 3:30pm-4:30pm | |
| Virtual | Get on Track – Investing for Retirement in a Volatile Market |
Paul Rushmann, ChFC, CLU from Members Benefits | November 9, 2022 | 3:45pm-4:30pm | Click Here to View Recording! |
| Virtual | The Economic Prosperity Landscape |
Dennis Winters, Chief Economist, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development | March 8th, 2022 |
3:30pm-4:30pm | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: XgbrKqn2 |
| Virtual | Rent Smart |
Amanda Kostman from UW Extension |
February 23rd, 2022 |
3:30pm-4:30pm | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: KfpMRB9Y |
| Virtual | Insurance 101 |
Darrel Snyder |
February 8th, 2022 |
3:30pm-4:30pm | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: iGy95DiK |
| Virtual | Generational Spending and Saving Habits |
Ken King | November 9th, 2021 |
Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: SeFHtbn3 |
| Virtual | The Psychology of Credit and Spending |
Ken King | October 19th, 2021 |
Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: mGekBGh8 |
| Virtual | Banzai Tutorial |
Rebecca Christensen of Banzai |
October 6th, 2021 |
Self-Paced | Banzai – Financial & Life Literacy |
| Virtual | Student Loans, Coming and Going: FAFSA and WI Strong Loan Repayment | Kari Temkin, UW-Madison Financial Aid Office, Cheryl Rapp and Dave Mancl, DFI | September 21st, 2021 | Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! Recording password: EwvcWge4 |
| Virtual | Behavioral Economics and Pandemic-Economics | Dr. Scott Niederjohn | July 20th, 2021 | Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! |
| Virtual | Academic and Career Planning (ACP) Meets Personal Finance | Amanda Langrehr – CESA 4 Gewn Janke – CESA 10 Pat Rorabeck – SecureFutures |
June 17th, 20211 | Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! |
| Virtual | Technology in Insurance | Darrel Snyder American Family Insurance |
March 9th, 2021 | Self-Paced | Click Here to View Recording! |
| 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.