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September 2018 Flash Survey: How Do You Engage Parents?
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1.
Which of the following do you CURRENTLY do to engage the parents/guardians of your personal finance students?
(Required.)
Host personal finance workshops outside school hours
Assign activities or projects that require student-parent collaboration
Provide financial education resources (ex. informational pamphlets, newsletters, or links to helpful websites) geared specifically at boosting parent knowledge
Provide support around FAFSA and other paying for college items, but no resources outside this topic
No extra engagement outside the norm for any class (grade book updates, behavior notices, etc)
Other (please specify)
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2.
Which (if any) of the following would you
LIKE
to do if you had the time and resources available to make them happen?
(Required.)
Host personal finance workshops outside school hours
Assign activities or projects that require student-parent collaboration
Provide financial education resources (ex. informational pamphlets, newsletters, or links to helpful websites) geared specifically at boosting parent knowledge
Provide support around FAFSA and other paying for college items, but no resources outside this topic
Not interested
Other (please specify)
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3.
What topic-specific resources would parents value the most? (Select 3 at most)
(Required.)
Checking
Saving
Credit
Paying For College
Budgeting
Retirement/Investing
Career Exploration
Taxes
Insurance
None — I don't think parents in my school community need or want these types of resources
Other (please specify)
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4.
If you
were
to host personal finance workshops for parents, which would have the most positive impact?
(Required.)
A personal finance guest speaker or community expert
A specific how-to workshop (ex. buy a house, open a bank account, plan for retirement, or save for college)
Engage parents in a finance-related activity with their kids
Provide parents with a content overview of some/all the topics your course covers
Other (please specify)
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5.
Which parent-related concern do you consider most pressing at your school?
(Required.)
Parents lack access to financial education themselves
Parents helping their first-gen children navigate the college process
Parents are reluctant to talk finance with their children at all
Parents are not modeling or enforcing the good financial habits their children are learning in class
Parents are not giving students the chance to manage any of their own money or make financial decisions
Other (please specify)
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6.
Which of these positive outcomes have you seen in your students and their parents as a result of your course?
(Required.)
Parent supports student opening their own bank or credit account
Student or parents report they're better at budgeting family finances
Increased number of students completing FAFSA and finding a way to pay for college
Student teaches parent personal finance content they learned in your class
None yet, but maybe this year!
Other (please specify)
7.
Is there anything else you'd like us to know about parent engagement and personal finance?
