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Summer 2008 Workshop Offerings
Welcome to the Center for Economic Education’s summer 2008
workshop offerings. Each of the workshops in this listing can
be taken for graduate credit by-way-of an
independent project. The project and number of credit hours
available varies by topic - call for more details.
Graduate Credit is offered at a discounted rate of $133 per hour
(normal price per hour is $310)
Pre-registration is required.
Call the Center for Economic Education at (937) 775-2322 to
register or to ask questions.
Educators in Industry
Participants will spend the
week touring local companies and meeting community leaders and
will walk away with robust information about specific
businesses, types of jobs that may be available for their
students in the future, and a concrete outlook on the economy.
You may take this 4 day course for three graduate credit hours
for $399 or you may take it as a workshop ($50) and receive a
certificate of contact hours.
Dates: June 16 - 20, 2008
Time: 8:30 - 4:00 p.m. each day
Location:
Wright State
University & various businesses in the community
Grade Level Recommendation: All
Games-to-Go
Spend the day creating activities, puzzles and
games, leaving with classroom ready materials. The activities
reinforce concepts pertaining to the ODE’s citizenship, math and
reading/language outcomes and are geared for grades K-6.
Supplies and materials are provided. Please indicate your
activity choice when registering. There is a $25 registration
and materials fee due at the time of registration. This fee is
non-refundable and is not waived when taking graduate credit.
Please note: participants are “on their own” for lunch and
refreshments and lamination will not be provided.
Dates:
June 27, 2008
Time: 9:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Location:
Wright State
University
Grade Level Recommendation: K-3
Personal
Finance Teachers Academy (2 offerings)**
In 2010 personal
finance education will be mandated for all Ohio high school
students. Get ahead of the curve by participating in this 2-day
workshop that will introduce teachers to personal finance topics
like decision making, the value of education, the value of
money, credit– how to get it and how to manage it, investing and
providing financial protection for yourself. This workshop is a
joint effort between the Centers for Economic Education in Ohio,
the State Treasurer, and the Ohio Department of Education.
You will leave this workshop with new and interesting ways to
introduce personal finance topics into your classroom. And you
might learn something that you can use personally too! There is
a $50 workshop fee due at the time of registration.
A FREE RESOURCE KIT WILL BE PROVIDED.
Dates:
June 24 & 25, 2008 OR August 14 & 15, 2008
Time: 8:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Wright
State University
Grade Level Recommendation: 8-12
**The Ashland University Gill Center for Business
and Economic Education initiative to educate teachers on
instruction in the area of personal finance is offered in
collaboration with Richard Cordray, Ohio Treasurer of State and
the Ohio Department of Education. Major support for this Ashland
University initiative is provided by a grant from KeyBank.
Additional support provided by grants from: The Burton D. Morgan
Foundation; Martha Holden Jennings Foundation; Fred A. Lennon
Charitable Trust; The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust; The
Sherwick Fund; and Westfield Insurance. The funding is being
used for curriculum development, including the associated
administration, marketing, and legal components, and Teachers
Academy workshops. Local matching support for Teachers Academy
workshops is provided by grants from: Ashland County Community
Foundation and Mansfield Chamber Foundation. Primary funding
and local matching support provide scholarships for teachers to
attend Teacher Academy offerings. Teachers Academy workshops
outside Ashland’s service area will be co-sponsored by the
Ashland University Gill Center for Business and Economic
Education, The Wright State University Center for Economic
Education (local sponsor), and the Ohio Council on Economic
Education.
Pre-registration is required.
Call the Center for Economic Education at (937) 775-2322 to
register or to ask questions.
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