Category «Professional Development»

Conference: Economics Across the Curriculum

Economics Across the Curriculum June 20 – 22, 2017 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis A history class used data on babysitting wages and movie ticket prices to study inflation. A Spanish class learned about supply and demand by recreating a South American marketplace. Those are some of the ways teachers put into practice what …

NextGenPF: Financial Literacy Month PLC

From our friends at NextGenPF: Financial Literacy Month is the perfect time to join an NGPF Professional Learning Community. Need a ringing endorsement? “I have really enjoyed participating in the PLC sessions! I love to have multiple perspectives on how I teach and the lessons I have in my class. The collaboration with other Personal …

Webinars from NextGenPF!

Our friends from NextGenPF are offering many great webinars over the next few months, and even have an archive of previous webinars! March: Integrate Spreadsheets Into Your Curriculum NGPF’s Jessica LOVES LOVES LOVES spreadsheets. She attributes her proficiency in the art to how they were integrated into much of her college coursework. There wasn’t a …

Webinar Series from the Council for Economic Education

The following webinars are available from the Council for Economic Education: Entrepreneurship Economics: Entrepreneurial Opportunities (February 28, 2017) The Classroom Mini-Economy: How Do I Get Started with the Classroom Mini-Economy? (March 8, 2017) Economics, U.S. History, and the C3 Framework: Why Did the Colonists Fight When They Were Safe, Prosperous and Free? (March 15, 2017)