The ultimate professional development feat comes with well-deserved prizes. To earn the NGPF Distinguished Educator award, teachers pass at least 6 NGPF Certification Courses, each of which is 10 hours of live instruction and an end-of-course exam. That is serious dedication to content expertise in personal finance concepts!

The NGPF Distinguished Educator award comes with great rewards:

• a physical NGPF Distinguished Educator plaque,
• a digital NGPF Distinguished Educator badge for email signatures, and
• well-earned celebration (as below) on the NGPF website.

Meet the newly crowned NGPF Distinguished Educators!

Amanda Beaudo from Dodgeland High School (WI)

Donna Dellinger from Fred T. Foard High School (NC)

Cayden Hurst from Blue Peak High School (UT)

Christy Johnson from Clearwater High School (MO)

Dianthe Morgan from WHS Information Technology (WI)

Bridgette Paul from W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy (TX)

Karen Perez from Innovation High School (NJ)

Allison Saiki from Olympian High School (CA)

Kasey Savage from Charlo High School (MT)

Christie Webber from Riverside High School (KS)

Jessica Zarnke from Loyal High School (WI)

These Distinguished Educators are in good company!

At the end of each NGPF Certification Cohort, when the exams have been graded and the Certification badges earned, a new selection of NGPF Distinguished Educators emerges. 

• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 1-24, announced July 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohorts 25-26, announced September 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 27, announced November 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 28, announced December 2022)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 29, announced January 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 30, announced February 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 31, announced April 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 32, announced May 2023)
• Meet the Distinguished Educators (earned Cohort 33, announced June 2023)

About the Author

Christian Sherrill

Former teacher, forever financial education nerd. As NGPF's Director of Growth & Advocacy, Christian is laser-focused on our mission to guarantee all students a rigorous personal finance course before crossing the high school graduation stage. Having paid down over $40k in student loans in the span of 3 years - while living in the Bay Area on an entry level teacher's salary - he's eager to help the next generation avoid financial pitfalls one semester at a time.