Programs

Planning 10: financial life skills resource

Topic: financial literacy

Audience: youth

Description:

This financial life skills resource is offered to teachers who teach finances to grade 10 students. The resource covers important financial topics including budgeting, savings, investing and investment fraud. Over 1,400 teachers in all 60 school districts have requested the resource.

The BCSC has also entered into a partnership with the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC). Both organizations share a commitment to improving financial literacy among youth. Together we developed a comprehensive web-based tool called The City new window, this web-based resource is modeled on the BCSC’s award-winning teacher financial life skills resource called The City: Financial Life Skills for Planning 10 new window and used by BC teachers since 2004.

The BCSC resource's innovative approach blends the use of fictional characters with real-life financial activities and decisions in a hands-on, activity-based format. As each financial topic is introduced, students learn the concepts and information through eight "lifestage characters" each facing different financial circumstances.

The BCSC supports teachers using its resource through a province-wide training program. We show teachers how to use the resource, explain key concepts and provide strategies for keeping students engaged. We offer face-to-face training and online training through live webinars.

The BCSC is also engaged in a financial literacy advocacy campaign that is aimed at School Trustees and Administrators, teachers and parents. The goal of this program is to give future and current investors the tools they need to ask the right questions before making investment decisions, and to protect themselves from fraud.

For more information:

Dawn Barden, communications assistant
email: planning10@bcsc.bc.ca
phone: 604.899.6677

 The City: Financial Life Skills for Planning 10 resource website: www.bcsc.bc.ca/planning10 new window
The City resource website: www.themoneybelt.gc.ca/theCity-laZone/  new window