Keys to Financial Success August 8-10, 2023

This professional development opportunity is offered to Washington state educators looking for a comprehensive personal finance course with standards based, classroom tested active participation materials that you can introduce in your classrooms this fall. The Keys to Financial Success is a turn-key program that can be implemented this fall. This in-person event will be held August 8,9,10, 2023 in Tumwater, WA at ESD 113, 6005 Tyee Dr SW, Tumwater, WA 98512.

The Financial Education Public-Private Partnership (FEPPP) is partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to offer a professional development program developed and presented by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the University of Delaware Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship. Washington is one of two states outside of Delaware invited to send educators to this program.

This professional development program acquaints educators with the 34-lesson Keys to Financial Success high school personal finance program.   Participants will attend a one-hour virtual introductory webinar session July 13, 2023, at 4:00 pm.  Participants will have 3.5 weeks to complete assignments through interactive and video modules that acquaint them with the Keys curriculum.

Composed of 34 lessons designed to help educators teach high school students about personal finance using active and collaborative learning, Keys to Financial Success is a comprehensive plan for a semester or yearlong personal finance course. Newly revised in 2020, Keys to Financial Success teaches students the knowledge, skills, and processes required to make sound financial decisions and manage their own personal finances. The lessons engage students in critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making. And, research shows that the Keys model increases the average high school student's personal finance knowledge by over 60 percent.

If you want to hear what teachers say about the Keys curriculum and training program? Click below to check out this short YouTube video at: https://youtu.be/3m_4e4y-u40 .