Certification Courses

The most comprehensive way to get certified in Personal Finance topics.

Offered for FREE in two formats

See a complete list of course topics and session descriptions in our Certification Course catalog Catalog
Live Course

Live

  • 2-hour interactive virtual sessions led by an instructor
  • Structured schedule of one or two sessions per week
  • Opportunity to collaborate with other educators
Self-Paced Course

Self-Paced

  • 2-hour self-guided modules with recorded lecture
  • Flexibility to complete all five modules on your own schedule before the cohort deadline
CEU Grad Credit

Additional Perks

NGPF REWARDS

Earn CEUs & Graduate Credit

NOTE: NGPF is transitioning this week to a new system. We appreciate your patience as we continue to finalize transferring all your PD hours, certificates, and exam information. You may see missing information this week as we complete the process. Thank you for your commitment to personal finance education!

Certification Courses

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Insurance

Insurance

Next Live Cohort
Cohort #45: Jul 8 - 22
Monday & Thursday, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM PT
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Credit

Credit

Next Self-paced Cohort
Cohort #45: Jul 10 - 24
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Investing

Investing

Next Self-paced Cohort
Cohort #45: Jul 10 - 24
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Paying for College

Paying for College

Next Self-paced Cohort
Cohort #45: Jul 10 - 24
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Banking & Budgeting

Banking & Budgeting

Next Self-paced Cohort
Cohort #46: Jul 29 - Aug 14
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Consumer Skills

Consumer Skills

Next Self-paced Cohort
Cohort #46: Jul 29 - Aug 14
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Career

Career

Next Live Cohort
Cohort #46: Jul 30 - Aug 13
Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00 AM-11:00 AM PT
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Cryptocurrency Basics

Cryptocurrency Basics

Next Live Cohort
Cohort #46: Jul 30 - Aug 13
Tuesday & Thursday, 7:00 AM-9:00 AM PT
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Advanced Investing

Advanced Investing

INVITE ONLY: Completion of the Investing Course is a prerequisite. This course emphasizes vocabulary, content knowledge and NGPF resources for in Investing instructional use. 

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Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics

Educators will walk away with real-life examples of these biases along with ideas on how to overcome them. This content knowledge will prove helpful in educators' lives while also increasing their confidence to teach the unit.

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Taxes

Taxes

This course will dive deeply into the role of taxes, historically and today, as well as the different types of taxes in the U.S. such as payroll, sales, and property taxes and how the government uses them.

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