AISV - Compliance Framework, National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework

Requirements under the National Goals for Schooling in the 21st Century.

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National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework

AISV Compliance Framework

National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework

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Do you need to comply?

Yes, under the commitment to the National Goals for Schooling in the 21st Century.

Conditions of compliance

The National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework has been developed for the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) to articulate further the learning needed to fulfil the National Goals of Schooling in the 21st Century.

Consumer and financial literacy is the application of knowledge, understandings, skills and values in consumer and financial contexts and the related decisions that impact on self, others, the community and the environment.

If you have to comply, what do you have to do?

Schools are expected to have implemented the Framework by 2008.

The Framework is designed to:

inform the Statements of Learning that have been agreed to by MCEETYA
provide guidance to states and territories in the development of their curricula for Years K-10
provide guidance to developers of support materials and the professional development of all teachers of consumer and financial literacy.

This multidisciplinary framework relates also to employability skills and will assist in achieving national consistency in curriculum, resources to support that curriculum, and professional development to support teachers of consumer and financial literacy.

The Framework has four dimensions of consumer and financial literacy. The dimensions are:

Knowledge and understanding is about the nature and forms of money, how it is used and the consequences of consumer decisions
Competence is the application of consumer and financial knowledge and skills in a range of changing contexts
Enterprise is the opportunity to use initiative, build financial capabilities and manage risk taking when making consumer and financial decisions
Responsibility is appropriate consumer and financial decisions that display care for self, others, the community and the environment.

The Framework is organised around Descriptions of Learning at four junctures - Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

What are the consequences if you don't comply?

Independent schools receive funding from the Australian Government under the Schools Assistance (Learning Together - achievement through choice and opportunity) Act 2004 subject to the conditions that are set out in the Act. To receive funding, the school must sign a funding agreement with DEEWR covering the 2005-2008 quadrennium.

The commitment to the National Goals for Schooling in the 21st Century is a condition under the Act.

Who will help you?

AISV contact:

Aine Maher
Director, Teaching and Learning
Ph. 03 9825 7226
aine.maher@ais.vic.edu.au