the buck starts here
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Do you want to unify your AOF students and bring fun to your finance classes? Hear how one academy uses "AOF Bucks" to teach financial literacy concepts, engage students in hands-on work with economic principles and connect students to an on-campus credit union.TRANSCRIPT
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AOF BucksSaint Paul Public SchoolsAOF Coordinator: Kristine Somerville ([email protected])
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AOF BUCK
• Teaches Responsibility• To bring fun into the classroom• Students love to collect them/spend them
• To unify the AOF cohorted courses• All teachers distribute bucks
• To talk financial literacy at their level• Supply and demand
• To incorporate the credit union in our school• Investing their bucks
AOF BUCKS! WHY??
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• Anytime students go above and beyond• Answering tough questions
• Helping others
• On assignments• To give initiative• “For a buck….tell me…”
• Any time a teacher feels a student deserves one!
AOF BUCKS! WHEN??
• Hold onto them• Spend them• Bring in snacks, items to sell
• Students help set prices, 2 for 1 deals.
• Invest them in the credit union• Extra credit
AOF BUCKS! WHAT do you do with them??
• SPFCU has an actual branch in our school- Cougar Branch• Will give interest on bucks• Allow students to open a real checking account with bucks• SPFCU also hires students to work at the branch
St Paul Federal Credit Union
AOF Celebration
• Bucks are printed on a heavier card stock by one of our board members
• Using buck increments ($5, $10, $15)• Have students design the bucks• We all agree that we want to use bucks even more next year!
Wrap up and the future: