It was a busy academic year, and YouCount! was involved in various engagements. Read about them!
K-12 Space:
“The Shark Tank: create and defend your business ideas”
This course introduces students to basic financial literacy concepts such as budgeting, savings, investment, interest, risk, and return. While students simulate the popular TV show “Shark Tank”, they improve their financial literacy and financial awareness through interactive learning, teamwork, and collaboration. Students generate ideas for a business, construct a mock business plan, and even create a marketing strategy to pitch to the “investors”, present their ideas to business owners from the community after 6 classes. This program was offered in two locations:
· SOAR, an after-school enrichment program in Salisbury, CT. Twelve 5th and 6th grade students enrolled in this series of classes in the fall of 2018. Read the testimonials of the students’ parents and the coverage in the local newspaper!
· “Minds in Motion- Litchfield 2019”, the signature enrichment event of the Connecticut Association for the Gifted, offering exciting, fast-paced, interactive workshops for every student. YouCount! collaborated with the Litchfield Educational Foundation to present an abbreviated version of “Shark Tank” through four hours of interactive business plan development on April 6th, 2019.
“Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock” by Sheila Bair
During this workshop at Salisbury Central School in December, 2018, 5th graders read the book, practiced and discussed savings through math exercises, and learned about the various vehicles for saving.
College and Adult Education Space:
“The Lessons of Great Depression Today”
Through this series of classes at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS) in Falls Village, CT, students in the American History class learned about the Federal Reserve, monetary policy, and their role in Great Depression and Great Recession in addition to financial markets, financial instruments, and compound interest. (April 2018).
Curriculum development for O’Donnell Learn, Inc.
O’Donnell Learn, Inc., an education consulting firm specializing in learner-centric design and best-practices in professional development, invited Natalia to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME). She contributed her expertise to the design of an online Macroeconomics course incorporating the Challenge-Based approach in addition to the curriculum development for a Finance Bootcamp utilizing the application of Excel.
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