Credit Unions Sponsor Educator Training on State's Personal Finance Curriculum

Teachers Provided Resources, Training on Teaching Money Management Skills to Young People

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A group of Northern Virginia credit unions partnered recently to offer educators innovative ways to teach the principles of the new Economics and Personal Finance course in public schools.

LYNCHBURG, VA (10/08/2010)(readMedia)-- A group of Northern Virginia credit unions partnered last week to offer educators innovative ways to teach the principles of the new Economics and Personal Finance course in public schools.

The free training included:

  • An overview of the new requirement and content training
  • FREE educational resources available to educators
  • Games and activities designed to engage students

"I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of you who presented the training on Wednesday – it was great!" said Corinne Miller, Family And Consumer Sciences teacher at the Alice C. Tyler Village of Childhelp East. "I have so many new resources to use with my students now! I really enjoyed the opportunity to get out and talk with teachers from other school districts as well."

Virginia's public schools students are required under the state's Standards of Learning to receive instruction in general economics and personal finance.

"Credit unions remain committed to improving the financial literacy of our young people," said Patty Browne, of Arlington Community Federal Credit Union, one of the credit unions sponsoring the training session for educators. "This program provided our educators with the tools they need to make their personal finance lessons relevant and relatable."

Credit unions in the Hampton Roads area sponsored this same training session for teachers in the Hampton Roads/Tidewater area.