Intro to Gross vs. Net Pay

EQ - What is the difference between gross and net pay?

1. Activator - Survey
2. Actively Read - "Open Ended Response"
1. Open Ended Response
1. Preview the question
2. Read the article
2. Class discussion
3. Identifying Key Vocabulary
1. Gross Pay, Net Pay, Wages, Taxes, Deductions
4. Previewing a Paystub - Click Here
5. How are these taxes used?
6. TOD - Knowing the effect of deductions from your paycheck, how might this impact you when you begin financial planning using SMART Goals?

IF TIME PERMITS - Continue next class
EQ - Where do my federal tax dollars go?

1. Activator - KWL:  What do you know about your federal tax dollars?
2. How are these taxes used? - Where Did My Tax Dollars Go 
3. Partnership Activity
1. Choose one category where tax dollars are allocated
2. Create a poster to illustrate the components of your category
3. Share with the class
4. Assignment
1. Compose a response to answer the EQs
1. Find the assignment in Schoology
2. Describe your opinion on how our federal income taxes are dispersed.
3. Do you think the allocation is appropriate? Why or why not?
4. If you could change anything regarding how tax dollars are spent, what would you change?  Explain.
5. Submit to Schoology

Prepping for the Unit 2 Exam

EQ - How does a person make sound financial decisions to achieve their goals?

1. Activator - TPS Splashdown: Stages of the FCCLA Decision Making Method
2. TPS - Using the DECIDE Method of Decision Making
3. AP - Individually use the DECIDE Method 
4. Review - Length of Goals
5. Q&A
6. Unit Exam Next Class

FCCLA Decision Making

EQ - How can we develop a logical argument to explain a decision?

1. Activator - Forced Decision
1. Directions
2. Statements
3. Reflection
2. Decide by Chance
3. Introduction to FCCLA's Method - LINK HERE 
4. As a class - Solving a problem
5. Collaborative Group Activity
1. Choose a problem
2. Identify the 6 steps of DECIDE
3. 4 share
6. TPS - Making Decisions
7. TOD - Answer the EQ

Introduction to SMART Goals

EQ - How are SMART goals applied to financial decisions?

1. Activator: "Goal Out" - My Future Letter
2. Introduction to Goal Setting (with PPT) 
• Financial v. Educational Goals
• Short-term and Long-term goals
• SMART Goals
3. Identify the missing elements
4. Knowledge Check
5. Team Practice

Resume Evaluation

EQ - How do I create an effective resume?

1. Guest Speaker
2. Resume consultations
3. Work Time

Today's Class

Construct your Resume

1. Take out your homework.
2. Take out your notes from yesterday
3. Open the sample resumes in Schoology 
1. Unit 1 Folder
2. Resume Writing
3. Who Would You Hire
4. Open a Google Doc and begin constructing your resume.

**NOTE - I will be back soon from a meeting.  Good luck!

Intro to Résumé Writing

EQ - How do I create an effective résumé?

1. Activator - Resume evaluation
1. CP - First Impressions
2. CP - Evaluate the candidates
2. Debriefing - Who would you like to meet?
3. Introduction to Résumés – PowerPoint
• Take Notes
4. Class Discussion
5. Create or update a personal résumé and upload it to Career Cruising

Introduction to Financial Aid

EQ - How can financial aid impact my future personal finances?

1. List - 10 Things You Need to Know About Paying for College
2. Inquire - What questions do you have about financial aid?
3. Note - Distribution of Article
1. Frame It (Title, Section heading)
2. Anticipate the purpose
3. Actively Read
1. Highlight unknown words
2. Write questions/thoughts in the margin
3. Briefly summarize each section after reading
4. Know - Create a list of answers to your Inquiries AND compose a summary of what you now know.
5. Career Cruising Financial Aid Section
1. Access your portfolio
2. Click Find A School
3. Click Financial Aid (Link @ bottom of page)
6. Find and apply for a scholarship
7. TOD - Muddy Points

HOMEWORK - Find a link to an online scholarship and post it as a comment to this post.

Career Presentations

Career Presentations begin today.  Please prepare by taking out your rubric, a pen/pencil, and a full sheet of paper.

1. Fold the paper in half 3 times
2. Write the presenter's name in the top of the box.
3. Write the title of the career under the name.
4. Actively listen and record two interesting items about the career in the box.

Following presentations, there will be a written assignment that will require you to have these notes