Teaching Learning Leading K-12

Dr. Michael Grayson: Helping People with Financial Literacy and Navigating the Credit System - 704

Dr. Michael Grayson: Helping People with Financial Literacy and Navigating the Credit System. This is episode 704 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Dr. Michael Grayson is a credit expert and advocate with extensive experience in credit repair and financial literacy. He has dedicated his career to helping people and businesses navigate complexities of the credit system. Dr. Grayson is known for his tireless advocacy for consumer rights and his efforts to expose and rectify injustices within the credit reporting industry.

So much to learn.

So much to think about.

Great conversation!

Connect and Learn More:

https://www.cdmicredit.org/about-us

https://x.com/CdmiCredit

https://www.instagram.com/cdmicredit/

https://www.facebook.com/CreditDebtManagementInstitute?_rdc=2&_rdr

https://www.linkedin.com/company/cdmicredit-org/about/

Length - 41:40

Kevin Benson & Danny Kofke - Southern Education Retirement Consortium: Financial Planning for Retirement - 697

Kevin Benson & Danny Kofke - Southern Education Retirement Consortium: Financial Planning for Retirement. This is episode 697 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Kevin Benson serves as Executive Director for Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA) and the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC). In his CPA role, Kevin oversees a warehouse that provides office supplies, janitorial supplies, furniture, and USDA commodities, directly to 35 school systems in North Georgia.  Kevin also provides all school systems in Georgia access to national contracts through the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA).  Most recently, Kevin created the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC).  In this role, Kevin strives to provide school systems and their employees, regardless of size, with unprecedented pricing, oversite, and control in the 403b and 457 markets.

Kevin has been an educator for over 25 years as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and safety director. Kevin began his tenure at CPA in 2017 and has increased yearly profits tenfold. In 2021 Kevin won the AEPA Outstanding Sales Growth Award with a 745% increase in sales.  Kevin has a Bachelor of Science from Kennesaw State University, a master's in education from the University of Georgia, and an Educational Specialist degree from Liberty University.

 

A little about Danny Kofke

After being an elementary school teacher for 18 years, Danny Kofke recently left the classroom to work with Mentoro - a financial education company.  His love of teaching and personal finance led him to write five personal finance books including The Wealthy Teacher: Lessons for Prospering on A School Teacher’s Salary.

Danny’s everyday approach to handling money has led him to appear on numerous television shows including Fox & Friends, The CBS Early Show, CNN’s Newsroom, the 700 Club and The Clark Howard Show.  He has also been interviewed on over 600 radio shows and featured in a number of publications including USA Today, Yahoo.com, The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. 

He wants to show others if this former schoolteacher can do well financially, they can too!

Our focus today is the Cooperative Purchasing Agency (CPA) and the Southern Education Retirement Consortium (SERC).

So much to learn about retirement planning.

Great conversation!

Before you go...

You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.

This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it. 

Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!

You are AWESOME!

Thanks so much!

Connect & Learn More:

Kevin Benson; CPA / SERC Director

kbenson@cpa4schools.com

https://sercsolutions.com/

 

Danny Kofke: Run with the Bulls

dannykofke@gmail.com

https://blubrry.com/runwiththebulls/

https://www.mymentoro.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannykofke/

Length - 59:02

Danny Kofke - Money Management, Mentoro, and the podcast Run with the Bulls - 680

Danny Kofke - Money Management, Mentoro, and the podcast Run with the Bulls. This is episode 680 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

After being an elementary school teacher for 18 years, Danny Kofke recently left the classroom to work with Mentoro - a financial education company.  His love of teaching and personal finance led him to write five personal finance books including The Wealthy Teacher: Lessons for Prospering on a School Teacher’s Salary.

Danny’s everyday approach to handling money has led him to appear on numerous television shows including Fox & Friends, The CBS Early Show, CNN’s Newsroom, the 700 Club and The Clark Howard Show.  He has also been interviewed on over 600 radio shows and featured in a number of publications including USA Today, Yahoo.com, The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. 

 He wants to show others if this former schoolteacher can do well financially, they can too!

Our focus today is Money Management, Mentoro, and the podcast Run with the Bulls

So much to learn and think about.

Don't forget to share with someone.

Before you go...

You could help support this podcast by Buying Me A Coffee. Not really buying me something to drink but clicking on the link on my home page at https://stevenmiletto.com for Buy Me a Coffee or by going to this link Buy Me a Coffee.

This would allow you to donate to help the show address the costs associated with producing the podcast from upgrading gear to the fees associated with producing the show. That would be cool. Thanks for thinking about it. 

Hey, I've got another favor...could you share the podcast with one of your friends, colleagues, and family members? Hmmm? What do you think? Thank you!

You are AWESOME!

Thanks so much!

Connect & Learn More:

dannykofke@gmail.com

https://blubrry.com/runwiththebulls/

https://www.mymentoro.com

https://twitter.com/mentorogroup

https://www.instagram.com/mentorogroup/

https://www.facebook.com/mentorogroup

https://www.youtube.com/@MyMentoro

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannykofke/

https://www.tiktok.com/@mentoro_group/

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Danny-Kofke/author/B003DFRR7I?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1714131979&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

https://teachinglearningleadingk12.podbean.com/e/episode-39-financial-wisdom-with-danny-kofke/

https://teachinglearningleadingk12.podbean.com/e/episode-63-ava-kofke-the-financial-angel/

https://www.stevenmiletto.com/danny-kofke-can-i-borrow-400-how-to-never-have-to-ask-this-question-again-win-the-game-of-financial-freedom-311/

Length - 37:17

Episode 63: Ava Kofke-The Financial Angel

Ava is an amazing young lady. She has figured out that there is a difference between wants and needs. She knows the difference between debit and credit cards (There are many adults who need to listen to her.). She advises others that if you don’t have the money- well, then…you shouldn’t spend it. 

Ava doesn’t just offer this advice by talking about it, she has written a book called The Financial Angel. The book is filled with powerful suggestions about dealing with money and activities to help the reader practice having and using money.

All of this and –wait for it-she is going into the 6^th grade!

As I talked with Ava, I knew that she must really be a 45-year-old financial planner.

Enjoy the talk. I hope that you will share with your children and adults who need help with understanding the good and the bad of money.

Thanks Ava for sharing your great thoughts about managing money.

Length: 27:10

Episode 39: Financial Wisdom with Danny Kofke

Danny Kofke is a self-made millionaire. He started out as a kindergarten teacher, became a special education teacher and is married to a 2^nd grade teacher. He and his wife took international teaching positions originally and actually taught in Poland, for a while.

He now teaches teachers how to manage money.

He is an author of three books: How to Survive (and Perhaps Thrive) on a Teacher’s Salary, A Simple Book of Financial Wisdom: Teach Yourself (and your kids) How to Live Wealthy with Little Money, and A Bright Financial Future: Teaching Kids about Money Pre-K through College for Lifelong Success! (Click here to go to his page on Amazon.com)

He has a 10 year old daughter who also is a published author! 

She wrote…The Financial Angel: What all Kids Should Know About Money (ages 4-11)

 

This is a podcast for everyone…especially those with kids!

Great advice!

Information that we all needed when we were kids…now you can share with your children and with the kids of others.

I hope you will share this interview with your children, grandchildren, neighbors, and colleagues!

Catch up with Danny at http://dannykofke.blogspot.com/

Also, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SimpleFinancialWisdom

Contact Danny at kofketd@windstream.net

Enjoy!

Length: 40:04