Welcome to Financial Literacy:
This class is focused around the Iowa Core 21st Century Skills. Specifically, we focus on the areas of employability skills and financial literacy. It is more important than ever that students start thinking about career planning and financial issues at a younger age in order to help themselves make better decisions as they move through the educational system and prepare to be productive workers and independent consumers.
About Mr. Pond:
The 2017-2018 school year will be my 19th year of teaching. In addition to teaching this class, I also teach one section of Introduction to Business at Valley High School. I attended Indian Hills the first year the building opened (1978). I am also a graduate of Valley (1982). After graduating from Valley, I attended the University of Northern Iowa, receiving a B.A. in Financial Management. I enjoyed UNI so much that I attended the school two more times---receiving an M.B.A. in 1989 and my business teaching certification in 1998.
Weekly planner: On Canvas
This class is focused around the Iowa Core 21st Century Skills. Specifically, we focus on the areas of employability skills and financial literacy. It is more important than ever that students start thinking about career planning and financial issues at a younger age in order to help themselves make better decisions as they move through the educational system and prepare to be productive workers and independent consumers.
About Mr. Pond:
The 2017-2018 school year will be my 19th year of teaching. In addition to teaching this class, I also teach one section of Introduction to Business at Valley High School. I attended Indian Hills the first year the building opened (1978). I am also a graduate of Valley (1982). After graduating from Valley, I attended the University of Northern Iowa, receiving a B.A. in Financial Management. I enjoyed UNI so much that I attended the school two more times---receiving an M.B.A. in 1989 and my business teaching certification in 1998.
Weekly planner: On Canvas