Day With The Superintendent

Iowa Jump$tart Coalition

DWTS PresentationBy Rod Reed, Iowa Jump$tart President

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“I’m glad I’m here. I don’t want to let Tom down, I don’t want to let my family down, and I don’t want to let myself down,” she says. “I’m not going to stop living my life.”

Iowa Jump$tart Coalition 2009 Primary Accomplishments

• Coordinated Money Smart Week

• Held the 9th Annual Personal Financial Literacy Conference

Conference Teacher Sponsors

• Farmers & Traders Savings Bank

• First Citizens National Bank

• Glenwood State Bank

• Keystone Savings Bank – Marengo

• Marion County State Bank

• Mt. Vernon Bank & Trust Company

• State Bank of Ledyard

Iowa Jump$tart Coalition 2010 Accomplishments/Plans

• Iowa Jump$tart again coordinated the Chicago Federal Reserve Money Smart Week.

• The 10th Annual Personal Financial Literacy Conference will be held on July 22 & 23 at DMACC in Ankeny.

Iowa Jump$tart Coalition 2010 Accomplishments/Plans

• Attended NationalJump$tart award Dinner in Washington, DC

• Attended ISU Financial Capability Symposium March 30 -31 in Ames

What can your bank do to help?

• Provide Support–Money

–People

–Facilities

Provide Support - Money

• Teacher Training

• Research – What works – what doesn’t

• Real world materials

• Help Schools with “unfunded mandate” to build financial literacy K-12

Provide Support - People

• Liaison between business community and Educators

• Guest lecture

• Partner with the Community

Partner with the Community

• Determine Community Needs

• Determine Community Assets

• Lead – Help set a vision for financially capable adults.

TS Bank Institute

• TS Bank, Treynor State Bank, provides $250,000 gift to develop a K-12 Financial Literacy program in the Treynor Community School over a five-year period.

• Director of the TS Bank Institute will be responsible for the successful design, development, and implementation of the financial literacy curriculum, working with school faculty, parents, and community members to analyze, assess, and improve the K-12 financial literacy program as well as financial literacy throughout the community.

Closing Comments

• “We feel it is part of our responsibility to arm consumers with the facts, because the more educated they become, the better decisions they can make about their financial futures – and the earlier they learn it, the better!” states TS Bank President and CFO, Josh Guttau.

Closing Comments

• “…a brighter future is not achieved individually, but through a collaborative effort of everyone working together and making smart money choices,” says Adrian Kimmok, an 11th grader from Torrance, CA.

Last Closing Comment

• It’s about the kids!

• It’s about our future!!!