Personal Finance Professional Development for Educators

Teacher Professional Development through NGPF

Teacher Professional Development through NGPF is offered in various formats to cater to different needs and preferences.

1. Virtual: This format offers a 1-hour Virtual Professional Development session on the latest topics in Personal Finance. It allows teachers to enhance their knowledge and stay up to date from the comfort of their own location.

The topics covered in these virtual sessions include:

  • Buying Real Estate After High School
  • The Math Behind Credit
  • Minimizing Student Loans


2. On-Demand: This format consists of 1-hour modules that teachers can access at their convenience. These modules are designed to strengthen teachers' knowledge on Personal Finance. The topics covered in these modules include:

  • The Rise of Influencer Marketing
  • Career Exploration Tools
  • Banking in the 21st Century


3. Certification Courses: NGPF offers Certification Courses, which are the most in-depth professional development format. These courses combine 9 hours of live virtual sessions focused on a specific core personal finance content area, followed by a 1-hour exam. The content covered in these courses aligns with the NGPF Semester Course but uses different resources to deepen teachers' content knowledge without repetition. The best part is that these courses are completely free.

The topics covered in the Certification Courses include:

  • Behavioral Economics
  • Banking
  • Investing
  • Types of Credit
  • Managing Credit
  • Paying for College
  • Career
  • Insurance
  • Taxes
  • Budgeting
  • Consumer Skills


By offering a variety of formats and topics, NGPF aims to provide comprehensive and accessible professional development opportunities for teachers in the field of Personal Finance.

Steps to Set up a Teacher Account on NGPF.org

Setting up an Account

Interested in learning about Personal Finance and what curriculum can be implemented in your classroom? See below on how to create your own NGPF account to get access to numerous resources on Personal Finance. 

 

Create a Next Gen Personal Finance Account to get started. 

 

  1. Go to NGPF.org > Sign Up Free > Enter your name, email, and create your NGPF account

 

Once you’ve created your account you now have access to Personal Finance Curriculum (Middle School Curriculum):

Checking, Saving, Types of Credit, Managing Credit, Paying for College, Investing, Budgeting, Behavioral Economics, Careers, Taxes, Insurance, Consumer Skills, and Mini Units

 

  1. Complete 20 hours of training and receive a $500 Amazon Gift Card. Details linked here.
     
    1. Virtual PD’s  is a place where teachers continue learning new content on Personal Finance, find support for personal finance activities, and hear from other teachers about how they use NGPF resources. 
    2. On-Demand PD’s  is a new professional development opportunity for teachers that provides maximum flexibility for the teacher’s schedule, where they can go at their own pace.
    3. Certification Courses are NGPF’s most in-depth professional development format. Each course combines 9 hours of live virtual sessions focused on a core personal finance content area with a 1-hour assessment exam. These courses are 100% free.

 

If you are planning a classroom presentation, NGPF’s Arcade games are a fun way to introduce your students into Personal Finance. 

 

If you need a Math Lesson or new math teachers need some resources, NGPF's Math Lessons are great!

 

Feel free to reach out to Kingsley Yee, yeek@sfusd.edu with any questions. 

 

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This page was last updated on November 2, 2023