CSCPA High School Resources
Do you want a CPA to speak to your class about his or her career and the CPA profession, or do you want a CPA to teach the "Me, Myself, My Money" lesson plans? Request a CPA Speaker!
Available to your school – free!
CHAT Sessions
Annual CPA Career Conference
Outstanding High School Accounting Student Award
High School Visitation Programs
High School Financial Literacy Program - "Me, Myself, My Money"
AICPA & Other State Society Classroom Resources
The CPA Zone Newsletter
Website Links for High School Educators
CHAT (CT High School Accounting Teacher) Sessions
A FREE afternoon program created specifically for secondary accounting teachers to exchange ideas, network, and help each other promote and teach accounting at the high school level via roundtable discussion.
View the Teacher's Resource page to see and use what other Connecticut High School Accounting Teachers have shared including rubrics, games, curriculum, lesson plans, and project ideas for teaching high school accounting!
The next CHAT Session is scheduled for Thursday, November 18, 2010!
Annual CPA Careers Conference
This conference, held each autumn and sponsored by the CSCPA Student Outreach & Career Awareness Committee, is held on a rotating basis at one of the four-year colleges or universities in Connecticut (sites vary year to year) that offers accounting as a major. The event is designed to provide high school students with the opportunity to learn about the CPA profession and to find out what a Certified Public Accountant actually does in his or her career. Invitations are mailed out to all high schools in Connecticut in early September, giving educators the opportunity to bring interested college-bound juniors and seniors.
Save the date! The 2010 High School CPA Careers Conferences are scheduled for:
-Friday, October 22, 2010 at University of New Haven; and
-Friday, October 29, 2010 at University of Connecticut
Outstanding High School Accounting Student Award
High school accounting teachers are asked to nominate one accounting student from their school to receive this award. Award recipients will receive a customized plaque on behalf of the CSCPA, which will be mailed directly to the nominating educator. Nomination forms are usually mailed in March and have a deadline for nominee submissions in early April.
Criteria for the nominee are as follows:
- The student is enrolled or was previously enrolled in an accounting class.
- The student has earned a grade of B+ or higher in an accounting class.
- The student is a senior and is college-bound.
- The student demonstrates leadership qualities both inside and outside of the classroom.
- The student is an active participant in activities both inside and outside of the classroom.
Nominate a student for the award.
High School Visitation Programs
CPA Career Speakers: Volunteer CPAs of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants are eager and ready to speak in your classrooms! A CPA will come into your class and discuss the profession, his/her personal experiences as a CPA, and offer brochures – this is an interactive and close-up look at the career that you won't want to miss!
Looking for a speaker to discuss the CPA profession with your class? Send in your speaker request today!
Volunteers may also available to be present at your Career Day or Career Fair.
High School Financial Literacy Program - Me, Myself, My Money Financial Literacy Curriculum and Speakers
CSCPA developed Me, Myself, My Money to improve the financial literacy of high school students by introducing fundamental concepts for responsible personal financial management. Following the overwhelming success of the first edition, the CSCPA presented a new and expanded edition.
Request Me, Myself, My Money, edition 2.
Accounting Lesson Plans
 "Takin' Care of Business" Education Handbook: 15 AICPA-produced lesson plans are intended to show students that accounting goes beyond "debits and credits" and that CPAs are engaged in all aspects of business, not just auditing and taxation. Each lesson plan is based on education learning standards set forth by the National Business Education Association (NBEA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Each lesson plan also has skill-based components called Performance Measures and Standards—the skills that students should develop prior to graduating high school.
(The full "Takin' Care of Business CPA I-Pack" which includes a user's guide, a DVD, a career guide, bookmarks, and a poster are available for purchase by clicking here.)
Accounting Careers Recruitment Videos
These short videos are designed to help students hear and see first-hand the diversity and opportunity available with the CPA credential. The following are available for viewing on YouTube:
Start Here. GoPlaces.
Startheregoplaces.com - Great AICPA-produced site for high school and college students to learn more about the CPA profession. This interactive site includes a full glossary and games such as "Catch Me If You Can," "Bizz Fun," and "Money Means Business." The newest offering is "The Turnaround Game," an online business simulation game that takes students inside the world of the music industry and players take on the role of a consultant CPA, whose challenge is to save a failing record company - Big Noizz.
Download the newest issue of Start Here Magazine (pdf document)!
SHGP Teaching Assistant - The Teaching Assistant at StartHereGoPlaces.com is an online tool to help you engage your students in learning about rewarding careers in business and accounting. Through its easy-to-use web interface you can:
- Review and share site content, including our print
and online publications
- Download teaching tools for our popular business
simulation games
- Email site content to your students and manage
class email lists
You must first register as an educator on www.startheregoplaces.com and then log-in to access the teacher assistance feature.
The CPA Zone Newsletter
This CSCPA-produced bulletin is designed to keep high school students and educators in the loop with the profession of Certified Public Accounting.
To view recent editions of The CPA Zone, click on the links below:
See more useful links for educators.
To receive more information on any of the above programs, or for more information, contact Jill Brightman at jillb@cscpa.org or 860-258-0239.
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