​The Financial Education Public-Private Partnership, Financial Empowerment Network, and Jump$tart Washington Coalition invite you to submit a high school (filmmakers) produced short film on financial inclusion that focuses on how a bank account complements the financial decision-making process.
 
The Jump$tart Washington Coalition will award prizes to those student filmmaker (high school and college) teams whom the Bank On Film Fest judges deem as the most impactful.

Teachers please RSVP your intent to participate by March 19, 2020, by completing this survey:  Intent to Participate

Judge's Award – 1st Place Team, Cash Award Value $1,500
Judge's Award – 2nd Place Team Cash Award Value $1,000 
Judge’s Award – 3rd Place Team Cash Award Value $500

Bank On Film Fest Instructions
Student and Teacher Instructions
The deadline for your film submission is midnight on April 19, 2020. 

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The Financial Education Public-Private Partnership is proud to offer full scholarships on a first-come first-served basis to selected educators. Space is limited—so register today! 

What: FEPPP - Financial Education Teacher Training for grades K-12 Educators 
Where: Anacortes, WA
When: February 12, 2020
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

You will receive email notification as to whether or not you have been accepted to the program within one week of your completed registration.  

This training is a fun and informative one-day professional program designed to introduce you to the rewarding world of financial education. The training will explore “Entrepreneurship,” teaching methods, and age appropriate interactive participation lessons that change your students’ lives!

All accepted participants will receive:

• Full scholarship
• Financial education curriculum—$160.00 value—ready to use in your classroom
• Hands-on diverse training from hand-picked engaging financial education professionals
• Light breakfast and full lunch 
• Complimentary clock hours
• Reimbursement for substitute teachers (form will be provided at the training)

Register now!

Deadline for applications: January 26, midnight

This workshop and training are made available by the generous donation of Jump$tart and support of The Financial Education Public-Private Partnership (FEPPP). 

More information about FEPPP can be found at: http://www.feppp.org.
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Questions? Contact Tracy Godat, FEPPP Executive Director, Tracy.Godat@k12.wa.us.

OSPI has released the Perkins reserve grant for Precision Exams Industry Certifications!
Here is a link to the grant application from OSPI. 
​
​Applications are due Friday, December 13th.  
For new partners: 

• Call or email me for a quote (this will help you complete the amount on the application)
• Complete application
• Email application to Michelle Lewis @ michelle.lewis@k12.wa.us

For current partners:

• Complete application (contact me if you have questions on the amount)
• Email application to Michelle Lewis @ michelle.lewis@k12.wa.us

2020 is quickly approaching, which means it is once again time to start talking about the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship. WSOS now has TWO scholarship programs: Baccalaureate Scholarship and Career and Technical Scholarship (CTS).

Baccalaureate Scholarship
Our Baccalaureate Scholarship has been offered since 2012. It provides up to $22,500 in financial aid, plus support services for students planning to earn a bachelor’s degree in a high-demand STEM and health care major. These scholarship funds are flexible and can be used to cover tuition, fees and other indirect costs of attendance like housing, transportation, food and more.

This year, our application cycle will be shorter than usual, opening January 6 and closing February 6. We’re shortening the application window so that we can notify recipients of their selection sooner. We want the Opportunity Scholarship to be an important factor in the college decision-making process for more students. 

CTS
The CTS supports students planning to complete a certificate, apprenticeship or associate degree in a high-demand field trade, STEM or health care field like welding, manufacturing or information technology. It provides up to $1,500 per quarter plus support services for the duration of a students’ program. These funds are flexible and can be used to cover tuition, fees and other indirect costs of attendance like housing, transportation, food and more.

The CTS application will open in January for students looking for funding in spring quarter 2020. We need your help making sure students apply for the right program since we will have two applications open at the same time. Here's some tips to keep in mind while talking to students:

• If students think they may earn a bachelor’s degree after completing their program, they should apply for the Baccalaureate Scholarship - not CTS!
• Current high school seniors who want to attend a community college in the fall of 2020 should complete the late spring application (May - June), NOT the application open in January.

