Classroom Resources :: Start Here, Go Places.

Topic: Career options, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material

Career Guide

This handy guide is a great place to start when pondering the possibilities of a career in accounting.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Printed material

Futurizer Wheel

We don’t have a crystal ball, but the Futurizer Wheel is close. Give it a spin to see what a career in accounting could hold.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Intermediate
Duration: Under 45 minutes
Format: Group activity

Most Valuable Accountant

Students hone their communication skills by debating why the CPA in their selected profile is the best kind of CPA to be.

Topic: Career options
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Under 45 minutes
Format: Video, Lesson plan, Group activity

CPA-Centric Field Trips

Find out how to plan and execute several different types of accounting field trips for your class.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles, Career options, College prep, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Printed material

Start Here Magazine Issue 11

Being a CPA in the FBI, how to preserve your social media reputation, and how a summer internship rocks are just a few highlights of the magazine.

Topic: Accounting practice, Accounting principles, Career options, College prep, Salary
Difficulty: Basic
Duration: Flexible
Format: Online activity, Printed material

Start Here Magazine Issue 10

Brush up on apps that will help high school students prepare for college and get an in-depth look at why Gen Y is so interested in accounting.

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 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?