Education + Business Summit 2024: Full Schedule

11:30am EDT

64 EVERFI: Supporting the HS Personal Finance Graduation Requirement with Ready-to-Go Lessons

Tuesday June 25, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Whether you are a seasoned veteran at teaching financial literacy or you have been recently tasked to teach personal finance at your school for the first time, EVERFI has you covered. This session will provide an overview of EVERFI’s digital HS financial literacy course offerings, all aligned to the personal finance standards and available to all South Carolina educators at no cost. You will walk away with immediate access to EVERFI’s platform, directions on how to explore the digital lesson catalog, and implementation ideas to get students started. For the best experience, please bring a device!

Speakers

Rika Nishimura

Education Success Specialist, EVERFI

EVERFI's online activities cover the critical life skills students need to be successful - college and career readiness, financial literacy, interpersonal skills, mental wellness, literacy skills, etc - and they're all free. The online lessons are self-guided and the built-in assessments... Read More →

Tuesday June 25, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Room 104 A

Finance, Business

RENEWAL CREDIT LINK: https://bit.ly/3VD0qPP

1:30pm EDT

63 Future Smart, Future Ready, Future Prepared: Kickstart Financial Literacy for Middle School Students

Tuesday June 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT

Room 104 A

By Middle School, students have developed the capacity to understand economic concepts, make financial judgments, and assign value to purchases and brands. Yet, the majority of today’s students don’t have the money management skills they need to navigate the modern financial world. This session will provide an overview of EVERFI’s digital MS financial literacy course offerings, all standards-aligned and available to all South Carolina educators at no cost. You will walk away with immediate access to EVERFI’s platform, directions on how to explore the digital lesson catalog, and implementation ideas to get students started. For the best experience, please bring a device!

Speakers

Rika Nishimura

Education Success Specialist, EVERFI

Tuesday June 25, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Room 104 A

Finance, Business

RENEWAL CREDIT LINK: https://bit.ly/4eea4jn

9:45am EDT

122 Personal Finance Track: Building Financial Security

Wednesday June 26, 2024 9:45am - 10:45am EDT

Room 202-A

Explore the new half-credit Personal Finance course standard, Building Financial Security. Take a deep dive into key indicators, including defining basic investment concepts, the relationship between risk management and rate of return, funding requirements at different stages of life, Social Security benefits, types of long-term retirement investments, estate planning, developing an investment portfolio, and the role of insurance in long term financial planning. Potential lesson plans, best practices, and lots of no-cost resources will be demonstrated. This session is geared to those on the Personal Finance Track.

RENEWAL CREDIT ONLY PROVIDED TO THOSE ON THE PERSONAL FINANCE TRACK - PLEASE SEE INSTRUCTOR FOR DETAILS

Speakers

Nathaniel Gilmore

Wednesday June 26, 2024 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
Room 202-A

Finance, Education & Training

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2:15pm EDT

172 Personal Finance Track: JA Finance Park® Mobile

Wednesday June 26, 2024 2:15pm - 4:30pm EDT

Room 202-A

For those on the Personal Finance Track, JA Finance Park® is an immersive mobile facility where students will develop and stick to a personal budget via an innovative digital simulation that takes them on a journey from their teen years through retirement. This session will walk you through the features and benefits of JA Finance Park®, share data from how this program has benefitted students in other states, and help you get this impactful program into your school.

RENEWAL CREDIT ONLY PROVIDED TO THOSE ON THE PERSONAL FINANCE TRACK - PLEASE SEE INSTRUCTOR FOR DETAILS

Speakers

Bette Bronson

VP of Education, Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina

I look forward to meeting you during the SC Business Summit! Attendees will be introduced to JA's Program that aligns with the state standards that have been put in place for the half unit Personal Finance credit for high school students. The program has fun, fully designed lesson... Read More →

Wednesday June 26, 2024 2:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
Room 202-A

Finance

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8:30am EDT

32 There's an Honors for That Now? Teaching the new Personal Finance Honors Course

Thursday June 27, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Room 101-B

South Carolina has instituted a new half-credit Personal Finance requirement for high school graduation. New this year, due to an overwhelming number of requests, is an Honors version. Bill Joy, curriculum developer and Personal Finance instructor at Lucy Beckham High School in Mount Pleasant, SC, will take you through the differences between the two courses and explain the best way to execute PFH in your school or district.

Speakers

William Joy

Lucy Beckham High School

Though born in New Jersey and raised in DC, Bill has lived, studied and worked all over the world. His undergraduate work was done in New Orleans at Tulane University. While there, Bill studied Japanese Management and took a semester at Sophia University in Tokyo. After working in... Read More →

Honors Personal Finance pdf

Thursday June 27, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Room 101-B 1 Exposition Drive

Finance, District CTE Directors

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