The Perfect Financial Literacy for Youth Curriculum

How has our offering managed to perform out there on the ground, in real professional spaces? Now let’s dive into a real-life example of a successful utilization of our financial literacy for youth curriculum in someone’s own professional life:

Ethan works as a high school counselor and is responsible for advising 58 soon-to-graduate seniors. Many of them had asked him several questions related to paying for college, but he didn’t know how to help. He wanted to provide them with some sort of financial literacy for youth curriculum that could help them all. He was already pretty well-read on the topic himself, but teaching wasn’t exactly his strong suit. For that reason, he realized it would be better to reach out for some help to start teaching financial literacy to youth at his school and convey this vital material.

After completing a quick, multiple-choice paper questionnaire that he handed out at the end of his counseling sessions one week, he came to the realization that most of these students had hardly any personal finance knowledge at all.

Ethan’s original goal was to help them quickly acquire a useful level of personal finance knowledge with a youth financial literacy curriculum by his own design, but only start out with the essentials – sticking to core principles. However, he hoped that they would be proficient in the subject by the end of the year.

Designing a Financial Literacy for Youth Curriculum

At that point, Ethan was already decided when it came to his short-term goals and mission for the long run. The next move he would need to make would be practical planning: he needed to set the pace and decide on the course format. With his combination of live and online format that he decided on for the youth financial literacy program he also built in activities they could do at home.

Ethan soon realized that his idea for a financial literacy for youth curriculum was actually still a little bit too broad, particularly since he simply wanted to get the ball rolling for these kids. He really needed to make the core focus of the program narrower, so he designed the first segment as a student loan-centered course that also touched on savings in general.

Setting the Pace

These kids all had jam-packed, mismatched schedules, and time was very precious to them. For this reason, Ethan came to understand that they would need to learn this material at their own pace. That’s why he decided to find a solution that could be broken up into modules that are easy-to-digest.

What he needed was a little help – someone who was skilled in delivering a financial literacy curriculum for high school students in a fun, engaging manner. Thankfully, he managed to get in contact with a NFEC Certified Educator that had considerable experience making personal finance content entertaining. Thanks to some additional assistance with his financial literacy for youth curriculum, he quickly felt much more confident.

Checking out the Results

Of the 58 volunteers that ended up participating in the youth financial literacy curriculum, 55 of them (95%) of them completed the program in its entirety. Once the program was over, those who made it to the end filled out a survey, with 100% agreeing that their financial knowledge had been “significantly” improved by participating in the program.