Classroom Resources :: Start Here, Go Places.

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

Explore accounting through mind mapping

Use mind mapping to explore how accounting relates to other business departments.

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: Accounting practice, Career options
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Online activity, Printed material, Group activity, Presentation

Ask a CPA

This multi-part, multi-week project allows students to explore potential career paths as a CPA. By interacting with real-world professionals, students can learn more about specific CPA careers.

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: Career options
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Online activity

Future Job Descriptions

High school students pull from several resources to craft his or her own accounting future job description.

Topic: Accounting principles, Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Multi-day
Format: Practice exercise, Lesson plan, Online activity, Group activity

It’s Your Future

Back to basics: buying, budgeting and big expenses.

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: 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?