Professional Development for Financial Literacy

You have certainly heard the saying, “You get what you pay for.” Although this is not always 100% true, in the field of financial services, paying for objective, fee-only, experienced information and advice allows you to clearly understand the agenda of the provider. In D&A’s case, our mission is socio-economic transformation through quality, objective personal financial education (PFE). In other words, we hope to change the future of our students, communities, state, and nation through PFE.

You should pay the tuition for this course if you want:

• a deep understanding of personal finances,
• instruction from award-winning professionals,
• to learn how to motivate your students to become financially secure
• to help develop the thinking capacity of your students
• to improve your instruction and probably score high in the T-TESS rubric
• to develop a personal plan for becoming financially secure and independent

 All PD courses begin one week before the term starts. You will receive your license then. You must decide how you will take the course. There are two options:

1. Independent study, working at your own pace and asking for guidance only when needed.

2. You can work with a coach/mentor as the course engages your students. You must keep pace and we estimate it will require about two hours a week to keep-up. Once a week a thirty plus minute “office hour” Zoom session will be held with other teachers in the “class.” If you intend to participate in the Zoom discussions you will be expected to share your experiences with others.

No, but, like your students, you want to encourage creativity, thinking, problem-solving and communication. Having a coach reviewing your thoughts should improve your professional abilities.

The material in all Real Life courses is copyrighted but your PD course consists of the materials in the PFL&E for Real Life course. The focus of the PD is through your gaining understanding of Personal Finance & Economics, you will implement Bloom’s Taxonomy of higher level instruction, understand T-TESS rubric and gain understanding from materials developed from the Foundation of Critical Thinking. By practicing with your students, they and you should become better critical thinkers and problem-solvers and be more prepared to be of value in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

The cost varies based on the course, but the licenses can be as little as $30/student. This is probably less than what it would cost you photocopying charges to copy “free” materials from the internet. Complete CONTACT US form.

Complete the CONTACT US form and you will receive the license to start within 48 hours of receipt of your payment.