Features of Tax, Super + You
Tax, Super + You is designed to provide teachers and parents with practical resources to help students in Years 7 to 12 understand the value of tax and superannuation and develop confidence when entering the workforce.
Media: Tax, Super + You - Preparing kids for life
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We worked with the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (ACARA) to map Tax, Super + You to the Australian school curriculum. The resource primarily supports the curriculum in the learning areas of:
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Mathematics
- English
- Health and Physical Education.
Key features include:
- hundreds of fun, animated and interactive resources designed to appeal to students that can be used as standalone activities or incorporated into teaching and learning programs, such as
- videos
- engaging digital interactives
- calculators and quizzes
- curriculum-aligned activities complete with resources and suggested activity sequences to support teachers in preparing and delivering learning
- a 'work ready' course developed to help students feel confident about tax and super when they start their first job
- a Learning Management System that allows teachers to manage and monitor student learning.
Using Tax, Super + You
Tax, Super + You can be used by:
- students – to learn about tax and super at their own pace
- teachers – to assign classroom activities
- parents – to located information to help improve their children's financial literacy.
Go to Tax Super + YouExternal Link, register for a free account, and access the resource.
Competition
The Tax, Super + You competition is a fun way for students in Years 7 to 12 to get creative while learning about tax and super.
The competition runs between March and September.
To find out more about the competition, entry topics and how to enter, see Tax, Super + You competition.
Teacher professional development course
The Tax, Super + You professional development course supports secondary teachers to teach students tax and superannuation curriculum content using the Tax, Super + You website.
You can complete the accredited professional development course online at Teaching secondary students curriculum content about tax and super (Tax, Super + You)External Link.
This free course is aligned with the Australian Curriculum and NSW syllabus, and helps you:
- effectively design and deliver learning experiences so your students understand tax and super
- build pedagogical content knowledge (understanding the content and how to teach it)
- discover resources that will bring financial literacy to life.
Feedback and more information
We welcome feedback and suggestions about Tax, Super + You, so we can improve the resource.
For more information, including updates and participating in teacher professional development, email us at taxsuperandyou@ato.gov.au