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Presentations, Toolkits and Guides
This toolkit includes information to help you increase students’ awareness of—and interest in—accounting careers and all they have to offer. In it, you’ll find:
- Tips for presenting to various student audiences
- Information to help you better understand your audience
- Links to additional materials and resources created for students
A collaboration between state CPA societies and the AICPA, Accounting Opportunities Week is a concerted effort to raise awareness of accounting career opportunities among high school students. Use this PowerPoint deck to talk with students about an exciting career in accounting.
Use this deck if presenting to high school students and the goal of your presentation is to introduce or familiarize students with the profession in general. It describes what accountants do, details the benefits of becoming one, and explains the difference between accountants and CPAs.
Use this deck if the goal of your presentation is to introduce or familiarize students with the profession in general. It describes what accountants do, details the benefits of becoming one, and explains the difference between accountants and CPAs.
Use this PowerPoint deck to talk with students about the advantages of earning the CPA license and the benefits of AICPA Student Affiliate membership.
What is a CPA? This PowerPoint introduces students to the accounting profession, AICPA and the CPA credential, including eligibility requirements, benefits of becoming a CPA, and the CPA Exam.
This guide exists to help students piece together an exciting and rewarding career path and contains accounting-specific information for those on the path to becoming a certified public accountant (CPA).
Videos
Let's Talk Business
Accountants are the backbone of the business world. Led by Ming Lu, an accounting professor at Santa Monica College, this video takes students down the career paths of three young CPAs in various industries so they can hear first-hand what it’s like to work as a CPA in the fields of education, tax, business and industry and forensic accounting.
Discover new ideas and insight in data analytics, cybersecurity and much more to keep your curriculum in pace with the rapidly-evolving accounting profession.
Watch upcoming and archived webinars covering accounting careers, the CPA Exam, scholarships, CPA Evolution, and more (some require AICPA Student Affiliate membership).
Watch upcoming and archived webinars covering the latest in accounting education with AICPA staff, accounting faculty and expert practitioners (requires site registration as an accounting educator or professional).
Accounting Program for Building the Profession (APBP) Materials
The AICPA Accounting Program for Building the Profession (APBP) is a high school advanced accounting curriculum that is a two-semester, honors-level course. The curriculum integrates managerial and financial accounting to show how accounting facilitates business and narrates a company’s inner workings through its financial statements.
