It’s August, and you’re probably in the midst of preparing your children to return to school. You’re buying backpacks, notebooks and pencils. You’re carefully planning out extracurriculars and after-school activities. You’re doing absolutely everything in your power to ensure that your children and their peers have a successful, fun school year ahead.
But what if we told you there was another way to support your children and the other students in your community? And no, we’re not talking about the PTA. We’re talking about an exciting, unprecedented opportunity that combines your skills as REALTORS® and your profound interest in education. We’re talking about a chance to connect with high school students and provide them unparalleled knowledge on real world, really important topics that often go undiscussed in the classroom.
We’re talking about It’s Your Move.
Introduced by the Missouri REALTORS® Educational Foundation (MREF), It’s Your Move is a FREE ONLINE COURSE for high school juniors and seniors. Through a series of videos, case studies, and interactive quizzes, students learn important information about consumer credit, renting, buying, and selling a home. It’s Your Move is designed to educate students on these specific processes as they transition from high school to the next steps of their life.
MREF has collaborated with DESE (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) to align the It’s Your Move curriculum to meet Missouri Learning Standards. Through this collaboration, It’s Your Move has certifiably met Personal Finance and English Language Arts standards, making this a completely reputable program worthy of implementing in high school classrooms throughout the state.
In addition to being an online course, It’s Your Move has been designed to serve as a hybrid course. This means REALTORS® and financial professionals may participate as guest speakers at the request of the teachers. Guest speakers may review quiz and case study materials with students and moderate a Q&A session after teaching the section, providing real-world examples for students eager to learn more.
To see what It’s Your Move is all about, visit itsyourmovemissouri.org. You’ll be able to click through the course and sift through some FAQs about the program.
To learn more about how you—a Missouri REALTOR®—can get involved and help implement this resource into your local high schools, visit our REALTOR® Resources page. There, you’ll find a plethora of resources that will help you connect with your Regional Director, access outreach materials and further your understanding of the course curriculum.
It’s your move, Missouri REALTORS®. Let’s prioritize real estate education in the classroom. Let’s do it for our students and the American Dream of homeownership.