Careers in Business March Article
During February, the students were busy learning about banking, checking and savings accounts, as well as credit: credit cards, credit reports and scores, and how to establish and improve your credit scores. This knowledge was put to use on February 26th, when they volunteered at the Mall of Life, a 7th grade CareerTEC sponsored event. The purpose is to simulate life, make career and financial decisions, and improve check writing skills. They did well assisting the younger students, while having fun too!
Next, we pivot into investing and the Stock Market Game (SMG) which everyone is looking forward to. We will see how they feel about it in a couple of weeks as the competition becomes intense! The SMG features learning about types of companies, stocks, reading a stock quote, analyzing risk, and what metrics to use during stock analysis.
Several students are also contemplating and/or planning on taking the second year of the program next school year, involving an internship. In order to help with that process, Year II students are writing and preparing a presentation for the year I students about each of their internships. These will be presented to the students and their mentors in late April. I’m so excited to see how they turn out and see what they have learned.
If anyone is interested in taking CIB 1, please reach out to your local guidance counselor, the CareerTEC office, or the CareerTEC website.