Support for Educators
So much of your focus as an educator is on the well-being of your students, but your own personal development is just as important. Explore the resources below to get started.
Build your financial literacy
Digital personal finance learning plans and professional development webinars simplify seemingly complex concepts into bite-sized lessons.
FutureSmart Certified Teacher
Professional development meant to deepen educators’ own financial knowledge for their classroom, their personal lives, and beyond.
Resources for your classroom
FutureSmart Videos
Play these engaging, 90-second videos for your students to help teach about important financial education topics such as opportunity cost, the law of supply and demand, and the Industrial Revolution.
FutureSmart lesson plans
Check out these turnkey lesson plans – designed by FutureSmart teachers – that include objectives, materials, and directions.
Resources for Students
Lessons for your child
FutureSmart and SmartEconomics are free digital financial education programs that build students’ confidence around personal financial well-being. FutureSmart empowers students to manage their finances, make sound decisions and become financially responsible. SmartEconomics helps students to analyze the economy and make real-life decisions that require the understanding of key economic concepts.
Opportunity to win a $5,000 scholarship!
Students who complete at least three lessons of FutureSmart or three lessons of SmartEconomics can share what they learned for the opportunity to win a $5,000 529 college savings gift card.