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You are here: Home / News / Successful RI K-12 Educator Training Hosted by New England Institute of Technology and Sponsored by Fidelity Investments on August 16, 2022

01.08.23 |

Successful RI K-12 Educator Training Hosted by New England Institute of Technology and Sponsored by Fidelity Investments on August 16, 2022

RI Jump$tart organized a highly-successful K-12 Educator Training that was hosted by New England Institute of Technology and sponsored by Fidelity Investments on August 16, 2022.

Program

Time Room Session/Presenter
8:00 – 

8:30 a.m.

8:35 – 

8:55 a.m. 

Boardroom

S330

Continental Breakfast  

Opening Greetings

⭐Travis Escobar, Community Relations Manager – Fidelity Investments

⭐Lisa Odom-Villella, Deputy Commissioner – RI Department of Education

⭐Doug Sherman, Provost – New England Institute of Technology

9:00 – 

9:10 a.m.

Boardroom

S330 

Logistics and Customizing your Agenda

RI Jump$tart Board 

9:15 – 10:45 a.m. Boardroom

S330

Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) 

Christian Sherill will be your guide as you experience and explore components of NGPF’s gold-star curriculum, training, and instructional practices. This is your destination for standalone and embedded Personal Finance course options, including Financial Algebra and Economics.

10:55 a.m.-

11:55 p.m.

Theatre/

Lecture Hall (1st Floor past bookstore)

Proficiency Assessment

Sam Saarinen, Edapt Technologies/Brown University, developed and is ready to field test in our classrooms (stipend provided) a research-based, statistically-validated pre- and post-assessment tool that measures and reports financial proficiency in accordance with RI’s 2024 graduation requirement. This tool meets all student data privacy requirements and was introduced to RI Superintendents in May 2022.

It integrates adaptive assessment and machine learning algorithms to–

  • Provide instant personalized feedback to students;
  • Suggest next step topics and missing prerequisite knowledge data for instructors; and
  • Compile user-friendly statistical impact and equity metrics.
12:05 – 

12:45 p.m.

12:40 – 12:50

Boardroom

S330

LUNCH 

Metaverse Preview

CLASSROOM 

S216

12:15-12:50 p.m.

Optional Lunch and Learn Session:

Personal Finance Standards conversation

 Dr. Margaret Brooks, president RI Council on Economic Education

12:55 – 1:20 p.m. 3 IN 30 / Partner Breakouts OR 30-Minute Timely Topics 

(Choose your own Adventure)

TBD Metaverse 

(Dave Martin, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology )

Preview this VR experience at https://www.fidelity.com/social-media/metaverse

The number of participants in this session will be limited.

Classroom S216

S216

Fly Initiative

(Partner-supported implementation model)

1:25 – 

1:55 p.m.

Theatre/

Lecture Hall (1st Floor past bookstore)

Cryptocurrency

(Kristy Croushore, Fidelity Investments)

Classroom

S216 

Junior Achievement of RI

(Partner-supported implementation model)

2:00 – 

2:30 p.m.

Theatre/

Lecture Hall (1st Floor past bookstore)

Inflation (video introduction)

(Dirk Hofschire, Fidelity Investments)

Classroom

S216

S216

S216

Invest in Girls – RI 

Contact and Interest Form

(Partner-supported implementation model)

RI students developed and launched the first-in-the nation for students by students Invest in Girls implementation model. They will recap their May presentation to the RI Superintendents’ Association.

2:35 – 

3:00 p.m.

Boardroom

S330

PACK-IT-UP, PAYMENT and PRIZES 

Here are Tweets (including photos) that RI Jump$tart and Dr. Margaret Brooks posted:

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559721005039472640

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559750287530893315

 

https://twitter.com/MargaretABrooks/status/1559743309261709314

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559740340252311558

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559735383918886912

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559726443021705217

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559716592270843905

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559699310949945345

 

https://twitter.com/MargaretABrooks/status/1559671321696653312

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559555829967323138

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559548052326830086

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559539748816961536

 

https://twitter.com/RIJumpStart/status/1559537038533214209

 

Tweet by JA RI President Lee Lewis: https://twitter.com/JAPrezRI/status/1559509005613023232

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