(3 Graduate Semester Credits) This comprehensive course will provide an overview of financial literacy and provide tools you can use to help you build a plan for your own personal financial fulfillment if you choose to do so. It will provide an overview of the most important elements and considerations that go into putting together a financial game plan and building a financially literate mindset. You will come away with an understanding of the whole picture of financial literacy, important vocabulary, how to build and execute a plan, money management, investing, budgeting, debt reduction, tricks to get you through pitfalls, and show you how to build a structured long-term financial plan as your first step. You will also come away with advice on how to really dig into the details with further study if you choose to do so.
What financial literacy is, its key elements, and its methods and tools for success
Why it matters, particularly for the overall wellness of teachers and educators
The importance of financial intelligence when it comes to financial literacy, and how improving both financial intelligence and literacy can help you create a life-long plan for abundance, security, and freedom
The skillsets and important tools of the financially literate, including budgeting, investing, debt reduction, and reducing risk
How to build a long-term financial success plan
Course includes 20 high-quality tools, templates, & student resources.
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$359
Includes a $149 One-time fee now + $70/Credit when you finish your course. There are no other fees.
Model Teaching partners with regionally accredited university partners across the country to provide graduate-level credit courses to teachers and educators for their relicensing, salary advancement, and lane-change needs. All Model Teaching university-partnered courses provide access to semester credits, with an official transcript and letter grade – a credit type accepted by most states, school districts, and licensing authorities. Please review and confirm your specific district, state, or licensing authorities’ guidelines and requirements prior to registering. Also, feel free to chat with us or submit a ticket if you have questions about your specific continuing education requirements and our courses.
About Our University Partners
You may choose any of these partners for your graduate-level course or your Build Your Own Credit Bundle. All partners are regionally accredited universities.
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a public, regional university originally chartered in 1963. SNHU offers continuing education courses to educators through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Continuing Education credits through Southern New Hampshire University are offered as graduate-level professional development courses and indicated as Graduate Professional development on the University transcript. Offered as graduate-level, these courses are intended for recertification, salary advancement or lane changes, and continuing education for teachers and educators.
Southern New Hampshire University is regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
Augustana University (AU)
Augustana University (AU) is a private, regionally accredited university founded in 1860. Augustana offers continuing education courses to educators through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Model Teaching’s graduate credit courses provided through AU are courses that fall within the EDUC 600 course number range and are designed for continuing education. These courses can be applied to professional development, salary advancement, or your teaching license renewal.
9 credits of coursework through Model Teaching can also be applied toward Augustana’s Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree as part of Augustana’s learner-designed concentration.
AU is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
UMass Global (UMG)
University of Massachusetts Global (UMass Global), is a nonprofit affiliate of University of Massachusetts, is fully accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). UMass Global (formerly Brandman University) offers nationally recognized academic programs for the nontraditional learner fully online, on ground at more than 25 campuses throughout California and Washington and through UMass Global MyPath, its self-paced online competency-based education. Model Teaching-partnered Continuing Education credits through UMass Global are offered as graduate-level professional development courses and indicated as Graduate Professional development on University transcripts. These university-credit courses are intended for recertification, salary advancement or lane changes, and continuing education for teachers and educators.
UMass Global is regionally accredited by the WSCUC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
University of the Pacific (UOP)
The University of the Pacific is California’s oldest private chartered university and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASCUC) (https://www.wscuc.org/). University of the Pacific offers continuing education courses through private partnerships such as Model Teaching. Model Teaching’s graduate-level credit courses provided through University of the Pacific are designed primarily for professional development/salary advancement & license renewal purposes.
University of the Pacific is regionally accredited through the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASCUC) (https://www.wscuc.org/).
Valley City State University (VCSU)
Valley City State University (VCSU) is a public, regional university originally founded in 1890. VCSU offers continuing education courses to educators through private partnerships such as Model Teaching, designed primarily for professional development/salary advancement & license renewal purposes.
Valley City State University is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), formerly the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
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