The ability to count, read, complete transactions, and budget money is a major contributor to independence. This program begins with the skills required to count out the money to purchase and identify correct change. Skills targeted in this section of the course are:

Skip-counting money
Matching the closest bill to the cost of an item
Counting out the bills for a given amount
Estimating correct change
Calculator use
Evaluating purchases
Differentiating between wants and needs
Reading receipts
Completing transactions with debit cards
Money literacy emphasizes place value, punctuation, and stating dollar values in spoken form. The budgeting curriculum begins with planning to make purchases within a small personal budget and develops the skills required to manage a monthly budget scenario.

This course is taught by a BC-certified teacher and one teaching assistant.

This program is open to young adults. Students should be able to read for information and work towards independence in making purchases and some aspects of personal budgeting. Students will be assessed upon entering the program, with a final assessment conducted at the end of the June term.