FAQs

You can select from our Suggested Jobs List—organized by grade and effort level—or create custom roles to match your classroom needs. Assign jobs to an individual student or a group of students. And with our randomizer, you can auto-assign the jobs when needed. Classroom jobs are quick to set up and easy to adjust throughout the year.

Award bonuses for positive behavior or apply fines for unmet expectations with just a tap. You can also add optional notes for context. Every action is automatically logged in the student’s transaction history, helping you monitor patterns and progress over time.

Create a classroom marketplace where students can spend their Moolah on rewards you define—from tangible items to privileges like extra recess. You control pricing, inventory, and when the store is “open,” making it fully customizable.

Absolutely. You can update jobs, expectations, pricing, or balances anytime. Whether you want to overhaul your classroom economy for a new grading period or just adjust one feature, the app gives you complete flexibility to make changes as your class evolves.

Schoolhouse Moolah aligns well with PBIS and other school-wide behavior systems. It helps reinforce positive behavior by linking clear expectations to meaningful outcomes that students understand. The app supports consistent routines and builds accountability—whether you are using it as a standalone tool or within a broader framework like MTSS.

Schoolhouse Moolah supports MTSS by offering Tier 1 classroom-wide strategies that reinforce expectations and routines while collecting student-specific data to help identify those who may benefit from Tier 2 or Tier 3 supports. The app provides tools for monitoring behavior, motivation, and skill-building across academic, behavioral, and life skill development areas—helping students grow in their decision-making, responsibility, and peer engagement.

They will see their Moolah balance, job, and classroom expectations, along with links to recent activities, rewards, and learning center activities—all with kid-friendly visuals and icons.

Yes. The app is designed to be intuitive and kid-friendly, even for younger students. Most students can check their balances, review jobs, and choose rewards without assistance, though teachers control all settings and approvals. The app includes icons, color coding, and simple navigation to support early learners and non-readers. Teachers can model usage in group settings and gradually build independence over time.

No usernames or passwords are required. Students use a personalized, secure code provided by their teacher to access their dashboard on any school-approved device.

Students earn Moolah for doing classroom jobs, meeting expectations, and showing positive behavior. They can spend it on rewards you define—like privileges, items, or class events—helping them learn to make wise choices.

Yes. Students can visually track their savings toward specific rewards, review past earnings and purchases, and reflect on their progress. This encourages ownership, goal setting, and financial responsibility at an early age.

Absolutely. Students can take turns using a shared device, or the class can use a single device to make purchases or check balances together. 

Schoolhouse Moolah consists of seven curriculum levels that progressively increase in complexity. As students advance from Pre-K through 5th grade, they are introduced to new coins, bills, and financial concepts. Teachers can choose the level that best fits their class. While Schoolhouse Moolah is primarily designed for Pre-K to 5th-grade classrooms, it can also be adapted for use in middle school with the appropriate setup.

Unlike classroom point systems or clip charts, Schoolhouse Moolah uses a real-world money system to motivate behavior and teach financial skills. It fully aligns with PBIS and other national academic standards and is 100% Free for teachers.

Anything! You set the expectations. Whether it is kindness, focus, participation, organization, or task completion, Schoolhouse Moolah lets you assign value to the behaviors that matter most in your classroom. You can also issue fines for off-task behavior or missing responsibilities, always with a growth-minded approach.

Schoolhouse Moolah encourages habit-building by linking behavior to consistent outcomes. Students see the long-term value of good choices, not just short-term rewards.

Yes. Every classroom is unique, and so is Moolah. You can adjust which behaviors earn or cost Moolah, how much each is worth, and when or how you use rewards and consequences. You stay in control, and the system adapts to your goals.

Yes. Each transaction—bonuses, fines, purchases, savings—is recorded in a running ledger for every student. You can view trends by day, student, or class, and even identify peak behavior times. This is helpful for conferences, IEP meetings, or when gathering Tier 2 and Tier 3 data for MTSS or PBIS frameworks.

Most teachers spend only a few minutes per day using. Awarding bonuses, assigning jobs, and approving spending can happen during normal transitions, like morning meetings, lining up, or cleaning up. Once the system is in place, it becomes a natural part of your classroom rhythm.

Students practice real-world skills like earning, saving, and spending responsibly. They also learn goal-setting, budgeting, and weighing wants vs. needs through everyday classroom decisions.

Research shows that money habits start forming as early as age 7. Schoolhouse Moolah helps students build financial confidence early on by introducing money concepts through practical routines. It makes abstract ideas like saving or prioritizing feel real and relevant to everyday classroom life.

Yes. Schoolhouse Moolah aligns with the MyMoney Five Framework, which the U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission developed. While the framework includes earning, saving, spending, borrowing, and protecting, the app focuses on age-appropriate pillars: earn, save, and spend.

Schoolhouse Moolah is a supplemental tool. It brings money concepts to life through daily practice—not a full curriculum, but a perfect partner to your lessons.

Each family receives a private, automated email with their child’s earnings, deductions, purchases, and current Moolah balance. If you have included optional notes with any bonuses or fines, those will also appear, providing helpful context for home conversations.

No. Once family contact information is entered, weekly Bank Statements are emailed automatically. There is nothing else you need to do to keep parents informed. Weekly statements help families understand behavior patterns and spark conversations about wise choices.

Yes! You can include an optional comment when awarding a bonus or applying a fine. These comments appear in the weekly Bank Statement and allow you to provide encouragement, clarification, or praise.

Not yet. Statements are currently sent in English only. However, you can download and translate PDF versions if needed for multilingual families.

You can print weekly student Bank Statements and send them home in folders or backpacks. The app supports digital and printed communication, so all families stay in the loop.

Schoolhouse Moolah is fully FERPA and COPPA compliant. We collect only limited, non-sensitive data, store it securely, and restrict access to teachers and support staff. There is no third-party sharing, ever.

Teachers can delete student accounts and related data directly from the app. Once deleted, data is permanently removed from the system.

Yes. Each family receives only their own child’s statement. No other student information is included, and teachers control whether behavioral notes are visible.