ASIC’s MoneySmart Teaching Program

Suzan Campbell | Senior Manager | Financial Capability Seminar on Financial Literacy, 9 June 2017

ASIC’s MoneySmart Teaching program Key characteristics

1. Part of the Australian Government policy agenda

2. Ongoing collaboration with State and Territory education departments

3. Support for teachers – professional learning and classroom resources

4. Invested in measurement and evaluation

Key events

Australian Government policy agenda

ASIC is the Australian Government agency responsible for financial literacy

ASIC’s financial literacy program includes:

– National Financial Literacy Strategy – Consumer information moneysmart.gov.au – ASIC’s MoneySmart Teaching program

National Financial Literacy Strategy

Collaboration with States and Territories

• Partnership with Australian States and Territories – Clear deliverables

• Ongoing collaboration with State and Territory education departments on development, delivery and sustainability of financial literacy education in schools

Australian financial literacy education landscape

Australian Curriculum: Resources “… a range of resources to support teacher as they implement the Australian Curriculum.” http://resources.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

Curriculum Connections “…provide examples of how the Australian Curriculum can be organised to support interdisciplinary learning.” http://resources.australiancurriculum.edu.au/curriculum-connections/

Building teacher capability

Teacher professional development

• Face-to-face workshops

• Webinars • Self-paced

online modules • Initial Teacher

Education online module

Financial health for teachers

• Video series to build financial literacy capabilities

Case studies

Tools and resources • Calculators and apps • Infographics • Videos

Tools and resources for the classroom

Teaching resources for Primary

Big books Digital activities Units of work

Teaching resources for Secondary

Digital activities ASIC’s Be MoneySmart

Measurement and Evaluation

Map key

Resource downloads

Professional development

Independent Evaluation

ASIC’s MoneySmart

Teaching Program

2013 - 2017

4. Measurement and evaluation

Independent Evaluation: EY Sweeney 2013-2017 •Literature review, teacher and student surveys, school case studies •Data analytics (professional development, resource downloads) •Findings will focus on implementation, and impact on teachers,

students, and school communities.

PISA financial literacy assessments •2012 (released 2014) •2015 (released in May 2017) •2018 (expected release in 2020)

Keys for success

• Partnerships with state and territory education departments

• Inclusion into the National Curriculum

• Professional learning for teachers

Thank You