BBI co-sponsors FDIC Money Smart Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Wednesday, September 19, 2008

Description:

The Money Smart Financial Education Program is a copyright-free curriculum designed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.  Train-the-Trainer is designed to train interested parties in teaching financial education to their constituencies.  The Money Smart curriculum includes an extensive section on “Accommodating Students with Disabilities.”

Cost: Free.

Registration:

Seating limited to the first 30 people!
RSVP required by Monday, September 8, 2008.

Where:

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where: South Side Innovation Center, Syracuse, NY 13205

Attendees:

Disability advocates who work as benefits and employment / vocational specialists, adult services consultants, career resource coordinators, program directors, financial educator coordinators, and psychiatric center representatives at local disability advocacy organizations.

Schedule:

Complimentary breakfast and lunch is served. The training begins promptly at 9 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.

Training:

The trainers travel from FDIC’s New York Regional Office on Exchange Place in NYC at no cost.  FDIC’s sole criteria is that a minimum of 15 people register.  The agenda encompasses a mixture of group discussions, class exercises, role-playing, introductions, ice-breakers.

Outcomes:

Attendees are awarded a Certificate of Completion by the FDIC representatives afterwards.  Participants become certified to teach FDIC’s curriculum, and are now in a position to go out and teach financial education/literacy and asset-building principles to help their constituencies achieve economic sustenance and self-sufficiency.

Future Workshops:

To be notified of future workshops, you can request to be placed on a waiting list.

Contact For More Information:

Me’Shae Rolling, BBI – Syracuse University
Web: www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/

Sponsored by:

START-UP NY, a project of Onondaga County and its partners:

  • Syracuse University
  • Burton Blatt Institute (BBI)
  • Whitman School of Management
  • A Regional Initiative Supporting Empowerment (ARISE)
  • Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
  • And other community partners.