How will the Professional Learning package assist teachers?
The Professional Learning Package has been designed to build the capacity of teachers in primary and secondary schools to engage students in consumer and financial literacy. The professional learning encourages and supports teachers to look broadly at the curriculum and identify opportunities across four broad areas of study: • understanding money • consumer education • personal finance, and • money management. These areas of study do not create new layers of work. Instead, they provide teachers with a lens to add value to quality teaching and learning. The Professional Learning Package for teachers uses the comprehensive and innovative program of the primary schools in the Maitland region of New South Wales as a case study. The program is a good example of the benefits of integrated learning across primary schools. There are other innovative programs in many schools and these will continue to grow and embed the learning in consumer and financial literacy.