How can you help your students get these scholarships?
Here's how you can best support your students:

1. Learn more about each scholarship by visiting our website.
2. Be a champion. Most students apply on the advice of someone they know.
3. Participate in our Train the Trainer webinar. Near the beginning of each application cycle we will send out invites so that partners can stay up to date with the application requirements and get a walk through of the online application.
4. When each application opens, share this opportunity with teachers, coaches, families and community leaders so they can be champions too!

We’ll be in touch again as we get ready to open the 2020 Baccalaureate Scholarship application! If you have any questions in the meantime, please visit our website or reach out to us at awards@waopportunityscholarship.org.

​Completed nomination forms should originate from school districts and are due via email to cte@k12.wa.us no later than 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 20, 2019.

Program Details - PDF

Application - Word Document

Dear Members of the Washington State Legislature,

On behalf of Amazon, I’m sharing an exciting opportunity for high school seniors in your district!

Starting November 4, 2019, all high school students who have taken, or are currently enrolled in, AP computer science, and intend to study computer science in college, are eligible for the Amazon Future Engineer scholarship, which includes:

• $10,000/year scholarship towards an undergraduate degree in computer science, up to $40,000 for all four years;
• Guaranteed paid software engineering summer internship at Amazon after their freshman year of college.

Amazon will be granting 100 scholarships to high school seniors who graduate in 2020.  The application opens today, 11/4/19, and will close on January 17, 2020. 

Students can apply and learn more at the link: https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/amazonfutureengineer/

Please spread the word with your local school districts, computer science teachers and/or share on social media!

Please contact Guy Palumbo at guyp@amazon.com if you have questions.

If you’ve never participated in Money Smart Week and want to learn more, visit our website. Learn how you can be a supporter here!

Please be sure to sign up as a partner ASAP in the new Money Smart Communities web platform.

To sign up as a Partner, go to the Money Smart Week website; select GET INVOLVED; Sign up / Login and follow the steps to activate your account on the new site. Once you are registered you will have access to our Washington Community platform, and to partner training, planning sessions.

New this year is a request from Money Smart Week to assign “regional coordinators” serving as a single point of contact in their area.

We are seeking volunteers to serve as regional coordinators throughout Washington State – using general regions including:

1. Northern Coast (Ocean Shores and North)
2. Southern Coast (Aberdeen and South
3. Islands (Whidbey, San Juans)
4. North Sound (North of Seattle)
5. Peninsula (Gig Harbor, Vashon Island, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Pouslbo, Port Townshend, Sequim, etc.)
6. Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia
7. South Sound (South of Olympia)
8. Wenatchee area (including North to Winthrop
9. Central WA (Ellensburg, Yakima, Tricities, Walla Walla)
10. Okanogan County area (North of Spokane, East of Wenatchee)
11. Spokane
12. Pullman

Please let me know if you are interested in serving as a regional coordinator, or if you have a quality referral for us. I am happy to reach out to that person directly. Once you register as a partner, I will be able to set up our “regional coordinators” and assign them an admin role.

We are hosting a “MSW Basics” Webinar Friday, Nov. 1 from 1-2 p.m. We’ll walk you through how to sign up to be a partner, walk through the Washington Money Smart Week page, show you how to enter an event into the calendar, and (hopefully) show you where to find the graphics, fliers and marketing materials.

Here is the link to join us online – you will want to be on your computer for this one as we’ll be showing you Web sites. 

If you can only call in, we’ll do our best to be descriptive when we talk – here are the call in #s:

• +1-415-655-0001 US Toll
• +1-206-207-1700 United States Toll (Seattle)

Meeting number: 803 143 856
Meeting password: MSW2020-1

If you have any questions, please call or email me directly!

Melody Cahill, Money Smart Week Washington Co-Chair
Washington Department of Financial Institutions
Communications
360-902-8789
melody.cahill@dfi.wa.gov

The deadline to apply for this year's final Certified Teacher Program cohort is next Friday!
 
Want to become an ed-tech expert and meet other digital learning leaders from across North America? Through this self-paced professional development program , you'll demonstrate how you facilitate blended-learning resources in your classroom and earn a micro-credential, digital badge and PD certificate.  
 
Click here to submit an application for the fall cohort by September 20th.

To learn more, click here.