1. PERSONAL FINANCE National Business Education Standards

2. CAREER DEVELOPMENT Self Awareness –Assess personal skills, abilities, and aptitudes and personal strengths and weakness Career Research –Utilize career resources to develop a career information database that includes international career opportunities Workplace Expectations –Relate the importance of workplace expectations to career development

3. CAREER DEVELOPMENT Career Strategy –Apply knowledge gained from individual assessment to a comprehensive set of goals and an individual career plan School to Career Transition –Develop strategies to make an effective transition from school to career Lifelong Learning –Relate the importance of lifelong learning to career success

4. INCOME Identify sources of income Analyze how career choice, education, skills, and economic conditions affect income Explain how taxes, government transfer payments, and employee benefits relate to disposable income

5. MONEY MANAGEMENT Explain how limited personal financial resources affect the choices people make Identify the opportunity cost of financial decisions Discuss the importance of taking responsibility for personal financial decisions Apply a decision-making process to personal finance decisions

6. MONEY MANAGEMENT Explain how inflation affects spending and investing decisions Describe how insurance and other risk- management strategies protect against financial loss Design a plan for earning, spending, saving, and investing Explain how to use money-management tools available from financial institutions

7. SPENDING & CREDIT Compare the benefits and costs of spending decisions Evaluate information about products and services Compare the advantages and disadvantages of different payment methods Analyze the benefits and costs of consumer credit

8. SPENDING & CREDIT Compare sources of consumer credit Explain factors that affect creditworthiness and the purpose of credit records Identify ways to avoid or correct credit problems Describe the rights and responsibilities of buyers and sellers under consumer protection laws

9. SAVING & INVESTING Explain the relationship between saving and investing Describe reasons for saving and reasons for investing Compare the risk, return, and liquidity of investment alternatives Describe how to buy and sell investments

10. SAVING & INVESTING Explain how different factors affect the rate of return of investments Evaluate sources of investment information Explain how agencies that regulate financial markets protect investors