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Effective Strategies for Educating K-12 and College-age Youth in Personal Finance

Learn from Business and Finance Teacher Marcelina Pascual's successful methods and resources for teaching personal finance to students. Discover practical strategies, valuable resources, and inspiring conference experiences to enhance financial literacy education.

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Effective Strategies for Educating K-12 and College-age Youth in Personal Finance

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  1. Best in Class Strategy to Support K-12 and College-age Youth Educators of Personal Finance Greater Washington Jump$tart Coalition Meeting January 29, 2013

  2. Marcelina Pascual • Business and Finance Teacher • Theodore Roosevelt High School • 2003 – 2012 • Roosevelt STAY High School • 2004 – Present • Jump$tart Conference – 2010 & 2012

  3. Goals • Recognize the issues faced by DC K-12 business and finance teachers. • Identify the strategies and resources that worked in the classroom. • Share my conference experience.

  4. Issues • Not all schools offer the personal finance course • Commitment • Schedule • Overwhelming resources

  5. Strategies That Worked • Bringing speakers in the classroom • Bringing them to field trips • “Campfires”

  6. Resources That Worked • Guest Speakers • InVest Program (Whole Term) • Federal Reserve Board (Spring) • Junior Achievement (7-8 meetings) • Other volunteers

  7. Resources That Worked • Field Trips • InVest Program – site visits • Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond – Baltimore and Richmond • BBB - Baltimore • College Tours • Occasional trips provided by DCPS-CTE

  8. Resources That Worked • Online Resources • NEFE – www.nefe.org • Knowledge@Wharton - http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/ • InVest – http://invest.iiaba.net/default.aspx • MoneySkill – www.moneyskill.org • Gen I Revolution – www.genirevolution.org • Visa Football - http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/

  9. Nothing beats good planning!

  10. Jump$tart Conference

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