Finance

Our redesigned Finance courses bring today’s financial world into the classroom. Principles of Finance PLUS is now available as a semester (½ credit) course, with expansion units that make it a full-year (1 credit) course. It’s a great fit for schools meeting personal finance requirements.

Coming next: During the 2026–27 school year, we’re redesigning Accounting, which brings Principles of Accounting and Managerial Accounting together into one full-year (1 credit) course. We’re also redesigning two cross-theme courses that work in any pathway: Professional Ethics and Entrepreneurship.

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Principles of Finance PLUS

Personal & professional finance foundations plus business, entrepreneurship, marketing, and leadership

Delivering Great Service (All Pathways)

Help students gain real-world skills in empathy, problem-solving, and professional communication they can use on DAY ONE of any job in any...

AI Career Connections

This free foundational unit provides students FROM ANY PATHWAY with an introduction to AI, how to leverage it for academics and college and career...

EVERFI Financial Education Lessons

EVERFI’s online financial education curriculum is designed to equip students with real-world skills to manage financial goals and...

NFTE Courses

NFTE courses are intentionally mapped to help students secure tangible, workforce-ready resumes.

Federal Reserve Education

Federal Reserve Education provides high-quality, in-person active learning lessons and curriculum. Every lesson is written with clear procedures,...

Invention Convention Curricula

The Henry Ford’s Invention Convention Worldwide and NAF are collaborating to bring invention education to NAF students and teachers across...

Michelson IP Curriculum

The Michelson IP Curriculum provides accessible, no-cost educational resources to help students, inventors, and entrepreneurs understand and...

Invest Curriculum

The National Invest Program offers Insurance Is Everywhere, a free, turnkey curriculum designed to introduce students to real-world insurance...

Fleischer Scholars: Building Your Strategic Mindset

This is a framework we all need, especially our students. No matter our age or place in life, the only limitation is our own bravery and skills....

Applied Finance

Applied Finance delves into the financial concepts introduced to learners in the Principles of Finance course. Learners begin the course by...

Financial Planning

Financial Planning offers an overview of the job of a financial planner. They look at financial planning objectively, requiring them to regard all...

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship provides learners with an understanding of the critical role played by entrepreneurs in the national and global economy. Learners...

Financial Services

Financial Services gives learners an overview of banks and other financial services companies. The course introduces them to the origins of money...

Principles of Accounting

Principles of Accounting provides learners with an understanding of the critical accounting process and facilitates decision-making by providing...

Managerial Accounting

Managerial Accounting introduces the fundamentals of management accounting, including manufacturing and cost accounting, budgeting, accounting for...

Principles of Accounting: A Storytelling Approach

Principles of Accounting: A Storytelling Approach introduces accounting and features engaging instructional strategies such as Data Storytelling...

Professional Ethics

Professional Ethics provides a solid understanding of why ethics is essential in every profession. After an introduction to several philosophies...

Business Economics

NAFTrack Certification with End of Course Exam: This legacy course delivers an introduction to the essential concepts of economics about a...

Principles of Business Economics

Principles to Business Economics is an updated version of Business Economics using blended learning strategies such as digital portfolios, choice...

Business in a Global Economy

Business in a Global Economy provides learners with an understanding of how and why businesses choose to expand their operations into other...

Money Mentors Program

Money Mentors is a FREE program of The Actuarial Foundation that empowers young people to make conscious choices about their resources, time, and...

Next Gen Personal Finance

The NGPF provides high-quality personal finance curriculum for nine-week, semester, and annual courses. Each version features lesson plans to meet...

Khan Academy: Financial Literacy

Take your finances to the next level with practical tips and step-by-step guidance in the Khan Academy new course! You’ll learn everything...

Financial Algebra

The NGPF Financial Algebra Course engages students with real-world financial applications while maintaining deep mathematical rigor....

Warehousing & Distribution

The Prologis Learning Academy is a fast, free online training program designed to prepare you for today’s jobs in the warehousing and...

Graphic Design

Graphic Design presents a hands-on introduction to the technical and creative skills of a professional designer. First, learners find out the...

My classroom culture closely resembles the realities of a career in the finance field. It is not limited to the physical walls of the assigned classroom rather, students have access and exposure to business professionals, real-world activities and experiences that prepare them for college and their chosen career paths.

Bill McBride
Academy Director
Turner Technical Academy of Finance

Early exposure to accounting courses and CPA career offerings increases the likelihood that students decide to enter the accounting profession. This program is a way to increase diversity by drawing from the widest pool of talented students.

Kim Drumgo
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
AICPA

The Academy of Finance gave me life skills that I was not aware I would ever need. I have learned the proper art of networking—and I call it an art because it amazes me how many people don’t understand how the simple act of networking can change your life.

Dakota Reynolds
Alumni
Hamburg High School