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MONEY:. Multiple Opportunities Needed to Engage Youth. WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?. Academy of Business & Finance.

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  1. MONEY: Multiple Opportunities Needed to Engage Youth

  2. WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

  3. Academy of Business & Finance • The mission of the Acadiana High School Academy of Business and Finance is to equip students with the financial knowledge and communication skills necessary to have an immediate competitive edge in post-secondary education and/or the workforce.

  4. History • Began in 2002 as part of the Lafayette Parish School System “Schools of Choice” Program • Approximately 30 programs from Pre-K to high school

  5. Member of NAF (National Academy Foundation) • Smaller learning communities • Industry-specific, project-based curriculum • Finance • Hospitality and Tourism • Information Technology • Engineering • Newest: Health Sciences • 40 states with almost 500 academies • www.naf.org

  6. How do students join? • Online application • Essay • Teacher recommendation • Interview session • LOTTERY • Based on formula approved by Department of Justice • NO CRITERIA ON DISCIPLINE, ATTENDANCE, OR SOCIAL HISTORY • Only requirement to remain in the program: schedule & pass required curriculum

  7. What do they learn? • Career Cluster: Finance • AOC: Banking and Finance (NAF Academy)

  8. TEACHERS LIKE FREE (or cheap) RESOURCES! So how/where do we find them?

  9. First and foremost…YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY • Advisory Board consisting of: • Industry representatives • Post-secondary institutions • Parent • Student • Teachers • Administrators • District leadership • Involvement: • Curriculum selection and implementation (classroom visits, fieldtrips, assistance with project) • Student Internships and Teacher Externships • Mentoring • Fundraising & Donations

  10. Partnerships • Offer tax preparation services through the VITA program • Open a credit union or bank in your school

  11. FBLA

  12. Melissa Gossen, Lafayette Schools’ Federal Credit Union, Summer 2012 Internships

  13. Activities to incorporate financial literacy in your classroom: • Non-technology: • NEFE • MoneyTrack • Federal Reserve materials • Checking Account Simulations (The Financial Literacy Project) • Chad Foster books • w!se • U.S. Treasury Financial Capability Challenge • Technology: • Gen i Revolution • MoneySKILL • The Stock Market Game • EverFi • On Your Own Coast-to-Coast (budgeting simulation) • Dave Ramsey’s “Foundations in Personal Finance” • (curriculum approved for public high school use)

  14. SCHOOL-WIDE ACTIVITIES Financial Literacy Month – April Be A Millionaire Day – May 20th

  15. Teacher Professional Development Opportunities: • Jump$tart (State & National Conferences) • Council for Economic Education • Continuing Education • Economics for Educators (FTE) • NYSE Teachers’ Workshops • Federal Reserve Bank Teachers’ Workshops • State & District Summer Trainings • GEAR UP Educators’ In Business Camp • Fund for Teachers (www.fundforteachers.org) • Externships/Mentoring Opportunities

  16. Questions? Academy of Business and Financewww.ahsbusinessandfinance.comPhone 337.984.2324315 Rue du Belier, Lafayette la 70506

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