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The following information details how the Lift Off to Higher Education program meets many of the expectations in the Ministry of Education's document, "Creating Pathways to Success K-12" (2013).
The Ministry of Education is emphasizing the importance of ensuring that Ontario students have the opportunity to improve their financial literacy. Financial literacy may be defined as “having the knowledge and skills needed to make responsible economic and financial decisions with competence and confidence.” 1
The following information shows teachers how the activities in our Financial Literacy modules provide some of the learning opportunities outlined in the Ministry of Education's resource guide, "Financial Literacy: Scope and Sequence of Expectations Grades 4-8" (2016).
Expectations that are listed below are taken from the following Ontario curriculum policy documents:
Expectations in which explicit connections can be made to financial literacy are found in the Media Literacy strand. Through learning to recognize overt and implied messages in advertising
and other media texts, students can develop the critical thinking skills that they need as
consumers.
1 A Sound Investment: Financial Literacy Education in Ontario Schools, Report of the Working Group on Financial Literacy (Toronto: Ministry of Education, Ontario, 2010), p. 7.
Lift Off to Higher Education
Jan McPhedran McLeod, Program Coordinator
Marj Bellingham, Program Coordinator
We encourage teachers, guidance counsellors and principals interested in bringing the Lift Off program to their schools to reach out to one of our program coordinators.
The Lift Off program is well-received by our students. They are engaged and enjoy learning about and discussing topics that will benefit them in the future. As teachers, we feel the Lift Off program motivates many students to view their education in a different light and encourages them to consider the importance of planning ahead for future decisions they'll need to make."
Dean Moyer, Grade 7 and 8 guidance, WRDSB