About the Course
This methods course prepares K–12 teachers to design, deliver, and assess financial literacy instruction that is age-appropriate, inclusive, and aligned with California’s personal finance graduation requirement (AB 2927). Participants will build a classroom-ready toolkit of standards-aligned lessons, simulations, and assessments spanning elementary through high school, with an emphasis on culturally responsive pedagogy and practical classroom implementation.
- Interpret AB 2927 requirements and identify implications for course planning, staffing, and scheduling. Map core financial literacy concepts to K–12 developmental progressions (K–5: needs vs. wants, earning, saving, sharing; 6–8: budgeting, decision-making, entrepreneurship; 9–12: credit, investing, taxes, long-term planning) using national and California guidance.
- Design instruction using culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and equity-centered approaches. • Create engaging learning experiences (simulations, games, project-based learning, and community-connected tasks).
- Develop valid assessments (formative and summative) that measure knowledge, skills, and decision-making.
- Compile and adapt high-quality open resources (OER, government tools, and free curricula) for classroom use.
- Produce a classroom-ready financial literacy mini-unit aligned to participants’ grade band and context.