Road to Retire Well
Many small decisions can add up to a financially secure retirement. Are you getting the most from your employer's retirement plan? What should you do if you change jobs? Is a Roth IRA (or Roth 401k) right for you? Learn how to put yourself on The Road to Retire Well.
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PowerPoint Presentation (PDF): Road to Retire Well PowerPoint
Handout: Road to Retire Well handout
Making the Most of Your Job Benefits
This lesson encourages college-age students (and other young adults) to think about job benefits they might have in the future, as well as to introduce students to the resources available at the Plan Well, Retire Well website.
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PowerPoint Presentation: Making the Most of Your Job Benefits
Activity: Dreams Into Reality: Setting Goals
Handout: Save at Your Job
Evaluation: Evaluation Example
High School Financial Planning Program Newsletter
Learn about new University of Illinois Extension resources that you can use in your classroom. This latest issue of the HSFPP Newsleter highlights educator professional development opportunites as well.
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Newsletter: HSFPP Fall 2005
A Lesson for Students: Take Time to Save Now
This student lesson guides users through the first two sections of the Plan Well, Retire Well website: "Time Makes a Difference" and "Start Saving." These website sections include interactive calculators so that students can set their own financial goals.The materials below are saved in PDF format. To read PDF documents, you need the Adobe Reader. You can download the latest version of the FREE Reader directly from Adobe's website.
Student Worksheet: Take Time to Save Now
Lesson Plan for Teachers: Lesson Plan for Take Time to Save Now
Learning Standards: Illinois Learning Standards for Take Time to Save NowDreams Can Become Reality
As a method of introducing young adults to the Plan Well, Retire Well website, a simple-to-use lesson has been developed. This lesson can be presented to community groups as well as students. The lesson does NOT require access to a computer and covers a significant part of the first two sections of the website: "Time Makes a Difference" and "Start Saving".
PowerPoint Presentation: Dreams Can Become Reality
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Activity: Saving Money When You Don't Have a Dime
Activity: Saving Tips
Activity: Dreams Into Reality - Setting Goals
