Teaching Teens About Money

April is Financial Literacy Month. To celebrate, I am interviewing guests all month long who are committed to educating students of all ages on personal finance. In this first episode of the series, I talk to Courtney Poquette, an award-winning high school teacher, about how she creatively educates her students and gets these teens excited about learning more about money management. 

Courtney Poquette has been a teacher and advocate for Personal Finance at Winooski High School for the past 15 years. After attending a Vermont State Jump$tart conference, she introduced the first Personal Finance class and has developed a spin-off, Financial Decision Making Class, where students get real money to set up bank accounts and invest. Her advocacy work is now focused at the state and national levels. She is proud to be a NextGen Personal Finance Fellow, Co-Teacher at the Champlain College Center for Financial Literacy’s Summer Institute, and volunteer conference planner with the state Jump$tart Coalition.

Listen to this podcast and discover:

• How Courtney’s high school experience shaped how she teaches personal finances to her students
• The importance of hands-on, experiential lessons to motivate students to develop healthy money habits
• Tips for teachers looking to bring financial literacy courses to their schools
• How parents can help their teens become more financially responsible
• The educational training program offered by the Center of Financial Literacy at Champlain College for teachers – at no cost!

Want to connect with Courtney? Here’s how: 

• • Twitter: @msbusinesscp
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