Financial Education at BCC
Program Summary

Training Trainers (Investor Protection Trust Grant)

Financial Education at Bellevue Community College (BCC) has received a grant from the Investor Protection Trust to train teachers and trainers on how to provide objective investor education. This grant will run from September 2006 to March 2008. The purpose of the grant is to train at a cadre of 20 instructors throughout the state of Washington. Instructors are expected to reach 1000 learners in the first year and 2000 learners in the second year. They are also expected to participate in program evaluation of the training provided.

Financial Education at Bellevue Community College understands that it is important to have a comprehensive strategy for spreading investor education through the state including a website, promotional and marketing programs, partnerships with key organizations, and educational programs. We have already developed a partnership with the Financial Literacy Public Private Partnership, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (which supported us on this grant), and Investor Protection Trust. We will continue to build partnerships with other associations and community organizations.

Financial Education at Bellevue Community College has already moved to develop investor education that can be delivered through various distribution channels. It is important to note that although there are core concepts that are part of basic investor education, these must be tailored to the students, the delivery method and other logistical considerations. All the educational programs developed have incorporated this flexibility. These programs will incorporate the one-on-one interaction that is important to learning and will have handouts that will stay with the learner. We will incorporate ways in which trainers can encourage peer tutoring among students. We plan to develop comprehensive train-the-trainer sessions so that this curriculum can be taught by educators. As we move along, we will accumulate stories that will invite the engagement of other learners.

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