Overview.
Off Ball Foundation plans to introduce this comprehensive financial skills course in the summer of 2025, aimed at equipping participants with essential knowledge over twelve weeks. Collaborating with Business 101, students will learn to set and achieve financial goals through effective budgeting and early investment strategies. The latter weeks will focus on understanding banking products, credit management, and entrepreneurship, including creating a business plan and marketing. Finally, participants will explore the stock market, gaining insights into investment strategies and stock research.
The 2025 Business 101 curriculum will involve twelve themed weeks:
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Week 1-2
Week 3-4
Week 5-6
HOW TO
ACHIEVE YOUR FINANCIAL GOALS
BUDGETING
BASICS
INVESTING
The learning objectives focus on understanding the importance of budgeting, saving, early investing, and familiarizing oneself with financial terminology to achieve financial goals.
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Week 7-8
WHAT IS BANK/CREDIT & DEBIT
The learning objectives emphasize understanding budgeting, identifying various expenses, avoiding overdrafts, and learning financial terminology.
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Week 9-10
HOW TO
SUCCEED
IN BUSINESS
The learning objectives cover how to earn money to reach goals, explore investment options for kids, recognize the importance of saving early, and learn financial terms.
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Week 11-12
THE
STOCK
MARKET
The learning objectives include understanding bank products and services, how kids can use banks, how banks earn money, payment methods, the advantages and risks of credit, credit usage rules, and learning financial terms.
The learning objectives focus on recognizing needs as opportunities, strategies for achieving goals, the importance of a business plan, marketing products or services, and learning financial terms.
The learning objectives include understanding stocks, identifying investment strategies, reading a stock ticker, and learning financial terms.