Personal Finance
Class Syllabus
Grade 10-12
Credit 1
Instructor: Paige Rawlings
Course Objective:
This course is intended to help the student learn real life skills and how to apply these skills. What this class has to offer will benefit the student now and after high school.
Objectives:
Students will:
Practice Skills for Planning Personal Finances
Understand financial goals
Learn opportunity and cost strategies
Calculate annual interest
Plan a Career
Develop a career portfolio
Develop a career PowerPoint
Develop a cover letter and resume
Learn money management strategies
Calculate net worth
Learn consumer purchasing and protection
Practice Skills for Banking and Credit
Identify financial services and institutions
Perform check writing skills
Learn how to reconcile a bank statement
Perform keeping track of checks in registrar
Understand savings plans and payment methods
Calculate interest compounded monthly
Calculate rate of return
Define consumer credit
Understand methods of obtaining credit
Calculate dept payments-to-income ratio
Calculate simple interest on a loan
Understand housing options
Understand renting a residence
Understand buying and selling home
Understand Investing Financial Resources
Learn savings and investment options
Identify common and preferred stocks
Understand bonds and mutual funds
Understand Protecting Finances
Identify tax strategies
Understand home and car insurance
Understand health, disability, and life insurance
Learn about retirement and estate planning
Book:
Personal Finance by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Text Book
Personal Finance by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Work Book
Materials needed:
Notebook
Pencil
Other supplies may be needed late
Homework Policy:
There is no homework assigned. Ample class time is available to complete assignments, if necessary because of absence or sickness, students may come in during Seminar or by arrangement made between student and teacher. Late assignments are not penalized if turned in with agreement between student and teacher. Homework must be turned in no later than one week before the end of the grading period unless otherwise specified by the instructor.
-Reasons: books stay in classroom
Learning Goal:
The goal of the class is for each student to be able to learn and use real life skills that will help the student understand, calculate, and organize
Class Syllabus
Grade 10-12
Credit 1
Instructor: Paige Rawlings
Course Objective:
This course is intended to help the student learn real life skills and how to apply these skills. What this class has to offer will benefit the student now and after high school.
Objectives:
Students will:
Practice Skills for Planning Personal Finances
Understand financial goals
Learn opportunity and cost strategies
Calculate annual interest
Plan a Career
Develop a career portfolio
Develop a career PowerPoint
Develop a cover letter and resume
Learn money management strategies
Calculate net worth
Learn consumer purchasing and protection
Practice Skills for Banking and Credit
Identify financial services and institutions
Perform check writing skills
Learn how to reconcile a bank statement
Perform keeping track of checks in registrar
Understand savings plans and payment methods
Calculate interest compounded monthly
Calculate rate of return
Define consumer credit
Understand methods of obtaining credit
Calculate dept payments-to-income ratio
Calculate simple interest on a loan
Understand housing options
Understand renting a residence
Understand buying and selling home
Understand Investing Financial Resources
Learn savings and investment options
Identify common and preferred stocks
Understand bonds and mutual funds
Understand Protecting Finances
Identify tax strategies
Understand home and car insurance
Understand health, disability, and life insurance
Learn about retirement and estate planning
Book:
Personal Finance by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Text Book
Personal Finance by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Work Book
Materials needed:
Notebook
Pencil
Other supplies may be needed late
Homework Policy:
There is no homework assigned. Ample class time is available to complete assignments, if necessary because of absence or sickness, students may come in during Seminar or by arrangement made between student and teacher. Late assignments are not penalized if turned in with agreement between student and teacher. Homework must be turned in no later than one week before the end of the grading period unless otherwise specified by the instructor.
-Reasons: books stay in classroom
Learning Goal:
The goal of the class is for each student to be able to learn and use real life skills that will help the student understand, calculate, and organize
