Financial Literacy Teachers are invited to join a conversation to share resources and sequencing ideas as a new semester/quarter/quint begins.

January’s Monthly Meet-Up will be a conversation for those who are new to teaching financial literacy in Saskatchewan. Get planning ideas, resources, and projects to support financial literacy outcomes. Teachers with all levels of experience are welcome to join the conversation to ask questions and share ideas.

December’s Monthly Meet-Up will focus on fun financial literacy projects that individaul students and middle years and secondary students can take part in. Teachers will learn about the parameters of the projects, classroom resources, exemplars, and curricular connections. Parents and home-based educators are welcome to join!

Timothy Eremondi from the Canada Revenue Agency will be presenting this introduction to taxes in Canada. Content is connected to outcomes in Financial LIteracy 20/30 courses, and it is very relevant to Career Work Exploration and Life Transitions students. Two sessions will be offered:Dec. 14 11 AM – 12 PMor Dec. 15 1:15 – 2:15 PM Topics include: • The Canadian Tax System• Social Insurance Numbers (SIN)• What happens to your pay cheque?• Understanding your T4 slip• Tax credits for students• Ways to do your taxes• Digital Services• Scams This session will not be recorded.

Timothy Eremondi from the Canada Revenue Agency will be presenting this introduction to taxes in Canada. Content is connected to outcomes in Financial LIteracy 20/30 courses, and it is very relevant to Career Work Exploration and Life Transitions students. Two sessions will be offered:Dec. 14 11 AM – 12 PMor Dec. 15 1:15 – 2:15 PM Topics include: • The Canadian Tax System• Social Insurance Numbers (SIN)• What happens to your pay cheque?• Understanding your T4 slip• Tax credits for students• Ways to do your taxes• Digital Services• Scams This session will not be recorded.

Workshop Learning Outcomes: Teachers (middle years and secondary) attending the CFEE National WebPD Financial Literacy Webinar will: obtain access to a host of free resources and programs to support in-class instruction learn about what’s happening in financial education across the country hear the rationale for why it is so important to prepare our youth for their financial futures learn about ways that financial learning can be integrated into virtually any curriculum subject area hear of other professional development opportunities available including the highly acclaimed program from Intuit – Design for Delight receive information on the Regional Webinars and other webinars being organized to support financial educators identify “enterprising skills” that can be applied to any kind of venture or challenge by anyone have an opportunity to join the Leaders In Financial Education Network (LIFE Network) to receive information on new developments, resources, and programs in financial education through participation in one of the Regional Workshops learn valuable lessons from Gordon Stein, author of the “Cashflow Cookbook” on easy ways that you, your family, and your students can save money

Most Canadians understand the need to save more, spend less, and manage their money.  So why are more Canadian women struggling with their finances than men? This one-hour webinar has been designed specifically for women who want to learn more about managing money and building saving habits.  This free virtual event will explain the challenges to saving money, why you need to save more money as a woman, and steps you can take today, no matter your financial situation, to build your savings and financial resilience.

The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education (www.cfee.org) is organizing a virtual workshop designed for newcomers and recent immigrants to Canada designed to help newcomers adapt to the realities of life in Canada, with a financial focus. Our goal for the workshop is to help participants to: think about financial matters in a Canadian context (to identify what is the same, and what may be different from a participant’s country of origin); reflect on life events and the financial decisions that relate to those events; and practice the appropriate vocabulary and English language terms around money and financial decisions in Canada. This workshop is for those that have achieved Canada Language Benchmark (CLB) 4 to 6. Topics include: Budgeting Beyond Basics Buying or Leasing (Houses, Cars) Saving for Education Taxation in Canada, Filing Income Taxes Basic Investments

Join the PennyDrops team for this event with teachers from across Canada! “This event is being created in order to engage high school teachers and administrators in a discussion about the importance of teaching financial literacy to students. Through presentations and panels, we hope to provide a variety of perspectives on the current situations unfolding in high school classrooms across Canada. In discussions involving current teachers, we hope to brainstorm a few different ways to bring it into the typical high school student’s education, including through PennyDrops’ peer-to-peer mentoring programs.The target audience for this event is high school teachers from multiple provinces who teach relevant subjects, such as Personal Finance, Civics, or Home Economics. It would also be beneficial to have unique perspectives from school administrators, such as Principals/Headmasters, Directors of Education, and more.” For more info, please email [email protected]

Join SaskMoney and Saskatchewan educators online at 3:45 PM on October 13th for a quick overview of engaging inquiry-based projects for middle years or secondary students. Resources and planning tips will be shared! Although our target audience is teachers, parents and community organizations are welcome to join as well. Please email [email protected] for an invitation and passcode to this Zoom meeting.