Classroom Resources :: Start Here, Go Places.

Topic: Accounting practice, Career options
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Online activity, Printed material, Group activity

CPA Task Match

What exactly does a VP of Operations do? This game allows your students to find out. They’ll use Real-Life CPA profiles and context clues to match responsibilities with the CPA who might have them.

Topic: College prep
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Online activity, Printed material

The Secret to Choosing the Right College

Deciding where to go to college is a complex decision. This worksheet helps students consider what’s most important to them so they can choose the right college or university.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Online activity

Read Between the Lines

Students further develop their reasoning skills by exploring CPA profiles and then taking a quiz.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

Bank On It® Game and Educators' Guide

It’s easy to incorporate this fun, interactive accounting-principle-based game into the classroom with the included Educators’ Guide.

Topic: Career options, College prep, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Explore the CPA Profession

What’s being a CPA all about? And how do you actually do it? A future CPA reveals all.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Practice exercise, Online activity

Let's Get Started

Students answer questions about what a career in accounting has to offer with a worksheet based off of StartHereGoPlaces.com content.

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Accounting Faculty Shortage – Bruce Behn, CPA

Bruce Behn, CPA, on the accounting faculty shortage.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Passion for Teaching – Bruce Behn, CPA

Do what you love, love what you do – an accountant’s perspective on teaching.

Topic: Career options, College prep
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Pursuing an Accounting Ph.D. – Bruce Behn, CPA

Getting the accounting Ph.D. – hard work that pays off.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Becoming a Female Partner – Mia Thomas, CPA

Girl power! Insight from a female accounting executive.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: The Gains of Mentoring – Mia Thomas, CPA

The difference between a supervisor, a mentor and a coach – plus how to get help in the workplace.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Not Just Numbers – Mia Thomas, CPA

This video helps students comprehend the true nature of accounting – learning how to understand client businesses beyond the numbers.

Topic: Career options, College prep
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Strategy for the CPA Exam – Scott Geans, CPA

How to strategically approach the CPA exam.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Invest in Your Future – Scott Geans, CPA

CPA Scott Geans tells students to avoid making excuses while preparing for a successful accounting career.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Networking to Success – Scott Geans, CPA

How networking can be a key to success in accounting.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Work-Life Balance – Scott Geans, CPA

Achieving work-life balance isn’t so hard as a CPA; take if from Scott Geans, who happens to be one.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Accounting is a Slam Dunk – Texlin Quinney, CPA

Athletes and accountants – what’s the common thread?

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: Minorities and the CPA Profession – Texlin Quinney

CPA Texlin Quinney explains why there are too few minorities in accounting and stresses the importance of minorities acting as mentors for students and aspiring accountants.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 5 minutes
Format: Video

Start Going Places: What the CPA Credential Says About You – Texlin Quinney

The CPA exam tests you, sure, but what can it teach you?

Topic: Accounting principles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Under 30 Minutes
Format: Online activity, Group activity

Analyze This and That

Students use their critical thinking and analytical skills to participate in a class discussion based on articles they’ve read in Start Here Magazine.