JA Finance Park Virtual^™

JA Finance Park helps students build a foundation upon which they can make intelligent financial decisions that last a lifetime, including decisions related to income, expenses, savings, and credit. The program comprises several teacher-led, lessons and culminates in a hands-on, online budgeting simulation that is supported by volunteers. For more information, please email Morgan Cohen at mcohen@jacarolinas.org.

Pillars of Student Success	Entrepreneurship: Minimal	Financial Literacy: High	Work Readiness: Minimal

Program Implementation	Program Grade-Level
Virtual	Grades 8-12

Program Concepts

Program Skills

Banking, Benefits, Budgets, Buying, Careers, Choices, Consumers, Credit, Debt, Exchange, Expenses, Income, Interest rates, Investments, Government, Money, Needs, Opportunity costs, Risk, Salary, Saving, Savings, Scarcity, Social Security, Taxes, Wages, Wants

Active listening, Analysis, Applying information, Brainstorming, Budgeting, Cause and effect, Charting, Comparing, Computation, Critical thinking, Data collection, Decision making, Filling out forms, Following directions, Graphing, Interpersonal communication, Interpreting data, Listening, Math computation, Negotiation, Observation, Planning, Problem solving, Reading, Research, Role-playing, Self-reflection, Spending, Taking responsibility, Teamwork, Writing, Verbal communication