Show 109 - Teaching Personal Finance Insights with Jake Cousineau
In this episode, I discuss how to teach personal finance so high schoolers listen with personal finance teacher and author Jake Cousineau.
1/14/20261 min read
If you listen to this podcast, you are likely the most qualified person at your school to teach personal finance, regardless of area of credential. That being said, with more and more personal finance mandates coming down the line, you probably need to be ready to teach it (especially if people know you know your personal finance stuff!). That’s why I decided to talk to Jake Cousineau about his experience teaching personal finance and his book How to Adult: Personal Finance for the Real World, which I personally use to teach personal finance. (I think I’ve said personal too many times in this paragraph). Enjoy this dive into teaching personal finance!
Show Notes
Yanely’s episode on Personal Finance Mandates
HTApersonalfinance.com
jake@htapersonalfinance.com
Recommended Books (Amazon Affiliate Links)
How to Adult: Personal Finance for the Real World
Key Ideas
High school students are increasingly interested in personal finance
Emotions, fear, and personal stories play a connective role in teaching money
Most personal finance classes fail because they are missing the mark.
How How to Adult: Personal Finance for the Real World was designed specifically for young adults, so use it!
To teach it well, you need to avoid overwhelming students while still covering what matters most
Concepts like interest, investing, and retirement matter more than outdated skills
Bonus Tip
Here is a bonus tip I didn't get to in the episode.
Something else to consider doing in a personal finance classroom is simulations. We didn’t get into that, but with how “real world” finance is, you are missing out if you don’t have students practice finance. I have my budgeting tool with my students to have them build a real budget around their intended job, location, lifestyle, etc.