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AOF BucksSaint Paul Public SchoolsAOF Coordinator: Kristine Somerville (kristine.somerville@spps.org)

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AOF BUCK

• Teaches Responsibility• To bring fun into the classroom• Students love to collect them/spend them

• To unify the AOF cohorted courses• All teachers distribute bucks

• To talk financial literacy at their level• Supply and demand

• To incorporate the credit union in our school• Investing their bucks

AOF BUCKS! WHY??

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• Anytime students go above and beyond• Answering tough questions

• Helping others

• On assignments• To give initiative• “For a buck….tell me…”

• Any time a teacher feels a student deserves one!

AOF BUCKS! WHEN??

• Hold onto them• Spend them• Bring in snacks, items to sell

• Students help set prices, 2 for 1 deals.

• Invest them in the credit union• Extra credit

AOF BUCKS! WHAT do you do with them??

• SPFCU has an actual branch in our school- Cougar Branch• Will give interest on bucks• Allow students to open a real checking account with bucks• SPFCU also hires students to work at the branch

St Paul Federal Credit Union

AOF Celebration

• Bucks are printed on a heavier card stock by one of our board members

• Using buck increments ($5, $10, $15)• Have students design the bucks• We all agree that we want to use bucks even more next year!

Wrap up and the future: