This 4-week bootcamp will cover behavioral finance, budgeting, banking, and investing. This course will be filled with hands-on learning!  My course is a great way to prepare students for handling their own finances! 

Many learners start with little knowledge about handling finances.  After the course, they will grow to enjoy learning about money and will be much more confident in their finances!

This course will include presentations, videos, reading, writing, activities, and projects.  I'm a firm believer in creating engaging learning experiences.  I'm excited to begin a journey of discovering finances with your learner!

Students will collaborate through the Outschool platform through various projects including: The Bean Game (evaluating what someone values based on how they spend their money), Budgeting with Roommates, completing various banking activities, and investment strategies.

A Nearpod will be provided for each week of the camp. There will be multiple interactive activities throughout the lesson so students can synthesize what they are learning and keep track of it. I will ask students to share their work with me and/or the class and give them feedback on this work. I will pose a weekly discussion question for students to answer in the classroom or Nearpod via video, picture, or chat and I will ask that classmates respond to each other's submissions. There will also be a review quiz after each lesson on Nearpod as a check for understanding.


Agenda:
Week 1: Your Values and Money
*What are Your Emotional Reactions to Money?
*The Bean Game
*Appraise Your Financial Well-Being
*What Do You Value?
Week 2: Budgeting
*Gross Pay vs. Net Pay
*Create a Budget
*Budget Apps
*How to Fix Your Budget When It Isn’t Working
Week 3: Banking
*Online Banking
*The Evolution of Personal Banking
*Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Checking Account
*Direct Deposit
*Online & Mobile Banking
*Bill Pay, Apple Pay, Mobile Security Tips
Week 4: Investment Basics
*Investing Basics 
*Saving, Investing, and Speculating
*Compound Interest
*Inflation
*Determining Risk
*How to Begin Investing

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