Oklahoma CU Financial Literacy Council

Our Mission..."Increase the financial literacy of Oklahomans".

Goals:

Network with Oklahoma credit union peers to share best practices and financial education resources.
Work together to offer financial education to credit union members and potential members in a larger venue to help differentiate credit unions from banks.
Assist smaller credit unions that do not have the resources to launch their own financial literacy programs.
Have Oklahoma credit union report their financial education activities on the CUNA and NYIB networks so our combined efforts can be used when lobbying.
Let our credit union peers around the country know that Oklahoma credit unions are participating in educating our members.

Upcoming Events

Third Quarter Summer Meeting:

TBA!

Project for Financial Literacy Empowerment
Sponsored by the Oklahoma CU Literacy Council and the Credit Union Association of Oklahoma

Project Mission

Through the Project for Financial Literacy Empowerment credit unions can help schools, teachers and students meet the requirements of HB 1476-Oklahoma's Passport to Financial Literacy. Through cooperative efforts credit unions around the state can provide assistance by:

Promoting financial literacy education in the classrooms, including providing classroom assistance to teachers;
Providing financial literacy teacher training to area schools; and
Using the CUAOk website as a source for training materials, links to other websites, and sharing talking points.

If you are interested in participating, please contact either:

Cynthia Campbell, Tinker Federal Credit Union, Chairman - campbellc@tinkerfcu.org
Nathan Gillen, WEOKIE Credit Union, Vice Chairman - nathang@weokie.org
Kim Patrick, Credit Union Association of Oklahoma, Council Liaison - kpatrick@okleague.org

CUNA 2010 Governmental Affairs Conference

To see the message the National Youth Involvement Board shared with participants at CUNA's 2010 Governmental Affairs Conference, click here.

FACTs about Oklahoma's Passport to Financial Literacy

HB 1476 created The Passport to Financial Literacy Act of 2007. This law requires that Oklahoma students beginning with the 7th grade in 2008-2009 shall fulfill the requirements in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma. There are 14 standards, click link more additional information www.sde.state.ok.us.

Oklahoma is 1 of only 14 states to mandate financial education
Oklahoma is the ONLY state that has a learning module on the risks of gambling
Oklahoma is one of a few states that have a learning module on charitable giving and bankruptcy

Education Reporting Links

CUNA Reporting (Financial education where the audience is ADULTS)
This site also contains resources for youth, adult, underserved education.

NYIB (National Youth Involvement Board) Reporting (Financial education where the audience is Youth)
This site also houses resources and presentations that are shared among those in the credit union industry that focus on educating youth.

Personal Finance Interactive A great Forum / Blog / Networking site for Financial Educators in credit unions (nationwide)

Articles on Financial Literacy

Read the Wall Street Journal's Article- Credit Unions: A Better Bet Thank Banks!

Website Resources

Education (OCEE) www.econisok.org
The Oklahoma Council on Economic Education is a 501(c)3, not-for-profit, non-political, non-partisan, educational organization whose mission is promoting economic and personal financial literacy for all Oklahomans. OCEE offers free educational materials, workshop information and access to Minyanland-a virtual community designed to teach children grades 2-6 about money and the economy.

Moneyisok.org www.moneyisok.org
This site is designed for classroom teachers implementing HB 1476: Oklahoma's Passport to Financial Literacy. Included on this site is a list of teacher resources for the 14 areas of instruction required for high school graduation. This site also includes a section on Ask an Expert! a place to email teachers concerns or questions.

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program (HSFPP) http://hsfpp.nefe.org
NEFE HSFPP was designed and developed around a special type of education called performance-based learning. With performance-based learning, students take what they learn and apply it directly in the course of each unit. Carefully designed exercises and activities move the student step-by-step toward each of the seven core competencies that the program teaches.

St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank http://stlouisfed.org/education
This site has resources to help elementary, middle-school and high-school students learn more about money and banking, economics, personal finance, history, the Federal Reserve, and economics and geography.