WEAVE PERSONAL FINANCE INTO RELATED COURSES

If a standalone Personal Finance course is not already in place at your school, start your Mission 2030 journey by embedding personal finance lessons into existing courses.

BUSY TEACHER TIP: Start with a quick weekly personal finance routine like Question of the Day, FinCap Friday, or Arcade Games. This will give students a chance to engage with personal finance without crowding out your required standards.

With FREE Curriculum and Teacher PD, the NGPF community has removed many of the barriers to establishing a new personal finance elective.

DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL

You have the tools. You have the power. Launch a new personal finance elective.

Personal Finance Elevator Pitch

Course Proposal Template

50 Names for your Personal Finance Course

Course Syllabus Template

Course Description Template

Fin Ed Impact Studies

WHY FOCUS ON REGISTRATION?

As your course becomes more popular, your argument for why ALL students should be guaranteed to take personal finance becomes easier. Supercharge your course's growth.

PROMOTE WORD-OF-MOUTH

• Give students an extra credit Public Service Announcement Poster Project in which their goal is to encourage their peers to enroll in personal finance.
• Invite recent graduates to your class as guest speakers to talk about how lessons and skills they learned in your class have impacted them in the real world.

ENGAGE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS

• Customize NGPF’s Parent Newsletter Templates to encourage multi-generational conversations about personal finance in your community.
• Deliver a personal finance parent workshop for your students and their loved ones. Use NGPF’s parent event planning template to get started.

BUILD THE COMMUNITY BUZZ

• Elect a handful of organized student leaders to distribute NGPF’s Universal Financial Education Survey to as many peers, parents, local business leaders, recent graduates, and other important stakeholders as possible. This will give you valuable testimonials you can use to persuade more students to enroll in your course.
• Issue your copy of NGPF’s End-of-Course Survey Template to students. Use what you learn to improve instruction and promote your course further.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

• Help students launch a Personal Finance Club or Investing Club to keep the learning going outside the classroom.

PRO TIP: Have students reach out to neighboring schools/districts to join forces.

• Create a student volunteer group that teaches after-school programs for Middle School students in personal finance concepts.

PRO TIP: Students can use some of the same activities and games from your class and assess the reactions of middle school students.