Big Things Happening in 2025
25 Years of Tennessee Jump$tart
21st Annual Personal Finance Educators Conference
Special Registration Fee to Celebrate
$25 Registration Fee
for K-12 and Community Educators
New Conference Location
June 4-5, 2025 – Downtown Marriott – Chattanooga, TN
Why Attend?
If you teach personal finance or want to learn more about personal finance content and resources, this conference is for you!
Educators Share Why They Choose the Personal Finance Educators Conference -- And Why You Should Too!
The conference is open to all personal finance educators and practitioners. Whether you are a teacher or administrator at a public school, private school, home school, or student teacher, or are an outreach specialist at a community organization, non-profit, or business - this conference is for you!
Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals: https://forms.gle/LwD5eF6ET8pCd7J1A
Presentation proposals are being accepted through Friday, February 28.
Professional Development Credit
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT
Certificates for professional development credit hours will be available during the final conference session.
PERSONAL FINANCE CREDENTIAL TO TEACH TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
To receive the credential (employment standard) to teach the Tennessee high school personal finance course, you must attend the pre-conference session (registration required) and the entire conference (in addition to having the licensure required by the Tennessee Department of Education). Those who attend this pre-conference session will receive an extra entry into the closing session door prize drawings. To register, look for “PRE-CONF SESSION –Credential TO Teach TN High School PF Course.”
ADDITIONAL CREDENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PREVIOUS ATTENDEES
For past attendees, you can obtain an additional educator credential from the Center for Financial Responsibility Personal Financial Literacy Certification (administered by iCEV). The test will take place on Wednesday morning as a pre-conference session.
There is not charge for the test. Those who take the test will receive an extra entry into the closing session door prize drawings. To register, look for “PRE-CONF SESSION - Additional Credential in Personal Finance (Test).”
