Blog: Making Cents

The Maine Jump$tart Coalition is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Board Members, Shannon Gorman, Director of Education & Conferences at the Maine Insurance Agents Association and Josh Steirman, Director of Government Relations at Maine Bankers Association, effective ... Read More

Special TWO-DAY event, May 8 & May 9, 2025 in Portland, Maine Registration is open - Register May 8th: Educator Essentials with VISA, the Council for Economic Education, and Maine Jump$tart May 9th: Fostering Financial Education with Maine Jump$tart This conference is Maine's ... Read More

April 23, 2024 CONTACT: Mary Dyer (Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy) (207) 620-3556 mainejumpstart207@gmail.com (Augusta) – The Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy (hyperlink) was recently recognized by the National Jump$tart Coalition as the 2024 ... Read More

The 2024 Maine Jump$tart Educator's Conference was held on on May 17, 2024 at the Augusta Civic Center. Resources from this year's event will soon be posted on our Training and Events page. ... Read More

The Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy is pleased to announce that Margie Deabay from Hermon High School has been named as the 2023-2024 Maine Jump$tart Financial Educator of the Year. Margie has been teaching at Hermon for over 26 years. She teaches Accounting, Computer ... Read More

This year's event was held April 27-28 at the Schoodic Institute. Please visit the Training & Events tab to access materials from the conference.     ... Read More

The Financial Educator Virtual Academy will train Maine educators on how to successfully teach personal finance in their classrooms and communities. Educators will receive contact hours for each course module attended, and the first 100 Maine classroom teachers to complete all seven hours of ... Read More

The Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy is pleased to honor Logan Landry from Poland with its 2022-2023 Financial Educator of the Year Award. Logan, Assistant Principal at Oxford Hill Comprehensive Highschool and previously a seventh-grade teacher at Bruce Whittier Middle ... Read More

Maine Jump$tart Coalition Names 2021-2022 Financial Educator of the Year (Augusta) – The Maine Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy is pleased to honor Caitlyn Roy from Machias with its 2021-2022 Financial Educator of the Year Award. Caitlyn, a fifth grade teacher at Rose M. ... Read More

Apply now for the 2022 National Jump$tart NEC Teacher Scholarship: The 2022 event will be held in Atlanta, GA, at the Loews Hotel. View the scholarship criteria and submit your application ASAP. If you are selected, Maine Jumpstart, in partnership with National Jumpstart, will cover the cost of ... Read More