Teens and Money: Teen Personal Finance Grades 9-12

About this Course

This hands-on course will teach students important lifetime decision making skills. Working on real world examples both in groups and individually, the class will help students develop an understanding of money and finances for today’s world. Based on the Cowin Financial Literacy Program in partnership with Columbia University’s Teachers College and Women In Support of Education (W!SE) curriculum will include money management (budgeting, savings and investing), paying for college, buying your first car and opening and understanding your first credit card. It is designed to prepare teens to understand how their money choices will directly affect their finances now, and in the future and to prepare for what is happening in the world.