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Projects
The Virginia Jump$tart Coalition is actively engaged in the following projects.
Teacher Scholarships to the 2012 Jump$tart Coalition National Educators' Conference in Chicago
The 2012 Jump$tart Coalition National Educator Conference, the first national conference designed for classroom teachers and fully dedicated to personal finance education, was held this year in Chicago, Illinois from November 2-4. The conference supports the teaching of personal finance by:
- Demonstrating financial education resources—in breakout sessions and the exhibit hall—that teachers could begin to use immediately.
- Providing participants with personal development—financial education that they can use themselves.
- Providing teachers with a nationwide network of colleagues.
- Treating teachers as valued professionals and demonstrating industry support for classroom education.
- Subsidizing the cost for teachers to attend the conference at a time when school budgets are stretched extremely thin.
The Virginia Jump$tart coalition provided scholarships of up to $750 (including the $395 registration fee) for four Virginia teachers to attend the Jump$tart National Educator Conference. The registration fee covered two nights of lodging, conference meals and more! Check back mid-2013 for scholarship information for the 2013 conference.
2012 Virginia Financial Literacy Summit was held on October 8, 2012
This year's theme was "The Game of Life." The event focused on financial literacy and planning skills that teachers need as well as classroom resources. Attendees received tools to help students with the high school graduation requirement in economics and personal finance that took effect during the fall of 2011. An agenda and additional event details are available on the registration site.
- Date: Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
- Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Location: Richmond Marriott Hotel
- Cost: FREE event, including complimentary continental breakfast and lunch ($50 value for food/beverage alone!)
- Audience: Participants to include up to 250 middle and high school administrators and teachers
- Sponsors: We'd like to thank our 2012 sponsors for their generous support of this program! Gold: Wells Fargo Foundation, Virginia Society of CPAs; Silver: Genworth Financial, Virginia Bankers Association; Tote Bag: Credit Unions Care Foundation of Virginia; Bronze: Capital One, Virginia Credit Union and NSWC Federal Credit Union.
This special Summit is designed to offer Virginia's school systems ongoing resources and teaching models for integrating the economics and financial literacy education requirement in the classroom.
Please contact Planning Committee Chair Cherry Hedges of the Virginia Credit Union at Turn on JavaScript! or (804) 560-5691 if you have any questions about this event, are interested in sponsorship opportunities or are interested in getting involved in the Virginia Jump$tart Coalition.
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