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Paula BentleyGateway STEM High SchoolPersonal FinanceCourse Description: Understanding and managing personal finances are key to one’s future financial success. This one-semester course is based on the Missouri Personal Finance Competencies, and presents essential knowledge and skills to make informed decisions about real world financial issues. Students will learn how choices influence occupational options and future earning potential. Students will also learn to apply decision-making skills to evaluate career choices and set personal goals. The course content is designed to help the learner make wise spending, saving, and credit decisions and to make effective use of income to achieve personal financial success.General Course Objectives:Students should be able to identify components and sources of income.Students should be able to explain how sound financial decisions can increase a person’s standard of living and wealth.Students should be able to develop a career path based on rational decision-making, appropriate research and self-reflection.Students should be able to apply decision making to personal financial choices (planning, maintaining and analyzing money management) throughout various stages of financial status.Students should be able to evaluate how insurance (e.g., auto, home, life, medical and long-term health) and other risk management strategies protect against financial loss.Students should be able to design a financial plan (budget) for earning, spending, saving and investing.Students should be able to compare the benefits and costs of alternatives in spending decisions.Students should be able to compare sources of credit (e.g., credit cards, consumer loans, auto loans, student loans).Students should be able to demonstrate awareness of consumer protection and information (e.g., identity theft and scams).Students should be able to describe the rights and responsibilities of buyers and sellers under consumer protection laws.Students should be able to compare consumer choices for saving and investing.Students should be able to demonstrate how to put together a presentation using PowerPoint.Students should be able to demonstrate how to use the Internet for research.Required Class MaterialsPen or pencilNotebookCalculatorInternet connectionsComputer/LaptopEvaluationHomework: 25%Tests/Quizzes/Projects: 75%NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. See Ms. Bentley for make-up work. The instructor realizes that you will be using the computers to complete your work throughout the course. However, you should realize that the instructor will interpret any alteration of software, removal of cords, removal or alteration of any peripheral (mouse or its parts, scanner, etc.) or “graffiti” on the hardware or tables as destruction of school property, and you will be referred. ?Your computer permission slip for the computer usage in the school and class setting.Students will be informed of all school and classroom rules and regulations. Disciplinary consequences of, parental contact, student and teacher conference OSS, parent or administration will get involved if the behavior continues. ................
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