Financial Literacy Facilitator Training (Newcomers) FL-101-NC-A

Financial Literacy Facilitator Training

Purpose of Course

This online course prepares frontline staff of non-profit organizatons serving newcomers to Canada to deliver an easy-to-use curriculum that covers a range of financial topics. The course provides an orientation to the content, facilitation basics and explores how to adapt the Prosper Canada Centre for Financial Literacy’s curriculum to the needs, context, interests and learning styles of the specific groups that you serve.

Content:

• Introduction
• Facilitation
• Module One: Exploring Your Relationship with Money
• Module Two: Income and Taxes
• Module Three: Budgeting
• Module Four: Banking and Financial Services
• Module Five: Saving
• Module Six: Credit Basics
• Module Seven: Credit Reporting
• Module Eight: Debt
• Module Nine: Consumerism
• Summary and Next Steps
• Post-evaluation

Upon completion of the training you will receive:

1. A curriculum in PDF format containing all nine modules
2. A PowerPoint presentation template
3. A certificate of completion

Criteria for Participation:

This course is open to front line staff that work with newcomers to Canada who are willing to:

• Participate in the full seven weeks (approx 2-4 hours per week) of online training, including discussion forums
• Provide post-course feedback to Prosper Canada regarding the online training experience

WHEN:

May 27, 2019 to July 12, 2019

COST:

FREE! This course is funded by IRCC. Regular course price is $250.

Registration Deadline: May 17, 2019

Register early! The course is limited to 45 participants.

By submitting your registration, you are acknowledging the following:

• I am a staff member or volunteer from a non-profit organization or a social service program (e.g. Social Assistance, Public Health, etc.) which serves newcomers to Canada.
• I understand that the Prosper Canada Centre for Financial Literacy’s curriculum and tools are for non-profit use only, and are not to be delivered or distributed for a fee.
• I have the consent of my organization’s senior management to participate in the Prosper Canada Centre for Financial Literacy’s Facilitator Training workshop.
• When copying or distributing any portion of the curriculum content, I will credit Prosper Canada, and provide a link to www.prospercanada.org when possible.

If you have any questions regarding the training, please email:

Janet Flynn at jflynn@prospercanada.org.

About Prosper Canada

Through its Financial Literacy Facilitator Training program, the Prosper Canada Centre for Financial Literacy, co-founded with the TD Bank Group, has equipped over 2,000 frontline community workers from 800 organizations and Indigenous communities across Canada to deliver high quality, community financial education tailored to the needs of low-income and vulnerable Canadians. Today, these individuals are equipped to provide financial education to thousands of Canadians annually in over 170 communities across Canada.

For more information about our organization visit our website at: www.prospercanada.org