Category: FSA

Three 90-Minute Presentations Every School District Should Give To Their Employees (and here are the resources to do it)

I've (actually, we've) been offering my Personal Financial Literacy for Colorado Educators course for four years now. I decided to offer this initially because, based on my interactions with fellow Colorado educators, there seemed to be a large percentage of them who didn't know some key aspects of financial literacy (and, specifically, how their defined … Continue reading Three 90-Minute Presentations Every School District Should Give To Their Employees (and here are the resources to do it) →

2026: New Year, New Limits

As we are about to turn the page (click the arrow?) on the calendar to move into 2026, there are many changes that happen around taxes. These include tax bracket changes, changes in the limits of what you can contribute to various retirement accounts, and a variety of other changes. The following is by no … Continue reading 2026: New Year, New Limits →

Spreadsheet: Medical and Dependent Care FSAs

Some of the episodes in my new podcast series Teaching You to Fisch (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube) include spreadsheets I've created to illustrate particular topics. Some of them are modifications of spreadsheets I've used before and some are newly created. Because not everyone is going to choose to watch/listen to the podcasts (they are really … Continue reading Spreadsheet: Medical and Dependent Care FSAs →

New Teacher (Financial) Orientation

I've been doing some financial presentations for educators in various Colorado school districts. As part of the intro to my presentation I reference the fairly typical "90-minute New Employee Orientation" that school districts often provide for new teachers and that, while these are well-intentioned, they usually fall woefully short of what they could (and should) … Continue reading New Teacher (Financial) Orientation →