Lisa M. Bender

If Bender has her way, "Making Students Future Ready" will turn her classroom into a business center for students. A typical day will include students attending financial literacy lectures then heading over to the Traders Desk to check stock portfolios in real time and stopping in the Apprentice Area to engage in online business simulation scenarios. The following day, students will work in the Podcast Center to maintain weekly business journals as they tune into podcasts about business financials. Finally, they will enter the Mini-Production Studio to create video public service announcements to share over the school television network so their peers can learn about money management. By creating this financial literacy suite, Bender hopes to educate and excite students about financial literacy and create an atmosphere that focuses on "Making Students Future Ready" for tomorrow's workforce.