September 2018 Flash Survey: How Do You Engage Parents?

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* 1. Which of the following do you CURRENTLY do to engage the parents/guardians of your personal finance students?

Host personal finance workshops outside school hours

Assign activities or projects that require student-parent collaboration

Provide financial education resources (ex. informational pamphlets, newsletters, or links to helpful websites) geared specifically at boosting parent knowledge

Provide support around FAFSA and other paying for college items, but no resources outside this topic

No extra engagement outside the norm for any class (grade book updates, behavior notices, etc)

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Which (if any) of the following would you LIKE to do if you had the time and resources available to make them happen?

Host personal finance workshops outside school hours

Assign activities or projects that require student-parent collaboration

Provide financial education resources (ex. informational pamphlets, newsletters, or links to helpful websites) geared specifically at boosting parent knowledge

Provide support around FAFSA and other paying for college items, but no resources outside this topic

Not interested

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What topic-specific resources would parents value the most? (Select 3 at most)

Checking

Saving

Credit

Paying For College

Budgeting

Retirement/Investing

Career Exploration

Taxes

Insurance

None — I don't think parents in my school community need or want these types of resources

Other (please specify)

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* 4. If you were to host personal finance workshops for parents, which would have the most positive impact?

A personal finance guest speaker or community expert

A specific how-to workshop (ex. buy a house, open a bank account, plan for retirement, or save for college)

Engage parents in a finance-related activity with their kids

Provide parents with a content overview of some/all the topics your course covers

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Which parent-related concern do you consider most pressing at your school?

Parents lack access to financial education themselves

Parents helping their first-gen children navigate the college process

Parents are reluctant to talk finance with their children at all

Parents are not modeling or enforcing the good financial habits their children are learning in class

Parents are not giving students the chance to manage any of their own money or make financial decisions

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Which of these positive outcomes have you seen in your students and their parents as a result of your course?

Parent supports student opening their own bank or credit account

Student or parents report they're better at budgeting family finances

Increased number of students completing FAFSA and finding a way to pay for college

Student teaches parent personal finance content they learned in your class

None yet, but maybe this year!

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Which of the following do you CURRENTLY do to engage the parents/guardians of your personal finance students?

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* 2. Which (if any) of the following would you LIKE to do if you had the time and resources available to make them happen?

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* 3. What topic-specific resources would parents value the most? (Select 3 at most)

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* 4. If you were to host personal finance workshops for parents, which would have the most positive impact?

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* 5. Which parent-related concern do you consider most pressing at your school?

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* 6. Which of these positive outcomes have you seen in your students and their parents as a result of your course?

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* 7. Is there anything else you'd like us to know about parent engagement and personal finance?