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Invest Ed™ - STARS - Project |
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"This project is a worthy addition to the high school level curriculum. I truly believe
that integrating it into my financial management classes will give students the basic knowledge they will need
to help them to identify fraud and to provide for their financial needs in the future. I like what the University
of Oklahoma is doing in conjunction with the State to help educate our citizens in the area of investment
responsibility."
William S. Trice II, Eisenhower High School, Lawton
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CAN YOU ANSWER
YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS?
« Are you an Oklahoma high school teacher?
« Are you interested in your students’ futures?
« Do students need to sharpen their critical thinking skills?
« Do students need money management education?
« Do students need to improve their knowledge of fraud awareness?
« Do students need to take an active role in planning their financial futures?
« Do students need practice setting goals, meeting deadlines, and writing reports?
« Are you interested in presenting students a free and unbiased tool which aligns with the PASS Standards?
«STARS« PROJECT OVERVIEW
The STARS (Students Tracking and Researching the Stock Market) project is unbiased and completely free to everyone involved.
In fact, it pays stipends to teachers. The project’s primary objective is education. Refer to the PASS Standards alignment
link above.
A powerful need exists for students to develop an understanding of how to manage their finances. HB 1476, effective fall
2008, requires districts to provide financial education for students.
The Oklahoma Securities Commission and the University of Oklahoma Outreach ~ College of Continuing Education sponsor the
STARS program designed to teach the importance of investing as a long-range tool, not a get-rich-quick tool, and fraud
awareness. It is not like other stock market projects you may have experienced.
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Fall 2007 Winners, (left to right) Kaylyn Pulley, Logan Hanni, Melinda Hulten, Irving Faught, Amy Outhier, Benjamin Edens, and Frank Urbanski |
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The counties of Oklahoma are divided into
six regions:
Northeast, Southeast,
Fall 2007 Oklahoma County Winner, Logan Hanni (left) with teacher Shonta Watts (right) |
Northwest, Southwest, Oklahoma, and Tulsa.
Teachers may implement this project to supplement existing curricula or in student organizations. At workshops,
teachers
receive detailed guidelines, hands-on internet portfolio training and practice, finance calculator instruction and
practice, instructions, forms, and required timeframes. Additionally, teachers receive access to free optional investment
education curriculum. Throughout the semester, the project director and her assistant maintain close contact with teachers
implementing the project. Teachers who attend spring and summer workshops are eligible to implement the project in the
fall. Teachers who attend fall workshops are eligible to implement the project in the spring. Teachers may implement the
project again and again, each semester or trimester. Summer Refresher workshops are available. |
Fall 2007 SE Region Winner, Melinda Hulten (left) with Business teacher Marcia Parker (right) |
Students are required to keep a research log, complete a risk assessment, write an investment goal, track and maintain a
tracking log, and document stock transactions occurring after the initial portfolio is created. Finally, students write
a report discussing various topics including their research process, criteria used to determine which stocks to purchase,
detailed historical information on at least one stock in their portfolio, risk, goal/s, and investment fraud. One report
winner from each of the six regions and one statewide winner are selected. Report winners are honored with monetary awards
and plaques at a Saturday awards ceremony luncheon at semester’s end. Winning teachers receive an additional stipend.
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HOW TO REGISTER FOR A «STARS« WORKSHOP
Register online or by contacting:
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Jo Ann Murray
STARS
Project Director
University of Oklahoma
1600 Jenkins Ave.
Norman, OK 73072
405.325.6882
800.942.5702
405.325.7687 (fax)
jmurray@ou.edu |
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