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Entrepreneurship

Discipline Policy

McNairy Central High School

2026-2027

Instructor: Elizabeth Alexander—Room E206

Planning period—first block

Course Description Entrepreneurship

Students will examine their personal finance, economics, and their growing role in the financial world around them. Students will also learn about the various factors that feed into that role, as well as the consequences of it. Students will study the important social, cultural, economic, and political changes that have shaped the modern day US tradition of entrepreneurship and recent events and trends. Additionally, students will learn about the causes and consequences of contemporary issues impacting the world today. 

Expect to do some formative assessment on most sections. You will have summative assessments every chapter. Chapters and assignments will be on Ramsey Classroom, so everyone should be able to keep up with what we are doing.

During the first quarter, expect to work on the Dave Ramsey curriculum at ramseyclassroom.com. 

Chapter 1: Introduction to Personal Finance

Chapter 2: Budgeting Basics

Chapter 3: Saving Money

Chapter 4: Credit & Debt

Chapter 5: Consumer Awareness

Chapter 6: Career Readiness

Chapter 7: College Planning

Chapter 8: Financial Services

Chapter 9: The Role of Insurance

Chapter 10: Income and Taxes

Chapter 11: Housing and Real Estate

Chapter 12: Insurance and Insurance 

Chapter 13: Global Economics

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Economics

Chapter 2: Free Enterprise and Other Economic Systems

Chapter 3: Demand, Supply, and Prices

Chapter 4: Competition and Market Structures

Chapter 5: Business and Labor

Chapter 6: Money, Banking, and Financial Markets

Chapter 7: Economic Performance and Challenges 

Chapter 8: Taxes and Spending

Chapter 9: Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Chapter 10: Trade, Development, and Globalization

III. Rules, Expectations, and Procedures

Be prepared. Come to class with supplies and any notes you may have taken.

Control your actions.  Use your filter and don’t comment on things that don’t pertain to our class. Also keep your hands and feet to yourself.

Be responsible. Do your own work and own up to your actions and words.

Be respectful.  Be polite to everyone and respect boundaries. 

When you enter the room, take your seat and be prepared to work. Everything else should be put away. Use the restroom, get notebooks, and sharpen pencils before class. Once you are in class, you are expected to remain there until the period ends. Sleeping in class will result in half of your points being deducted for the day; this includes days in which we watch a video. I expect assignments to be completed in class unless otherwise specified.  All assignments are to be completed by individual students, unless I specify peers or groups may assist.  Raise your hand to get out of your seat for any reason, but wait until the instruction is over to do so. I follow the MCBOE policy regarding student devices in class.

Discipline Policy

I expect all students to maintain a respectful and mature classroom culture. However, I will discipline when necessary. Minor infractions will receive a warning before I call parents/guardians or documenting behavior on a tracking form. If the behavior continues I will call home as well as refer the matter to the office, per McNairy County Board of Education Code of Conduct and Discipline Procedures. Cheating will result in an automatic zero.