March 26, 2014 Join BAFEF in celebrating Financial Literacy Month! Please volunteer and attend one of our events! A variety of volunteer opportunities, locations, and dates are listed in this special edition of the volunteer newsletter. Want to learn more first? Got questions? Email tina@bafef.org or phone 415-839-8197 UPCOMING EVENTS MARK YOUR CALENDARS! BAFEF will be hosting a reception for the California Council on Economic Education on from 2-4 PM on April 24, 2014 at the offices of Forward Funds in San Francisco. Join us to learn more about CCEE, meet BAFEF leaders and volunteers, and enjoy refreshments and networking with fellow financial service professionals! To register, email tina@bafef.org The Stock Market Game Regional Awards Ceremony is being held Monday, May 12th from 10 AM to Noon at the SF Federal Reserve. No charge to attend, reservations are required due to bank security. Email tina@bafef.org if you d like to attend this inspiring and enlightening event! CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Help high school seniors review their budgets for first year of college...page 4 Help students review their NFTE business plans...page 2 Be a judge at a NFTE Business Plan Competition...page 2 Be a panelist at SFUSD s Financial Education Day...page 5 Visit a classroom and answer questions on investing for teams participating in The Stock Market Game...page 5 Help deliver Junior Achivement s curriculum to elementary and middle school students...page 3 BAFEF s Annual Wine Tasting Reception will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 4:30-7:30 PM. Don t miss this event - mark your calendar today! Page 1 of 5
Volunteers needed to mentor students working on business plans and judge competitions! Across the Bay Area, nearly 1,000 NFTE students are working on their business plans and getting ready for their classroom business plan competitions. Our volunteers are instrumental in getting them over the finish line by providing coaching, and they are a crucial part of the classroom competition, where they act as judges. Volunteers are needed throughout the Bay Area - see dates/locations below. Learn more about NFTE programs and outcomes at www.nftebayarea.com Business Plan Coach As a Business Plan Coach, you ll visit a NFTE classroom to work with students individually on their business plans. April 8th, 10:15am-11:45am, John O Connell High, SF April 16th, 12pm-1:40pm, Mission High, SF April 17th, 8am-9:40am, Galileo High, SF April 17th, 12:30pm-2:10pm, Galileo High, SF April 10th, 11:25am-12:55pm, Andrew Hill High, San Jose April 15th, 9:20am-10:20am, Independence High, San Jose April 15th, 1:10pm-2:05pm, Independence High, San Jose April 21st, 10am-11am, Eden ROP, Hayward April 21st, 12:45pm-1:45pm, Eden ROP, Hayward Business Plan Competition Judge As a Business Plan Competition Judge, you will see the final product of the NFTE class, as students present their business plans. Judges ask the competitors follow up questions and decide who from the classroom advances to the regional competition. Judges are needed at the locations below: April 28th, 1:30pm-2:20pm, Mission High School, SF April 30th, 10am-11:45am, Galileo High School, SF April 30th, 9am-11:30am, Redwood High, Redwood City @BayAreaFinEd Page 2 of 5
Junior Achievement (JA) partners with the business community, educators and volunteers to help children dream big and reach their potential. JA s hands-on, experiential programs teach the key concepts of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy to students around the world. Junior Achievement of Northern California, a member of Junior Achievement USA, will serve more than 111,000 students across 23 counties in Northern and Central California in the 2013-2014 school year. JA programs help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities. Volunteers receive training (45 minutes by phone/online) and use JA curriculum to teach a variety of subjects including global economics, personal finance, entrepreneurship and more. Learn more about JA s curriculum and programs at www.janorcal.org San Francisco Opportunities: Chinese American School K-8th grade Once a week for 5 weeks 30 to 45 minutes 8 Volunteers Needed George Washington High School, 9th grade Once a week for 7 weeks 45 to 55 minutes 2 Volunteers Needed Lincoln High School 11th 12th grades Once a week for 7 weeks 45 to 55 minutes 3 Volunteers Needed East Bay Opportunities: Pleasant Hill Middle School, Pleasant Hill 7-8th Grades Once a week for 6 weeks 45 minutes 9 volunteers needed Valley View Middle School, Pleasant Hill 8th Grade Once a day for a week 45 minutes 1 volunteer needed Silicon Valley Opportunities: Volunteers needed to work with grades K-5 at various schools in San Jose, Los Gatos, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and Mountain View. Pick a date and teach 2-5 hours from JA s curriculum. Peninsula Opportunities: Henry Ford Elementary, Redwood City, Date TBA (per volunteer availability) 1st grade, 3 volunteers needed Taft Elementary, Redwood City April 10 or 11, 2014 Grades K-5, 19 volunteers needed Fair Oaks Elementary, Redwood City, May 27, 2014 Grades K-5, 15 volunteers needed Hoover Elementary, Redwood City, May 29, 2014 Grades K-5, 24 volunteers needed Robertson Intermediate, Daly City, May 30, 2014 Grades 5-8, 7 volunteers needed Garden Village Elementary, Colma, Date TBD (per volunteer availability) Grades K-5, 15 volunteers needed Page 3 of 5
April is Financial Literacy Month! Volunteers needed to help high school seniors review their college budgets! Empowering students to succeed in college and life The GLOW Foundation works to improve college access and success for under-served students by making college more affordable. GLOW trains schools and nonprofits to deliver best-in-class, ready to deploy programs to students and families that address financial readiness, budgeting, cost of college, and financial aid. Students receive interactive, student-driven, and high-quality workshops to put them on the path to and through college. Volunteers are needed to work with college-bound high school seniors who are preparing their college budgets. They have been working all semester to create a budget for their first year of college, and with your help they can perfect those budgets before they head off to college this fall. The 1-2 hour sessions are a time for you to share your college experience and help a student anticipate and navigate college expenses.you do not have to be a financial aid expert, just willing to share your experiences with these amazing students! No training required (although we have some optional webinars if you d like a preview of what to expect)! Our guidebooks will walk you through step-by-step, and you ll be helping the seniors get one step closer to successfully going to college. Please consider volunteering at one of the sessions listed below. GLOW hopes to add you to our family of volunteers this year in helping to make dreams of college a reality! Dates & Locations: San Francisco First Graduate (The Bay School, 35 Keyes Avenue in the Presidio, San Francisco) April 7 (5:15 6:30PM) Galileo Academy of Science and Technology (1150 Francisco St, San Francisco) April 9 and April 23 (10-11:45AM) Mission Graduates (3040 16th St, San Francisco) April 7 (6-8PM) and April 21 (5-8PM) East Bay Lighthouse Community Charter School (444 Hegenberger Rd, Oakland) April 9 and April 16 from 8:30AM-1:30PM (sign up for a one- or two-hour shift of 8:30AM-9:30AM, 9:30AM-10:30AM, 10:30AM-11:30AM, 12:30PM-1:30PM) Oakland Unified School District March/April (locations and specific dates TBD please contact us for more info) West Contra Costa School District April (locations specific dates TBD please contact us for more info) South Bay Foundation for a College Education (Sequoia Union High School District Building at 1050 Myrtle St, East Palo Alto) April 17 (6-8PM) and April 24 (6-8PM) Breakthrough Silicon Valley (Hoover Middle School, 1635 Park Avenue, San Jose) April 26 (10AM-12PM) Eastside Union High School District (Santa Clara) April/May (locations specific dates TBD please contact us for more info) To volunteer for GLOW email cindy@glowfoundation.org or info@bafef.org Page 4 of 5
Volunteers needed to participate in panel presentation for high school students on April 18, 2014 at International Studies School, 655 DeHaro Street, San Francisco Speakers are needed to be on a panel (4 panels total) and will participate for a little more than hour. The times of the panels are: 9:30-10:30 and 10:30-11:30 (2 panels each hour). The goal of the speaker panels are to expose students to a variety to careers in finance and business and non-profit finance related work. The speakers will provide one paragraph biographies (which we will share with students) and will receive questions in advance. An information session will be held on April 15 at 5:30 for any participant who would like to touch base in person before the event (not required). To volunteer or learn more, email Mary Finn, Program Administrator for College and Career Readiness at finnm@sfusd.edu or phone 415-379-7652 ext. 1052 FINANCIAL EDUCATION DAY @ International Studies Academy How much do you know about making, managing, and spending money? 9 th & 10 th graders Participate in classroom-based interactive activities and will learn about money management from expert guest speakers. 11 th graders Participate in a financial education simulation sponsored by the San Francisco Federal Credit Union. Students will be assigned a fictional family, job, income and debt amount in order to learn what it s like to manage money in the real world. Questions About Financial Education Day? Vivamus Financial Education Day Friday April 18, 2014 2 nd and 3 rd period 9 th & 10 th Grade Coordinator: Mary Finn finnm@sfusd.edu 415-379-7652 11 th Grade Coordinator: Darlene Cárdenas cardenasd@sfusd.edu 415-379-7769 The SIFMA Foundation s acclaimed Stock Market Game program is an online simulation of the global capital markets that engages students grades 4-12 in the world of economics, investing and personal finance, and prepares them for financially independent futures. More than 700,000 students take part every school year across all 50 states. The Stock Market Game has reached 13 million students since its inception in 1977. Even with advances in computer and Internet technology, nothing replaces meeting in person with an industry expert. Create an atmosphere of authenticity and excitement about the industry by visiting a classroom engaged in the Stock Market Game. Not able to make a classroom visit? You can still support a local team through sponsorship ($50/class), answering written questions from students and teachers, or make a virtual visit using Skype. Visit www.bafef.org to view the complete list of participating Bay Area schools. Learn more about the Stock Market Game at www.stockmarketgame.org Volunteers needed for classroom visits at: Downtown College Prep High School, San Jose and others! Contact tina@bafef.org to volunteer or learn more. Page 5 of 5