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WORKFORCE LITERACY AND FINANCIAL LITERACY
With North Carolina’s unemployment rate nearing double digits, the next edition of Education Forum, Saturday, May 2, at 9 AM, promises timely insights and innovative tools to navigate and adapt to new economic realities.
Host Diane Lucas leads a panel of experts--including instructors and professors in higher education, community leaders and practitioners--in a discussion centering on such topics as work-related learning--the skills needed to get or retain a job--and financial literacy, a lifelong process of academic and practical components for assessing the right short-, medium- and long-term financial strategies.
Featured Panels:
Panel One
- Alice Denson, President of North Carolina Literacy Association
- Dr. Judy Cheatham, Director of the Teaching English to Other Languages Program, Greensboro College
- Pastor Michael Evans, Founder, Encouraging Word Church
- Lindsey Embrey, Senior Coordinator, Pathways to Employment, Central Piedmont Community College
Panel Two
- Bertha Gorham, National Technical Assistance & Evaluation Coordinator, Motheread
- Jennifer Johnson, Early Childhood Program Head, Lateral Entry Program, Vance-Granville Community College
- Sue Russell, President, Child Care Services Association, Chapel Hill, NC
Panel Three
- John Maron, Director, Investor Education Program, NC Department of the Secretary of State
- Sandy Wheat, Executive Director, National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
- Leigh Brady, SECU, Senior Vice President, Education Services
- Tracey Greggs, Chief K-12 Social Studies, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Carolinas Credit Union Foundation (CCUF) and UNC-TV team up to make Biz Kid$ resources available to school media centers. In this fun, fast-paced public television series, kids teach kids about money and entrepreneurship. Biz Kid$ illustrates the importance of saving, budgeting, investing and giving back to the community. Click here to get a free Biz Kid$ kit for your school.
For more information about Biz Kid$ workshops offered by CCUF and/or to request DVDs with all the Biz Kid$ season one and two episodes, plus a Biz Kid$ curriculum CD, contact Shannon Roley, Carolinas Credit Union Foundation: sroley@carolinasfoundation.org or 336-217-4805.
To learn about the Biz Kid$ workshops and other workshops that are offered at UNC-TV, contact Pamela Hines, Prek-12 Director at phines@unctv.org or 919-549-7149 or click here to request a workshop.
Production and educational outreach funding is generously provided to Biz Kid$ by a coalition of America’s Credit Unions.
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