Financial Literacy Facilitator Training (Online) FL-101-E

The Prosper Canada Centre for Financial Literacy and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are pleased to invite you to participate in its online

Financial Literacy Facilitator Training

Purpose of Course

The training is an online course that prepares frontline staff 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
• Quiz and Post-evaluation

Upon completion of the training you will receive:

1. The curriculum in PDF format containing all nine modules
2. Access to online evaluation tools
3. A PowerPoint presentation template
4. A certificate of completion

Criteria for Participation:

This course is open to frontline staff that work with Canadians who are new to Canada and 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
• Deliver a workshop within six months of receiving the training to at least 15 newcomers to Canada

WHEN:

January 16, 2017 - March 3, 2017

COST:

Free: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) funded training

Registration Deadline: January 9, 2017

Register Early: Enrolment is limited!

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 vulnerable populations or populations living on low incomes.
• 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 the Prosper Canada Centre for Financial Literacy, and provide a link to www.prospercanada.org when possible.

If you have any questions regarding the training, please email Jenni Bolton at jbolton@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 trained 2,800+ community workers from over 900 organizations in 200 communities across Canada to deliver quality, accessible financial literacy education tailored to the needs of vulnerable Canadians.

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