2009-10 Professional Development Opportunities

The Kentucky Council and its Centers offer training for teachers through professional development offerings, approved by the Kentucky Department of Education.  These professional development workshops focus on KCEE curricula that have been aligned with the Core Content and can guide teachers as they integrate economics, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy into subjects like, social studies, math, arts and humanities, practical living, language arts, science, business, and economics. 

Registration is required for ALL workshops! All workshops are FREE unless otherwise indicated.
Workshops are offered by KCEE, Centers for Economic Education and our partners,
the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis-Louisville Branch and Ky. Dept. of Financial Institutio
ns.

Tuesday
March 9
4-7pm CDT
Econ and Me - for teachers grades 2-5 offered by the Murray State Center for Economic Education. 
@ Graves County Central Elementary School, 2262 State Route 121 North, Mayfield, KY
Learn strategies to use the five 15-minute video segments that impart lessons on scarcity, opportunity cost, consumption, production, and interdependence.
Received 3 hour PD certificate, DVD and curriculum, and light supper.  Registration is limited!   register online
Monday
March 8
6-9pm EDT
&
Tuesday
March 9
9am-4pm EDT
In Search of Social Wealth: The Quest for Financial Literacy through Education - presented by the Bellarmine Center for Economic Education
The conference provides for several types of sessions.
Concurrent Paper sessions: These 50 minute sessions will provide for presentation of two or three papers on a common theme, with feedback from a discussant.
Symposiums: These 50 minute sessions will provide forums for paneled discussion of relevant topics of interest.
Workshops: These two hour sessions will provide opportunities practice and take home teaching or research skills related to financial literacy.
Registration is $115 for full conference; classroom teachers can register for $60 
For more info

Thursday
March 30, 2010
4:30-6:30pm
EDT

 

THE GREAT DEPRESSION  (FREE!)  Hosted by: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis—Louisville Branch
@ Bellarmine Center for Economic Education • Room 38, Bellarmine Office Building • 2120 Newburg Road, Louisville, Ky. 40205

Few eras have shaped our national identity like the Great Depression. To help teachers educate their students about this historic period, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has developed an innovative curriculum focusing on the Great Depression. The curriculum includes six stand-alone lessons, allowing teachers to select those lessons most appropriate for their students and course structure. These lessons include simulations, group activities and audio-visual materials.

If you teach history, economics or government, this curriculum is an excellent addition to your current lesson plans. There is no fee for the workshop, and lessons plans are provided to participants at no cost. In addition, participants will receive professional development hours.

Advance registration is required. Please register online at http://stlouisfed.org/event/00FA To learn more, please contact Caryn Rossiter at 502-568-9257 or caryn.j.rossiter@stls.frb.org

If you are interested in offering an economics or financial literacy workshop in your district,
please contact Susan Sandage @ 502-267-3572 or susan@econ.org.