Save Smart: Train-the-Trainer

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Date: Thursday, August 9, 2007
Time: 3:00 — 5:30 p.m.

Neighborhood Networks national partner Adult Literacy Media Alliance (ALMA) is dedicated to helping adults gain basic reading, writing, and math skills through TV411, an Emmy Award-winning, nationally broadcast television series that has received wide distribution through public television and cable stations since 1999. With the TV411 Save Smart multimedia toolkit, adults can learn the basic reading and math skills behind saving and investing. Aimed at adults with a 5th to 8th grade reading and math level, Save Smart offers an engaging video, print, and Web-based curriculum that includes four units—Unit 1: Planning for Retirement; Unit 2: Tax-deferred Savings and Investing for Retirement; Unit 3: Mutual Funds: The Ups and Downs, Ins and Outs; and Unit 4: Mutual Funds: Calculating the Cost. This train-the-trainer session provides free Save Smart toolkits and shows participants how to conduct literacy and/or money management programming utilizing these resources.

Materials:
ALMA Presentation

Moderator:
Marina McCulley
Housing Program Manager
Neighborhood Networks
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Presenters:

Iliana Delgado
Director of Training
Adult Literacy Media Alliance

Iliana Delgado has worked in education and training programs for more than 25 years, and currently serves as the director of training for the Adult Literacy Media Alliance (ALMA). She is a national expert in diversity training and promoting crosscultural understanding. Delgado is also a specialist at employing learner-centered approaches in workshops and integrating the creative arts, technology, and basic skills. Delgado has developed programs and activities in health and financial literacy. She has managed professional development projects, including curriculum writing and implementation, for schools districts and community-based organizations in New York City and nationally. In addition, Delgado has designed a variety of courses and institutes that promote best literacy practices and enhance the professional skills of practitioners in diverse user settings from hospitals and financial institutions to adult literacy programs and social service agencies.