Money Smarts for Teachers

MoneySmarts
for Teachers

LifeSmarts
for Students

Classroom
Presentations

Financial
Fitness Fair

For this year's MoneySmarts conference, we were thrilled to present Bobbie McCrackin, Vice President and Public Affairs Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Ms. McCrakin directs the Bank’s external relations, which include media relations, publications, Web sites, conferences, and outreach activities such as speeches, economic education, and community service. She also oversees the Bank’s research library.

Ms. McCrackin joined the Atlanta Fed as an economist in 1982 and has published articles on the southeastern economy, the economics of education, and the history of the Fed.

In addition to her Bank responsibilities, she is also active in the community. She is vice chair of the board of directors of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service. She serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Georgia as vice chair of the education committee, vice chair of the finance committee and a member of the executive committee. Ms. McCrackin is a member of the American Economic Association and the National Association of Business Economics.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ms. McCrackin earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in economics, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She studied in the Soviet Union as a Fulbright Scholar and later earned a master’s degree from Bryn Mawr College and a doctorate from Emory University. She has also completed Northwestern University’s Advanced Executive Program.

Ms. McCrackin is a member of the American Economic Association and the National Association of Business Economics.

Other Additions in 2008

LifeSmarts Tech Lab

The new LifeSmarts Tech Lab helps students learn about current technology topics and
provides educators with tools to teach about technology in the classroom and in extracurricular settings. Tech Lab topics include privacy and security, telephone technology, broadband,

e-communications, cyber-ethics, and more.

Speed Teaching

You’ve heard of “speed dating” – now you can participate in a session where best practices will be discussed by previous NH Jump$tart Teacher of the Year recipients. Once the bell rings at the end of one segment, then you’re off to listen to the other segment. (Don’t worry, we’ll have cookies just prior to this session so you should have enough sugar to make you go!)

Investment Simulation
After three years of research and development, we have released the first version of our high school investment simulation. You will have the opportunity to actually work though the simulation just like your students.

MoneySmarts for Teachers

May 8, 2008

This informative, FREE, one-day conference helps educators increase their personal financial literacy skills to enhance current curriculum, or incorporate and implement curriculum, such as the High School Financial Planning Program. You'll enjoy a variety inspiring keynote speakers and topics, and the opportunity to network with other educators from the Granite State!

To help make this day possible for as many educators as possible, NH Jump$tart has made the following accomodations:

Funding for your substitute teacher!

NH Jump$tart will supply substitute teacher reimbursement for you or your school.

Free overnight accommodations for teachers traveling more than 60 miles to attend the conference!

Conference materials, luncheon, and up to five personal development hours.

To view pictures of the 2008 conference click here

This Year's Workshops:

MoneySkill Curriculum

Susie Irvine, President and CEO of the AFSA Education Foundation

MoneySKILL®, a free online interactive online personal finance course designed for high school students. The 34-module curriculum teaches personal finance concepts in the areas of income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and risk management. Instructor will walk teachers through the registration process, adding a class and students, selecting specific modules and their order of study, and the electronic grade book.

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Schemes, Scams & Swindles – the affects of ID theft and how to avoid them

David Rienzo, Esq. Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau -

Office of the NH Attorney General

Come and here how identity theft can happen, what it can do to your life, and what steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim

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The Basics of Savings & Investing

Don Blandin, President & CEO, Investors Protection Trust

The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020 guide is an investor education and protection teaching guide. It was developed for high school teachers and is entirely focused on investor education and protection. The Basics guide is divided into four units plus an appendix: "Getting Started", "Introduction to Financial Markets", "Making a Financial/Investment Plan", and "Investment Fraud."

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Invest Ed- STARS

(Students Tracking and Researching the Stock Market)

Jo Ann Murray, InvestEd Project Director

The Oklahoma Securities Commission and the University of Oklahoma Outreach sponsor Invest Ed™ STARS, a free, unbiased high school investment education program. Program goals include teaching the importance of investing as a long-range tool and securities fraud awareness. Students sharpen research, analysis, writing, math, and critical-thinking skills by creating and tracking an online portfolio. Teachers do not have to be investment savvy to successfully facilitate this program.

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The High School Financial Planning Program

Ann Hamilton and Kathy Jablonski,

UNH Cooperative Extension Educators

Learn how to include this curriculum in your classroom. The High School Financial Planning Program has been developed to alert, inform and educate high school students about sound money management skills and financial planning. This session is designed for teachers new to the High School Financial Planning Program

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Click here to download a PDF version of the 2008 Conference brochure

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