Money IN/Money OUT SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING MATERIALS

[Sample Agent Training Proposal]

TITLE OF TRAINING: Money IN/Money OUT & PowerPay

Date and Time: April 11, 2000 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Level of Training: Intermediate

Length of Session: One day

Location: Vernon James Center

Contact Person Last Name: Lloyd

Contact Person First Name: Jan

E-Mail: jan_lloyd@ncsu.edu

Phone: 252-793-4428x174

CEMP # and TITLE: CEMP#8 - Family & Consumer Economics

INTENDED PARTICIPANTS: FCE Agents & other interested agents
Participant Number: 25 Class size Limit: 50

Issue or need addressed: The practice of making only minimal payments on revolving credit debt and bankruptcy filings are both at record levels in America, while personal savings are now in a dissaving mode.

Training Objectives: Participants in MI/MO-PowerPay training will:
- review briefly the results of 1999 field testing of the 9/98 version of MI/MO(four lessons)
- review and discuss each component of the revised and expanded MI/MO materials(six lessons)
- take part in training on use of the new windows version of PowerPay - a valuable tool for MI/MO's focus on debt reduction
- review and respond to the plan for statewide delivery and evaluation of the expanded MI/MO program

Teaching Methods and Training Content: Discussion with FCE agents who took part in the 1999 pilot test; presentation and discussion of concepts and teaching activities/materials in the expanded six-session curriculum; demonstration and activities re PowerPay software; discussion and agent commitment to the plan for statewide testing and reporting.

DESCRIPTION: This training is the culmination of a three-year commitment by the NCSU-NCCES CEMP #8 team to develop curriculum for Objectivies 8.1 & 8.2 that will motivate consumers to reduce debt, increase savings, and report the results. Agents will receive sets of the revised and expanded, six-session curriculum on basic money management (comparable to the Noonliting model), and will receive training on the use of the revised PowerPay Software program to shorten the time and reduce the cost of paying off current consumer debt. Money IN/Money OUT is designed to provide reliable data on program impact with dollar figures of reduced debt and increased savings among worksite audiences across the state.

_{North Carolina State University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Family & Consumer Sciences Department}