Financial Education
Minding Your Money: Skills for Life
- Beginning Employment
- Budgeting
- Checking Accounts
- Consumer Skills
- Credit and Debit Basics
- Education and Financial Aid
- Education ROI
- Exploring Jobs and Careers
- Filing Your Taxes
- Insurance Basics
- Savings Accounts
- Smart Money Habits
Why Adopt This Course?
This free digital course teaches students about different financial stages in life, how money and mental wellness are intertwined, and the ways money can affect interpersonal relationships. Through interactive real-world scenarios, this course supports students as they map out their futures, identify the strengths of their financial values, develop resilience, and navigate relationships. A new lesson has been added that explores how to initiate meaningful financial conversations with peers, family, and trusted adults.
At-A-Glance
Grade Level
9th, 10th, 11th, 12thLength
5 digital lessons, 15 min each
Languages
Standards
Jump$tart National Standards for Personal Finance Education
Curriculum Fit
Finance, Economics, CTE, Social Studies, Business, Advisory, and Homeroom
Students explore the different financial needs and responsibilities people face as they go through various stages of education and working life.
Students take a quiz that helps them identify the values that affect their financial behavior. They then explore the strengths and potential challenges of their values.
Students learn how finances and mental wellness are connected. They also explore techniques to manage both financial and mental stressors.
Students discover how their financial attitudes and behaviors are influenced by different people in their lives. They also learn the warning signs of financial abuse.
Students identify the importance of communicating with peers, family, or trusted adults about financial topics and how to best navigate difficult conversations.
Students explore the different financial needs and responsibilities people face as they go through various stages of education and working life.
Students take a quiz that helps them identify the values that affect their financial behavior. They then explore the strengths and potential challenges of their values.
Students learn how finances and mental wellness are connected. They also explore techniques to manage both financial and mental stressors.
Students discover how their financial attitudes and behaviors are influenced by different people in their lives. They also learn the warning signs of financial abuse.
Students identify the importance of communicating with peers, family, or trusted adults about financial topics and how to best navigate difficult conversations.
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Less than a third of high school juniors and seniors reported that they felt prepared to compare financial institutions and select one that best meets their needs (32%). Slightly more students — but still less than half (47%) — felt they could select, open, and manage a savings or checking account.
Young people also reported low levels of confidence in their ability to establish financial habits that contribute to long-term financial wellbeing: budgeting and managing credit. Half of juniors and seniors said they were “prepared” or “very prepared” to set up and follow a budget, while just a third (32%) felt they could check their credit and maintain good credit over time.
These skills budgeting and managing credit – are essential as young people move toward financial independence. The decisions they make in the next one to two years begin to carry consequences that can last much longer, directly impacting their lifetime financial wellbeing.
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Yes, given the critical role of skill and confidence in building financial wellbeing, the low levels of preparedness among young people could be a sign of trouble as students finish high school and move toward financial independence.
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Students learn the fundamentals of money management in financial literacy classes, including budgeting, saving, paying off debt, investing, and more. This information offers the groundwork for kids to establish sound financial practices at a young age and steer clear of many mistakes that result in ongoing financial difficulties.
Why EVERFI?
EVERFI empowers educators to bring real-world learning into the classroom and equip students with the skills they need for success-now and in the future. Our curriculum and courses are:
- Loved by 750,000+ teachers
- Aligned to US, Canada, and UK learning standards.
- Real-world lessons that are self-paced and interactive.
- Automatically graded with built-in assessments and reporting.
- Extendable with activities and resources to bring the information to life.
- Supported with a dedicated, regional team.
- Forever free for K-12 educators.
How Are These Lessons Free?
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of corporations who share our mission, EVERFI’s courses are completely free to teachers, districts, and families
This course is made possible through partnerships with community-focused financial institutions who invest in student financial literacy. That’s why everything—curriculum, training, and support—is completely free to educators.