Design the Right Financial Literacy Activities for High School Students

The following example shows how the NFEC helps people spread financial literacy.

George, a substitute high school math teacher, wanted to do something about the absence of financial literacy activities for high school students. He knew there was a need and a quick survey of high schoolers revealed a conscious desire to learn about personal finance.

He was aware that it would be a pretty big undertaking and he would need some professional help. A colleague told him about the NFEC and he was relieved to find customizable financial literacy activities for students.

To start, George set out to define his learning goals for the financial literacy course. He wanted his students to gain the ability to think strategically about personal finance. If they got to the extended thinking stage of learning, he’d be thrilled, but strategic financial thinking about specific subjects would define the success of the program. The financial literacy activities for students would have to facilitate these goals.

Delivery would take more than financial literacy activities for high school students pdf. To avoid school politics, George would offer his program independently. It would be based on a timeline in order to keep the students progressing along a pre-defined schedule. An online webinar format would offer the flexibility to eliminate schedule as an excuse for not doing the activities.

George knew that designing an effective curriculum would be a challenging to the high school students financial literacy. He wanted a credible course that met the established standards of core financial education. It also had to be designed around learning principles that were based on hard evidence. The activities had to be engaging and interactive, and directly relatable to the real-world behavior they would soon need when they entered the world as young adults. The lessons had to be practical and actionable.

Even though planned on becoming a certified financial educator, he knew he was not ready to teach his first class in high school financial literacy. He needed qualified, experienced help.

With the help of the NFEC, he found the perfect person who was certified and experienced in presenting financial literacy activities for high school students. She would present the course and help George avoid common pitfalls encountered by amateurs.

Out of 28 students who signed up for the extracurricular financial literacy program, 24 completed it successfully. George was very happy with the almost 86% completion rate.

He sorted through the data and put it into a report to use in funding applications and expansion efforts. This report would show the impact of the program beyond a shadow of a doubt.