Idaho Financial Literacy Coalition

05/12/2026

Teaching Financial Literacy: A Speaker Series
Partnering Educators & Financial Professionals to Build Classroom‑Ready Financial Literacy

The IFLC is proud to present this collaborative series, designed to blend real‑world financial expertise with proven teaching strategies, ensuring financial education concepts are accurate, engaging, and effective for students.

Please share with educators that could benefit from this Virtual Series!

Educators will gain:
• Classroom‑ready financial literacy lessons and resources
• New strategies for teaching complex financial topics
• Real-world insights from financial pros to bring learning to life

Session topics include: Credit & Debt, Financial Decisions, Investing, Budgeting and more.

Program Dates & Format:
The Financial Education Teacher Speaker Series will be held virtually from 9am – 11am MT on June 11th, 18th, 25th, and July 9th and 16th.

Thank you to Modern Woodmen of America for investing in our educators, by providing professional development credit at no cost to the first 50 teachers that register. Thank you to Northwest Nazarene University for providing the professional development credits.

Registration Link in Bio
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Boise School District Nampa School District Kuna Jt. School District No. 3 .sde D91 Proud - Idaho Falls School District 91 Coeur d'Alene Public Schools

Our goal is to ensure that every Idahoan is prepared to make informed financial decisions through financial education programs.

04/27/2026

Hiring? Connect with Idaho Tech Talent – May 4 Tech Job Fair:

Technology talent supports nearly every industry, and this event is designed to make those connections efficient and meaningful.

Event Details JUMP (Jack’s Urban Meeting Place)
Boise 5th Floor – JUMP Room
Monday, May 4th 3:00 – 6:00 PM

This is a pop-up, networking-focused event—not a traditional job fair—designed to encourage real conversations and hiring outcomes.

No cost to participate: https://lnkd.in/gSxjQXHp

04/16/2026

Those smiles say it all...
What an honor it was to join Governor Brad Little in proclaiming April as Financial Literacy Month during our 16th Annual Piggy Bank Beauty Contest awards ceremony this week.

Our mission is to help Idaho educators and families grow, through financial literacy principles that are practical and applicable.

Thank you to our Partners at the Department of Finance and to Treasurer Ellsworth for making this a memorable experience for our winners and their families.

04/15/2026

We are so grateful for this honor and anticipate our Teacher-Speaker series (launching this summer), to bring this initiative to life!

ICYMI: Last month, we announced our 2026 Meta Data Center Community Action Grant recipients!

Through our Data Center Community Action Grants program, Meta provides funding for nonprofits and schools — addressing critical community needs by putting technology to use for community benefit, enabling people to build strong, sustainable communities, improving local STEAM education — to support the long-term vitality of Ada County. Learn more on this year’s projects:

Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County: To provide 500 students across five school-based sites with portable, classroom-ready STEAM kits that deliver consistent, high-quality lessons in engineering, science and coding.

Children's Museum of Idaho: To enhance the Reach for the Stars planetarium with interactive light-based exhibits.

College of Western Idaho: To expand digital and AI literacy for Ada County adults through community-based classes and library partnerships that build workforce-aligned skills and online safety awareness.

Falcon Ridge Public Charter: To establish a STEM learning lab where 6th-8th-grade students utilize drones and 3D printers to design, prototype and present solutions for real-world challenges.

Fremont Middle School: To advance student engineering skills by equipping the robotics program with a professional competition field for VEX V5 challenges and regional tournament participation.

Giraffe Laugh: To empower low-income children ages 0-7 with foundational STEM education through updated digital microscopes, aircraft engineering kits and inquiry-based learning tools.

Idaho Financial Literacy Coalition: To deliver virtual professional development to Idaho educators by connecting them with financial experts to strengthen statewide instruction in personal finance and cybersecurity.

Kuna Kavemen: To equip students with advanced physical science tools to visualize and apply complex concepts like kinematics, radiation and atomic structure through inquiry-based experimentation.

LEARN Idaho: To provide older veterans and their caregivers with peer-to-peer digital navigation support and AI-enhanced training to improve health care access and reduce scam vulnerability.

Kuna School District Community Food Pantry at Ross: To sustain and expand the Weekend Backpack Program, providing over 600 local students facing food insecurity with reliable, nutritious meals during non-school hours.

St. Luke's Health System: To launch an innovative STEAM Lab for pediatric patients, utilizing VR headsets and 3D printers to provide high-quality educational engagement and emotional healing during treatment.

04/02/2026

Applications are now Open!

Teachers, sponsors, speakers, exhibitors, and other supporters of financial education will once again gather together on November 6 – 8, 2026 for the 17th annual Jump$tart National Educator Conference at the Ga***rd Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, to expand the actionable impact of effective financial education in the classroom.

Jump$tart NEC Teacher Scholarship Application - Apply today:

Jump$tart Coalition

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03/30/2026

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03/27/2026

🐷🚨⏰️March 27th is the last day to vote for your favorite 4th & 5th grade entries. Please share with friends and family to support the "piggy" you like best!

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03/20/2026

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN:
NGPF Financial Literacy Month Virtual Conference - April 11, 2026

Celebrate Financial Literacy Month with NGPF! Join in for a full day of learning designed around your goals, your classroom, and your own financial confidence.

Throughout the day, sessions are offered along three pathways so you can build a conference experience that fits exactly where you are: whether you're New to NGPF, building Content Confidence, or exploring Classroom Tools & Resources — or mix and match across all three!

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03/18/2026

IT'S TIME TO VOTE!
Congratulations to our finalists! Vote for your favorite 4th & 5th grade entry from now until March 27th. You can vote once per day, so don't forget to come back and support the "piggy" you like best!

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03/09/2026

Now through March 11th...

Celerating our 16th year, the Idaho Financial Literacy Coalition (IFLC) is hosting our annual Piggy Bank Beauty Contest, inviting Idaho’s 3rd – 6th grade students to create and/or decorate a piggy bank using virtually any materials and their own ingenuity!

 Entries will be accepted by March 11th, 2026
• Categories for each entry will be based on the student’s grade in school (3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade & 6th Grade)
• One entry per child in grades 3-6 from any Idaho school district, charter or private school, childcare facility or after school program
• Each entrant and their teacher will receive a grade-appropriate financial education lesson along with an engaging activity
• Ten (10) semi-finalists in each category will be chosen by March 4, 2026
• Voting will take place online from March 6-20, 2026 and one winner will be selected from each category

Educators: Comment SWEET 16 to get a link to lesson content and entry flyer for your students!

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