3M Award Winners to be recognized

The Illinois Council on Economic Education, through funding from 3M, again presents the 3M Economic Educator Awards to acknowledge teachers of grades K-12 who allocate the scarce resources of creativity and commitment to the instruction of economics.  This year’s winning  teachers are being recognized on October 23rd during the annual Economic Education Awareness Day luncheon at the Union League Club of Chicago.

The Economic Education Excellence Award recognizes teachers who have a sustained history of commitment and contribution to economic education.  This year’s winners of the Excellence Award are Judy Juske, Mundelein High School and Dr Barry Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago.

The Innovative Economic Educator Award recognizes teachers who create and implement innovative projects that increase economic understanding.  This year’s winners of the Innovative Award are

• 1st Place - Andrew Hirshman, Mundelein High School
• 2nd place -  Bellasanta Ferrer, submitted while teaching at Patrick Henry Elementary School, Chicago
• 3rd place - Laura Olson, York Community High School, Elmhurst
• Honorable Mention - Barbara Luby and Jennifer Foltz, Woodgate Elementary School, Matteson

Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants

Thanks to an increase in funding from 3M, the Council is offering Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants.  The Mini-Grants are provided for teachers as an incentive to create innovative classroom learning activities related to economics.  Recipients of these grants must also submit their resulting innovative project into the Innovative Economic Educator Awards program, following the guidelines for that program. As of this newsletter, no mini-grant awards have been given.

Thank you to 3M for the additional funding for the Mini-Grant Awards, and congratulations to this year’s award winners.

More information on the award programs can be found on the 3M Awards page of ICEE’s website.