<div dir="ltr">Hi Ann, <div><br></div><div>My name is Niki, I'm the Financial Literacy Educator at the University of MN Duluth. </div><div><br></div><div>I have a student worker who used <a href="https://www.open2study.com/courses/financial-literacy">this free online MOOC</a> 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. </div><div><br></div><div>I am starting a <a href="http://z.umn.edu/fpmp">for-credit peer mentor program</a> (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. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps!</div><div><br></div><div>Take care, </div><div>Niki </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Niki Pechinski</span> </font></span></span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Financial Literacy Educator <br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">University of MN Duluth</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">(218) 726-7039<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/umdllas" target="_blank">Facebook </a>| <a href="http://www.twitter.com/umdllas" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://d.umn.edu/onestop/llas/" target="_blank">Live Like a Student</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Ann Whitmer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:awhitmer@albion.edu" target="_blank">awhitmer@albion.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">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?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#333333"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">Thanks for any thoughts or resources.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#333333"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">~Ann</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif">Ann Whitmer</font><div><font face="georgia, serif">Director</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Student Financial Services</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Albion College</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">611 East Porter Street</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Albion, MI 49224</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="tel:517-629-0440" value="+15176290440" target="_blank">517-629-0440</a></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="tel:517-629-0581" value="+15176290581" target="_blank">517-629-0581</a> fax</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.albion.edu" target="_blank">www.albion.edu</a>/financialaid</font></div><div><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlbionCollegeFinancialAid" target="_blank">facebook.com/AlbionCollegeStudentFinancialServices</a></font></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="georgia, serif" size="1">Confidentiality
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