equipped with iPads, the NEFE curriculum, and supplemental material, as well as professional development. We also took advantage of Lynda.com. This is a great professional development web site and includes many tutorials and classes in business and finance. The class Earning, Learning, and Investing for a New Generation was also started this year. We ran one section for juniors and seniors in September and a second section started in January. We worked on introducing Financial Literacy to the Life Skills program and hope to get that in place by next year. Our Credit for Life Fair was held in April and we had two speakers come in to talk to students about presentation, first impressions, and interviews. For more project information, contact the Program Administrator: Susan Finn, Dean Business/Technology, .. District Pilot Program Description - FY15 Data Required Course(s): Freshman Algebra (grade 9 mathematics department) Elective Course(s): Personal Finance course (grade 12 mathematics department) Experiential Activities: Credit for Life Fair Other Reality Fair JA Stock Market Challenge Capstone or Year-end Project Financial Literacy or Business Portfolio Personal or Household Budget Business or Financial Plan Holyoke – Curriculum Resource: Junior Achievement Dean Technical High School
equipped with iPads, the NEFE curriculum, and supplemental material, as well as professional development. We also took advantage of Lynda.com. This is a great professional development web site and includes many tutorials and classes in business and finance. The class Earning, Learning, and Investing for a New Generation was also started this year. We ran one section for juniors and seniors in September and a second section started in January. We worked on introducing Financial Literacy to the Life Skills program and hope to get that in place by next year. Our Credit for Life Fair was held in April and we had two speakers come in to talk to students about presentation, first impressions, and interviews. For more project information, contact the Program Administrator: Susan Finn, Dean Business/Technology, .. District Pilot Program Description - FY15 Data Holyoke – Dean Technical High School Required Course(s): Freshman Algebra (grade 9 mathematics department) Elective Course(s): Personal Finance course (grade 12 mathematics department) Experiential Activities: Credit for Life Fair Other Reality Fair JA Stock Market Challenge Capstone or Year-end Project Financial Literacy or Business Portfolio Personal or Household Budget Business or Financial Plan Curriculum Resource: Junior Achievement
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