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Bucking the trend
Dr. Claudette Smith, program coordinator with The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T, is part of a team that will be providing training for teachers, agencies and community volunteers in a recently updated financial planning program for high school students. The High School Financial Planning Program is designed to reach teens before they develop poor spending and buying practices. The program's curriculum also serves as a vital classroom resource for the new North Carolina law requiring that financial literacy be taught to 10th-graders.
Since it was launched in 1984 by the National Endowment for Financial Education (with USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service among the supporting partners) the High School Financial Planning Program has reached nearly 5 million students across the United States. The seven-unit personal finance curriculum introduces teens to financial planning concepts and money management.
"This curriculum teaches the basics of money management to teenagers as they are developing habits and attitudes about money," Smith said. "Many high school students are already working and making decisions about their allowances and income. We want them to develop good habits that can serve them now, and sustain them into the future."
Training is scheduled for:
July 9, 11, 12, 24 and Aug. 8, 9, 10, 15 and 17 at
Albemarle (Stanly County Community College)
Asheville (UNC-Asheville)
Boone (Appalachian State University)
Raleigh (the Butler Building at N.C. State)
Fayetteville (Forsyth Technical Community College
Fletcher (Mountain Horticulture Research and Extension Center)
Greenville (East Carolina University)
Hickory (Catawba Valley Community College)
Morehead City (Center for Marine Sciences & Technology)
Plymouth (Vernon James Research and Extension Center)
Dr. Smith, (336) 334-7956, can be contacted for additional information on any of these programs.
Posted May 30, 2007 04:36 PM