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For Schools & Organizations

A framework built for measurable change.

Growing Wise Minds® partners with mission-driven schools and organizations to form how children relate to money: tangible, relational, and measurable, especially where access gaps run deepest.

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Multi-
section
Domain-driven curriculum, teacher-executable
4
Core W.I.S.E. pillars integrated
Pre + Post
Student assessments included
3
Partnership structures available
Most financial literacy programs teach children about money. Growing Wise Minds® forms who they are in relationship to it.
That distinction is the whole mission, and it changes what outcomes are possible.
The Core Distinction
Formation over Information

Information alone does not change behavior. We have seen what happens when children receive financial knowledge without identity formation. They can pass a quiz and still make fear-driven, reactive decisions with money for the rest of their lives.

What changes behavior is identity, practice, and repetition over time. That is what the W.I.S.E. Method™ builds.

"Growing Wise Minds® exists to form the next generation of capable stewards: children and families who don't just understand money, but know who they are in relationship to it."

The W.I.S.E. Method™

A behavioral formation framework built across four integrated pillars. Not a curriculum. A system.

WWillingnessOpening the learner to examine their relationship with money without fear or shame
IIntentionalityBuilding the discipline to make purposeful decisions rather than reactive ones
SStewardshipForming money management as a character trait, not a skill set to memorize
EExcellenceEstablishing the standard that capable stewards hold themselves to over time
Who We Serve
Private & Independent Schools
Community Organizations
Faith Institutions
Youth Programs & Clubs
Families
Charter Schools
What GWM Delivers
A complete behavioral formation experience: workshops, hands-on materials, the Money Mindset Mastery Kit, and pre and post behavioral assessment, designed to produce measurable shifts in identity, vocabulary, and financial intent.
What We Measure
Financial Vocabulary Awareness. Students can name, define, and apply key formation concepts.
Money Mindset & Identity. Shifts in how students see themselves in relationship to money.
Behavioral Intent. Documented changes in saving, spending, and giving orientation.
Perceived Control. A student's belief that they have agency over their financial future.
Partnership Structures
Intro Workshop
Entry point experience
Multi-Week Program
Full formation sequence
Founding Partner
Ongoing embedded partnership
School kits are designed for teachers to lead without outside training. A professional development session is available with any classroom program.
Pilot Experience
3
grade-level cohorts piloted across multiple class sections
Early piloting produced qualitative observations: students engaged with budgeting, carried money conversations home, and took ownership of their envelope systems.
Measured formally this fall. Our first fully documented pilot pairs pre and post behavioral instruments for students and parents, capturing vocabulary awareness, mindset shift, behavioral intent, and perceived financial control.

Let's build something measurable together.

If you lead a school, organization, or initiative where financial capability gaps are real, we should talk.

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"Forming the next generation of capable stewards: one family, one classroom, one child at a time."
growingwiseminds.co olivia@growingwiseminds.co Whitsett, NC (Greater Greensboro) · Serving schools and families across North Carolina