Great-West Great-Teachers^®
Helping teachers and students prepare today for a successful financial future tomorrow

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (Great-West), one of the nation’s leading financial services companies, recognizes the need for fundamental classroom changes to meet new personal financial literacy (PFL) academic requirements in Colorado.

Great-West, in partnership with the Colorado Jump$tart Coalition, is proud to have created the Great-West Great-Teachers^® financial literacy grant initiative to assist teachers in developing personal financial literacy education programs for students P-12 to meet these new standards.
 
$5,000 Grants for Colorado Teachers
Great-West will award up to 25 Colorado public, private or charter school teachers, grade-level teams or departments a one-time $5,000 grant to financially assist them with brining financial education into their classrooms.

What can the grants be used to fund?

• Resources
• Technology
• Supplies
• Field trips
• Professional development
• Insert your idea here!

Great-West Great-Teachers financial literacy grant initiative also includes:

• Two FREE Teacher Workshops
• An online resources portal with financial literacy activities, resources and lesson plans
• A recognition dinner each spring to celebrate the grant winners
• A media campaign to educate the community about financial literacy principles, raise awareness of the initiativeand recognize the winning teachers. A media campaign to educate the community about financial literacy principles, raise awareness of the initiativeand recognize the winning teachers.

The 2012-2013 grant application deadline passed on March 2, 2012. Grant applications for the 2013-2014 school year will be available in the Fall of 2012.