Financial Literacy Graduate Course for Educators

Teach Financial Literacy Graduate Course
Offered June 30 to August 22, 2025

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Scholarships for 3 Graduate-Level Credits are Available for Middle & High School Educators from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

These scholarships are generously sponsored by the Rauch Foundation, which supports and promotes financial preparedness of rising generations of students by supporting schools in the delivery of financial literacy programs.

About the Financial Literacy Graduate Course

The goal of this online, asynchronous course is to increase the financial literacy knowledge and instructional capability of educators through targeted training on personal finance topics. Due to the generosity of the Rauch Foundation, twenty scholarships are available for our 8-week graduate course that will be offered from June 30 to August 22, 2025.

These scholarships are only available for middle and high school educators from the following states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

The deadline for scholarship applications and all required supporting materials is June 19, 2025. Scholarships will be awarded on a rolling admissions basis.

For registration questions contact: cfl@champlain.edu.

Apply for a Scholarship

To apply for a scholarship for this class, fill out the application. 

  1. Click Apply for Admission to create an account (select Returning User if you already have an account). 
  2. Once you are logged in, click the button Start a New Application.
  3. You will be asked a series of questions:
    • What type of program are you applying to? From the drop-down menu, select Understanding How to Teach Financial Literacy. 
    • Program of Interest. From the drop-down menu, select Teach Financial Literacy.  
    • Term. From the drop-down menu, select 2025 Summer 2: June 30 to August 22. 

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  4. After you have completed these application sections, click the Start Application button to move forward.
  5. From here you will complete a variety of questions related to your demographics and your teaching experiences. Click the Save and Continue button in each section.
  6. Once all sections are completed, click the Save and Review Application button.
  7. After reviewing your information, click Submit Your Application. 
  8. You will be notified of the status of your application no later than June 20, 2025.

NOTE: Your scholarship application is not complete, and will not be reviewed, prior to our college receiving a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree transcript from the college or university you attended (you only need to supply one degree transcript if you have both a BA and MA). Our admissions department is required to ensure that you are eligible to receive graduate level credit. It can take days or a week for your postsecondary degree institution to send these to our admissions department. You must contact your college or university and request that your transcripts be sent to Champlain College Online. The transcripts must be sent by your degree granting institution directly to Champlain College Online, either digitally to cco@champlain.edu, by fax (802-419-5321), or by mail (Champlain College Online, 375 Maple Street, Burlington, VT 05402).

FAQs

  • This session of the Teach Financial Literacy Graduate Course is only available to Middle and High School educators from the following states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
  • The deadline for submitting the application and all supporting materials is June 20, 2025.

  • This 8-week course is a graduate level course titled “Teach Financial Literacy”.

    Course Title: Teach Financial Literacy GEED-680

    Course Description: In this course, you will explore personal finance and financial literacy, and models for integrating financial literacy into the middle and high school curriculum. You will reflect upon your own understanding and practices of personal finance. You will then examine existing curricula on the topic, review articles and online resources, and listen to presentations from experts in the field. As a final capstone project, you will use National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education to design an Action Plan focused on integrating financial literacy knowledge and skills into your curriculum. Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive 3 graduate level credits. In order for the college to award these graduate credits, you will need to provide an official transcript that proves you are eligible to take a graduate course. For teachers who are in the process of completing their graduate degree, this is a great way to obtain an elective course credit.
  • The Financial Literacy Graduate Course for Educators is currently only being offered in an online, asynchronous format meaning that you are not required to “attend class” at set times. Students have deadlines throughout the week for discussion posts and homework assignments, but you have the freedom to log on and complete your coursework wherever and whenever it’s convenient for you. Subject matter experts will have available office hours each week. Although the class is asynchronous, all course assignments have specific calendar deadlines.
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