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 Institutions
and Kentucky Jump$tart Coalition.

Sept 11 - 14, 2010
 		 FREE!  HSBC Institute on The Environment and The Economy - A Program of The Foundation for Teaching Economics in partnership with The Kentucky Council on Economic Education and Bellarmine University Center for Economic Education

With the oil spilling in our waters, can there be a better time to study this topic?

Location:
Fairfield Inn & Suites - Louisville Downtown
100 East Jefferson, Louisville, KY 40202
Phone:  502.671.4790   Fax: 502.671.4443

Program Goal - To help middle and high school social studies and science teachers better understand environmental economics issues and to help them relate these issues to their students.
Participant Costs: - Round trip transportation to and from meeting site.
Scholarships - The Foundation for Teaching Economics will cover all costs for all lodging, registration, materials, field trip / field trip transportation and most meals. A $100 expense honoraria will be paid if lodging is not needed.

Environment and Economy Institute Application
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.