Next Gen Personal Finance is committed to improving teacher knowledge and confidence as a way to increase financial education in K-12 schools. According to a 2009 study conducted by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), 89 percent of K-12 teachers agree that students should either take a financial education course or pass a competency test for high school graduation. However, relatively few teachers believe they are adequately prepared to teach personal finance topics. Researchers also found that having taken a personal finance course for credit is an important predictor of teaching personal finance. And further, teachers who had taken a college course with financial education-related topics were 50 percent more likely to rate themselves as competent to teach financial literacy subject-matter. In addition, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) cited teacher training as a critical strategy in its recent publication, Advancing K-12 Financial Education: A Guide for Policymakers. The CFPB also noted that effective teacher professional development is essential to prepare educators for teaching K-12 financial education that meet state standards and requirements in the classroom. Through our training, we will upskill educators to increase their knowledge and confidence, so they in turn, are able to bring personal finance content and
skills to their students.

Instructor Name: Mason Butts

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