[Natfinwellness] Peer Counselor Curriculm

[Niki Pechinski]

Hi Ann,

My name is Niki, I'm the Financial Literacy Educator at the University of
MN Duluth.

I have a student worker who used this free online MOOC
<https://www.open2study.com/courses/financial-literacy> to learn a bit
about financial literacy. I haven't taken the course myself and am not sure
that it is "enough" to train a student to be a peer counselor but it could
be a start. Another free option could be to ask a local bank or credit
union to help develop a curriculum. UMD is contacted regularly by financial
institutions looking to get involved in financial literacy.

I am starting a for-credit peer mentor program <http://z.umn.edu/fpmp>
(recruitment is occurring now, pilot program in Spring 2016). I am using a
credit bearing model because I do not have a budget to pay financial peer
mentors. This is another avenue to explore.

I hope this helps!

Take care,
Niki

Niki Pechinski
Financial Literacy Educator
University of MN Duluth
(218) 726-7039
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On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Ann Whitmer <awhitmer at albion.edu> wrote:

> We are looking to start a peer counseling program but we don't have the
> staff resources to do personal training for all of the peer counselors to
> start them off on the right foot and get the program rolling.  Nor do we
> have a huge budget to pay for them to complete the certification programs
> offered.  Are there any on-line courses or curricula that you'd recommend
> to give these students the foundation they need?   The thought is that once
> we get a core group trained they can train the future peer counselors, but
> how can we get the first group trained?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts or resources.
>
> ~Ann
>
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