A facilitator certification for teachers, parents, mentors, coaches, and community leaders who want to lead better money conversations with young people — in their own classroom, home, or community.
I believe that. And I think a lot of you reading this believe it too — which is the whole reason this page exists.
For years I’ve run Money Clubs for school districts. Six weeks with a group of high school students, working through a story, talking through real decisions, answering whatever they wanted to ask. It works. I’ve watched it work. Some of those students came back the following term and helped teach the next group alongside me.
But there’s a limit to what I can do on my own. One room, one group, one district at a time.
The people who should be leading these conversations are already in the room with our kids.
A teacher who sees them five days a week. A parent at the kitchen table. A coach, a mentor, a youth leader who’s known them for years. What they need isn’t me — it’s the material, the right questions, and the reassurance that you don’t have to be a finance expert to guide a young person through a hard decision.
So this isn’t really about building another financial-literacy curriculum. I think we have a chance to build something better: a community of adults who know how to create better money conversations with young people.
That’s what I’d love to build with you.
Let me be straight with you — this is still being built, and intentionally so. Here’s the shape of it as I see it today. The people on this list will help decide the rest.
If you see yourself anywhere in here, you belong on this list.
You want to teach financial literacy in a way students actually engage with — and you’d rather not build a curriculum from scratch on a Sunday night.
You want to lead this at home, or for a co-op, or for a few families together.
Church, nonprofit, after-school, mentoring — you already have the young people and the trust. You need the program.
You know the content cold but want a real way to give back that isn’t a sales pitch in disguise.
There’s no date yet and no cost to join the list. I’ll share what I’m building as I build it, and the people here will get first access and a real say in how it takes shape. I read every reply myself.
Thank you for raising your hand. I’m grateful you’re here, and especially this early. Check your inbox in a minute — I’ve got two questions for you, and your answers will genuinely shape what we build.
— Tony
If you already have a group of young people, everything I have for classrooms is free and ready today — standards alignment, unit plans, teacher guides, and a live Zoom visit with your group at no charge. Joining them on that call is honestly my favorite part of this work.