Amended Substitute Senate Bill 311 will require Ohio schools to implement personal financial education into high school curricula, beginning in the Fall of 2010 for the class of 2014. The Teachers Academy is designed to help schools offer financial education that’s both compliant and meaningful.
The Ohio Treasurer's Teachers Academy is a highly successful two-day summer workshop offered in partnership with the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Council on Economic Education.
The workshop focuses on putting teachers in touch with an abundance of materials and resources, along with instruction on how to engage and motivate students in an interactive curriculum.
Amended Substitute Senate Bill 311 will require Ohio school districts to implement personal financial education into their high school curriculum beginning in the fall of 2010 for the graduating class of 2014. This well-developed program, utilizing public and corporate support, provides a substantive approach through school district participation in the Teachers Academy. More than 700 teachers participated in these workshops in 2007 and 2008.
By sharing student-friendly materials, innovative resources, and instruction, we help provide teachers and school officials with materials to engage students in an interactive personal finance experience they can understand.