Exciting update! As of November 22, we've already hit the halfway mark toward the additional goal of completing 5,000 PD hours by December 31. That means we're one step closer to unlocking two more $500 Amazon gift cards in the raffle! 

Thanks to your dedication, the NGPF community has collectively completed over 500,000 hours of professional development—57+ years of learning! To celebrate this milestone, every educator who has completed a PD session since we started tracking in 2017 until November 15, 2024 received a 500K digital badge in their My NGPF Academy page. In addition, we are holding a $500 Amazon gift card raffle. If we collectively reach another 5,000 hours of PD by December 31, it will unlock two more $500 gift cards for the raffle and we're halfway there! 

How to Get Involved: 

• Earn Entries: Every hour of PD completed from November 7 - December 31, 2024 earns an entry into the $500 Amazon gift card drawing. 
• Unlock More Prizes: Help us hit the 5,000-hour goal, and we'll add two more $500 gift cards to the raffle. 
• More details are available in this blog post. 

Earn a Limited Edition Badge!  With no live Virtual PD sessions this week due to the holiday, it's the perfect time to earn PD hours and refresh your knowledge by completing an On-Demand module. NGPF On-Demand is self-paced, asynchronous PD. We have over 40 modules to choose from that cover a wide range of personal finance topics.  View the full On-Demand Library If you complete three On-Demand modules before December 31, 2024, you will also earn an NGPF limited edition Fall On-Demand Challenge badge!  Read more about NGPF Academy and current limited edition achievements.

About the Author

Amanda Volz

Amanda joins the NGPF Team with over 20 years of experience teaching personal finance. During that time, she led her students to hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships, won multiple awards, and most importantly, impacted the financial lives of thousands of high school students. Amanda prides herself on being an educational leader and is constantly looking for innovative ways to make the classroom relevant, rigorous, and fun. She is a passionate advocate for financial education and has been a long-time member of the NGPF community. Fun fact - Amanda was NGPF’s first teacher account! When Amanda isn’t working, she enjoys cooking, gardening, and traveling with her husband and two children.