Chat n Chew Online PD with Take Charge Today - An ongoing series during the 2020-2021 school year

• Occurs every 2 weeks on Tuesdays from 5-:600 pm ET

• Quick chat to reveal a TCT lesson or pedagogy strategies to tackle a specific personal finance topic

• Time set aside for PGCPS Teachers to share teaching wins and losses among colleagues and solicit feedback from teaching peers

• Each Chat n Chew session is recorded and made available for any teacher who could not attend the live session

• A specific link and password to join each Chat n Chew Zoom event will be shared with PGCPS FinLit teachers each week the event is scheduled

On-Demand Webinars from Take Charge Today

• TCT offers many free training webinars throughout the school year

• Training events are promoted through email notifications sent to TCT users, through TCT's social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter, and are published on the TCT homepage of the website

• All online training webinars are recorded and archived for teachers to re-visit or choose to view on-demand at a time most convenient for the viewer

• Examples of TCT training webinars include

  • Getting started with TCT (how to navigate the TCT website, know the elements of a TCT lesson plan, et.)

  • Taking TCT Lessons Online (discover how to transition TCT's lessons to remote learning and virtual teaching environments)

  • Building Budgeting Skills (see the variety of budgeting lessons TCT offers and discover strategies for teaching this topic)

  • Teaching Taxes (walk through TCT's lessons about the basics of taxes, paying and filing your income taxes, using fillable IRS 1040 Forms)

  • TurboTax Simulations (find out how to scaffold learning experiences for filing taxes using this authentic tool from Intuit Education and TCT scenarios

  • Mint Simulations (guided tour of how to use this popular personal finance tool for practicing real-world finance tools in a safe and secure setting for students)

Teaching Demonstrations from Take Charge Today Master Teachers

• Watch and learn as TCT Master Educators carry out teaching of personal finance topics using Active Learning Tools (ALTs) with live students in their classrooms

• 10 separate videos showing some of TCT's most popular engagement activities can be found under the Take Charge Today Professional Development tab on the homepage of TCT's website and then click "Lesson Plan Demonstrations" from the drop-down menu

• Examples of lesson plan video demonstrations include

  • True or False Chairs

  • Spoons Review Game

  • Time Value of Money Magic (compound interest lesson)

  • Rolling Jenga Review Game

  • Four of a Kind

  • News Headline

  • Music Chairs Review

  • Risk versus Return Activity

  • Secrets of Saving Scavenger Hunt

  • Money World Squares Review Game