Financial Health for Teachers
Financial Health for Teachers is a MoneySmart Teaching personal
learning program developed by Scott Pape, the 'Barefoot
Investor'.
The program is designed to inspire and empower teachers to take
charge of their financial lives and of the choices they make as
consumers. It aims to help teachers feel confident with money by
demonstrating how other teachers have taken steps to achieve
consumer and financial health.
Available now
Coming soon
- Issue 6: Family Finances: How I won even when two incomes
became one
- Issue 7: Starting Out: My first steps to financial
wellbeing
- Issue 8: Expect the Unexpected: How I dealt with
illness
- Issue 9: Home Happy: How I bought my first home
To subscribe to the program, simply email your request
to moneysmartteaching@asic.gov.au.
Back to topIssue 5: Seeds of Security: How I
started investing (May 2013)
In this issue Scott discusses the basics of investing in shares.
Also featured is MoneySmart School Ashtonfield Public School in New
South Wales.
Issue 5: Seeds of Security
Video and audio case study: From little things big things
grow
Luke, a primary school teacher, discusses how he and his wife
have approached investing on a teachers salary.
If you do not have access to YouTube you can watch From little things big
things grow in our video gallery.
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Back to topIssue 4: Retire Ready: How I've set
myself up for retirement (March 2013)
In this issue Scott discusses retirement and superannuation.
Also featured is MoneySmart School Carlton South Public School in
New South Wales.
Issue 4: Retire Ready
Video and audio case studies: Retire ready
Two school principals, Meenah and Graham, discuss how they are
approaching their retirement.
If you do not have access to YouTube you can watch Meenah's
and Graham's stories in our video
gallery or listen to the audio-only versions below.
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Back to topIssue 3: Surviving Divorce: The
single mum's story (January 2013)
This issue discusses ways to cope with the financial impact of
divorce. Also featured is MoneySmart School Singleton Primary
School in Western Australia.
Issue 3: Surviving Divorce
Video and audio case study: Surviving Divorce
Sue-Ellen Pape, a teacher at a technical college in Victoria,
talks about the financial pressures of becoming a single
parent.
If you do not have access to YouTube you can watch the
Surviving Divorce video here or listen to the audio-only
version below.
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Back to topIssue 2: Breaking the debt cycle
(October 2012)
This issue explores the 'domino technique' for debt elimination.
Also featured is MoneySmart School Amaroo School in the ACT.
Issue 2: Breaking the debt cycle
Video and audio case study: Breaking the debt cycle
Donna Maslan, a teacher in her 30s, talks about the effects of
overwhelming debt and how she was able to break the debt cycle.
If you do not have access to YouTube you can watch the
Breaking the debt cycle video here or listen to the
audio-only version below.
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Back to topIssue 1: Being debt free (September
2012)
In this issue Scott talks about owning your own home and puts
forward a '60,60,6 challenge' to get readers thinking about how to
pay off their mortgage faster. Also featured is MoneySmart
School St Stephen's Catholic Primary in Queensland.
Issue 1: Being debt free
Video and audio case study: Paying off your mortgage
Di Motton, a Victorian teacher, explains how she paid off her
first mortgage in her 30s.
If you do not have access to YouTube you can watch
the Paying off your mortgage video here or listen to the
audio-only version below.
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Last updated: 30 Apr 2013
