Howard Slater, MBA, MSFS®, ChFC®, CLU, Cedar Brook Financial Partners, Teaches Financial Literacy

CLEVELAND - May 15, 2015 - PRLog -- – Howard Slater, MBA, MSFS®, ChFC®, CLU, a partner of Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC, one of the region’s largest independent wealth management firms, completed another year of devoting his time and expertise to teaching Laurel and Fuchs Mizrachi high school students entrepreneurial thinking, financial literacy and work-readiness skills.

Mr. Slater wrapped up the academic year by serving as a facilitator for Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland’s Career-Readiness Symposium. This role involved bringing his class of Fuchs Mizrachi students to the conference, which attracted 1,200 students. The program, which included workshops and activities, was designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices.

The symposium was the ideal culmination of the entrepreneurial programs Mr. Slater has created and run at both schools. At Mizrachi, for example, Mr. Slater’s students were charged with starting their own entrepreneurial venture. Mr. Slater, their advisor, mentor and business advocate, used the assignment to provide a cross-disciplinary approach to entrepreneurism, including science, business and politics.

“Exposing kids to programs like Junior Achievement’s Career-Readiness Symposium, and challenging them by tasking them with starting a business, provides incredible teaching experiences,” explained Mr. Slater. “Financial literacy is a big deal. I couldn’t be more committed to ensuring that our students have the opportunity to learn practical and often difficult concepts that will assist them in the transition from students to being highly productive, positive, contributing members of our society,” continued Mr. Slater.

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