We are now using Dave Ramsey's High School Curriculum!
*Students can access assignments, announcements, notes, and discussions using their school email account at classroom.google.com!
Mrs. Taylor
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Financial Management
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Course Description
In this senior course you will develop critical knowledge and skills required for sound consumer decision-making in complex socio-economic environments. The skills required in this course include those required for the 21st century: Creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. Topics covered in this course include: budgets, checking accounts and banking services, mortgages, credit and debt, insurance, as well as consumer rights and responsibilities. This course does satisfy the fourth year mathematics requirement.
Student Learning Expectations
Learning and Understanding requires:
― Albert Einstein
“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula
Grading Policies
Grades will be calculated by average points. Assessments given will include, but is not limited to, paper and pencil test, projects, and presentations. Percentages follow those laid out in your student handbook. You must earn 60% each semester to pass the class.
General Procedures
Please cut off and return the following portion
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Financial Management Syllabus Acknowledgment
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Student Signature Date
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Guardian Signature Date
[email protected]
Financial Management
Follow me on Twitter @Taylor_BHS
Course Description
In this senior course you will develop critical knowledge and skills required for sound consumer decision-making in complex socio-economic environments. The skills required in this course include those required for the 21st century: Creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. Topics covered in this course include: budgets, checking accounts and banking services, mortgages, credit and debt, insurance, as well as consumer rights and responsibilities. This course does satisfy the fourth year mathematics requirement.
Student Learning Expectations
Learning and Understanding requires:
- Reflective thinking (make connections, wonder, draw conclusions, reason with evidence, describe, explain, uncover complexity, question)
- This will be shown by, but not limited to:
- round table discussions, google classroom participation, research, think-pair-share, written responses, projects, presentations, explorations, and classroom discussions.
- Sometimes, it is necessary to agree to disagree. In this class we will discuss topics that allow for various perspectives. Please remain respectful to your peers. Although you may not agree with their thinking, their is always learning from other perspectives.
- This will be shown by, but not limited to:
- Ongoing meaningful practice (engaged in class activities and learning opportunities- simply completing work does not equate with understanding material)
- This will be shown by, but not limited to:
- classroom discussion, google classroom participation, projects, presentations, and self-exploration, and being actively engaged in learning!
- This will be shown by, but not limited to:
- Independent inquiry
- This will be shown by, but not limited to:
- independent exploration/research, independent reading, and self exploration
- Questioning concepts on your own. You are not always going to be told what to do next.
- This will be shown by, but not limited to:
- Effort and a willingness to make mistakes
- This will be shown by, but not limited to: trial and error and self exploration
― Albert Einstein
“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula
Grading Policies
Grades will be calculated by average points. Assessments given will include, but is not limited to, paper and pencil test, projects, and presentations. Percentages follow those laid out in your student handbook. You must earn 60% each semester to pass the class.
- Late work, as stated in the school handbook, will receive, at best, 50% until the topic assessment. After the assessment, it will not be accepted.
- Unexcused absences result in a zero for work that is due that day.
General Procedures
- In order to have engaging conversation, it is expected that you are individually reading the textbook as we will be discussing its contents in class and you will be responsible for all material on assessments.
- It is your responsibility to check the absent folder to retrieve the work you missed. Work will remain in the folder for one week. After that, you will not be able to receive the work you have missed and your grade will result in a zero. Late work policy is outlined in the student handbook.
- We will be active in google classroom. If you do not have internet access please plan ahead and use VIP to access the internet. Our classroom code is _________________. You need to join the class as you have a discussion waiting for you.
- Be Respectful ~ to each other, me, and any visitors. This includes refraining from using foul language. This also includes the cell phone policy (do not have them out during learning unless they are part of our learning).
- Be Responsible- have appropriate materials for class, be on time, turn in work on time, communicate, communicate, communicate
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Please cut off and return the following portion
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Financial Management Syllabus Acknowledgment
- My student and I have read the course syllabus.
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Student Signature Date
_______________________________ _______________
Guardian Signature Date
The best way to check for daily assignments is through the Home Acess Center. I update assignments and grades daily!
Link to Home Acess Center: http://hac.lisd.us/homeaccess/
If for any reason you need to contact me, the best way is through email: [email protected]
Due to distractions, electronics are no longer welcome in my classroom. Please leave them in your lockers or they will be taken and turned over to the office.