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Spotlight on Success: Kari Oliver (Gorham Savings Bank)

May 6, 2022

Spotlight on Success: Kari Oliver Gorham Savings Bank Kari began her banking career as a teller in 2005 in a branch location, gained more responsibility, and then realized how much she enjoyed the challenges found supporting the branches. Today she works as the Retail Support Specialist at Gorham Savings Bank (GSB) with a focus on collaboration and efficiency. Reflecting on her CFTEA courses in her career, “Principles of Banking helped me to better understand the banking world, regulations, and in

Adding Decision Scenarios to Courses

May 5, 2022

Branching scenarios offer a dynamic way to build engagement and improve retention. Have you tried them? Innovation and engagement are key areas that CFTEA continues to focus on as we move into 2022. Branching scenarios are an interactive way to display content and test the knowledge of learners by challenging them in making a decision and observing how they react to the consequences. Each screen presents new situations and new choices. Branching scenarios also create more vivid material for your learners

What is Self-Paced Online?

May 4, 2022

Looking for a way to access content with flexibility? Self Paced courses allow students to complete the content within a few months completely online and at any time they want. While there isn’t a dedicated instructor, many of our self-paced formats include an Ask an Expert feature to provide a lifeline when there is confusion. If that feature is missing, our office is always happy to support student questions or technical issues. Many of our Self Paced courses also

WorkInvestNH

May 3, 2022

The New Hampshire Employment Security is providing New Hampshire organizations with grant money to support training from the Job Training Fund. Acceptable use of grant funds: Structured, on-site laboratory or classroom training Basic Skills Technical Skills Quality Improvement Safety Management and Supervision English as a Second Language Other training programs that enhance the state’s workforce development Learn more by visiting the New Hampshire Employment Security for WorkInvestNH (formerly known as NH Job Training Fund) https://www.nhes.nh.gov/services/employers/work-invest-nh.htm Applications are available for consideration

Looking for Quick Help Searching Our Courses

April 28, 2022

We are always looking to improve your experience. Based on feedback our course search function has been enhanced! What are the new features to help you sort through hundreds of courses? Play the two-minute instructional video for all the benefits.

Finding Recertification Credits

April 27, 2022

CFTEA recognizes the value of professional development through lifelong learning and supports formats that cater to individual learning needs and preferences. Many professional credits are required to keep certifications current. Our course names were updated to include professional credits to allow for easy searching. At our course listing type in any of the following credentials and see how you can work toward maintaining the required educational credits each year: ACE CREDIT CAFPs CCTSs CEUs CISPs CityUs CFMPs CFREs CRCMs CRSPs

What Is My Why – Dorothy West (Bath Savings Institution)

April 22, 2022

Over and over, we hear how CFTEA has supported aspiring career seekers to advance through the various stages of their careers. 🏆 Dorothy West from Bath Savings Institution explains how she has been impacted. Certified Teller has now been replaced with the Certified Modern Banking Representative and leads to more amazing career path opportunities. A huge congratulations to Dorothy for gaining such a premiere status! What is your why for taking CFTEA courses? #whatismywhy

What is Instructor-Led Online?

April 20, 2022

With so many styles of learning available, what exactly are Instructor Led Online courses? These courses provide a set weekly structure of assignments and interactions through an online portal. In many ways, it is compared to the experience of an online course through a college. Beyond the flexibility, the biggest advantage is weekly accountability to progress effectively in the course. This year, Principles of Banking was added as an instructor-led online course. And many instructor-led online courses allow

Looking for Employees?

April 15, 2022

With a tight labor market, it was a team effort to bring this program to reality. ABA Materials and Certification 10 Banks and Credit Unions 8 Students 2 Students hired before completing the program! CFTEA partnered with Portland Adult Education in 2020 to provide training and certification for their Teller Training program. Recently, the third group of amazing students graduated in person! The program brought together banks and credit unions to support the students. The students carried business and educational

Advancement in our 2030 Strategic Goals!

April 15, 2022

Our carbon footprint has been reduced with the addition of solar to the CFTEA office! In a recent LinkedIn article: “Climate change is impacting the planet much more severely at lower levels of warming than previously anticipated, an alarming new report by UN climate body IPCC concludes. Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves and floods, stand to happen more frequently, affecting billions of people, and taking a heavier toll on humans and other species even in the best-case scenario,