RLFM Table of Contents
REAL LIFE FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS –
Educator Guide
E-1 – Educator Quick Start
E-2 – Getting Started
Day #1 – Registration
Day #2 – Student Expectations
Day #3 – Prologue – Completing Assessments
Day #4 – Class Management – Using the 6Es
Day #5 – Teamwork with Flipped Instructional Methods
STUDENT COURSE
PROLOGUE – GETTING STARTED
- Atlas, Three Boxes & Goals
- When You Were Young
- About Me – Demographics
- Personal Finance Test – 50 pts
- Final Exam 2020 – 100 pts
- Grit, Perseverance & Future Income
UNIT ONE – SETTING GOALS & EXPECTATIONS
- 1-1 CONVERTING DREAMS TO REALITY
- 1-2 CRITICAL THINKING & PROBLEM-SOLVING
- 1-3 SOCIAL MOBILITY
- 1-4 CREATOR OR YOUR FUTURE
- 1-5 ETHICS, LAW & CHARITY
- 1-6 ADVANCED MATH
- UNIT 1 EXAM
UNIT TWO – CAREER DISCOVERY
- 2-1 FIND A JOB YOU LOVE
- 2-2 DO YOU WANT A CAREER OR A JOB?
- 2-3 YOUR INTEREST ASSESSMENT
- 2-4 NEEDS, WANTS & STANDARD OF LIVING
- 2-5 CONNECT INTERESTS, EDUCATION & CAREERS
- 2-6 CAREER MATRIX PRESENTATIONS
- UNIT 2 EXAM
UNIT THREE – WAGES & BENEFITS
- 3-1 WORKING THE BRAIN
- 3-2 CAN’T WAIT TO WORK?
- 3-3 INCOME, WAGES, NON-EXEMPT & SALARIED
- 3-4 EMPLOYEE OR CONTRACTOR?
- 3-5 FICA & STATUTORY BENEFITS
- 3-6 ELECTIVE BENEFITS
- 3-7 RETIREMENT BENEFITS
- UNIT 3 EXAM
UNIT FOUR – YOUR FUTURE
- 4-1 RESEARCH
- 4-2 COMMUNITY NEEDS
- 4-3 COMMUNITY PROJECT
- 4-4 USING MATH IN THE REAL WORLD
- 4-5 PERSONAL FINANCE
- UNIT 4 EXAM
UNIT FIVE – SELECTING POSTSECONDARY ED
- 5-1 YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
- 5-2 YOUR JOB PERFORMANCE – YOUR GPA
- 5-3 COLLEGE 101
- 5-4 BEGIN WITH YOUR MAJOR
- 5-5 AM I ON TRACK?
- UNIT 5 EXAM
UNIT SIX – FUNDING POSTSECONDARY ED
- 6-1 CALCULATE THE GROSS COST OF PSE
- 6-2 AP & DUAL CREDIT REDUCE PSE COST
- 6-3 COLLEGE REALITY CHECK
- 6-4 FOCUS ON FAFSA
- 6-5 OTHER $$$ RESOURCES
- 6-6 THE FULL RIDE
- UNIT 6 EXAM
- 6-7 BONUS – ATTENDING A FOREIGN UNIVERSITY
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