Check out this great article in NJ Business quoting Cathrine Ricker, Vice President of Affinity Federal Credit Union, NJCFE Partner.

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As many of you know, the Jump$tart Teacher Training Alliance has been developing a model for standardized teacher training in personal finance.  Development of the model was based on teacher training pilot programs in five cities.  Billy J. Hensley, Ph.D., Director of Education for the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) conducted research on the effectiveness of these pilot programs.

The report on Content-Based Teacher Professional Development is now available on the Jump$tart website.  The J$TTA is grateful for Dr. Hensley’s work and expertise, and also thanks NEFE for allowing him to conduct this research. Please watch for announcements about the new J$TTA Model in the near future.

The five founding members of the J$TTA (Council for Economic Education, Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, Junior Achievement USA, National Endowment for Financial Education, and the Take Charge America Institute at the University of Arizona) developed the model with valuable insight from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Education.  The five non-profit organizations now serve as the J$TTA national advisory committee and support the model jointly as the standard in personal finance teacher training.