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Professional Development

Workshops, Courses and Program Training

Topics and dates of teacher workshops offered by ICEE and its affiliated university-based Centers/Offices for Economic Education are constantly changing. Check directly with the Center serving your area for lists of their programs.

  • Virtual Economics 3.0 CD-ROM Workshops
    Teacher training for K-12 teachers features the new Virtual Economics 3.0 (VE3) CD-ROM. VE3 is a resource tool for K-12 teachers to enhance the social studies, math, language arts and science curricula. This list is updated as needed.
  • VE 3.0 AND The Stock Market Game - Combination workshops!
    Select the combination workshop in your area and gain skills and resources across the curriculum! For teachers of grades K-12.
  • The Great Depression
    A professional Development workshop for 9th - 12th grade educators will be held April 29 from 8:30 to 3:00 at the St. Clair County Regional Office of Education, Belleville. Workshop hosted by The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Office of Economic Education and Business Research at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
  • Summer School At The Fed
    Three sessions over the dates June 9 - 19 offer graduate credit or non-credit. Sessions include "The Global Market: Why Does it Matter?; Making Sense of Money and Banking; Technology: Tools for Teaching Social Studies and Personal Finance. Held at The Hampton Inn-Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO. Register through the Office of Economic Education and Business Research at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
  • Strategies for Teaching Economics in the Elementary Classroom, ECON 702
    This three-graduate hour course for elementary teachers will be offered over 9 days in June through Governors State University. Classes will meet in Oak Forest; scholarships are available; each qualifying participant will receive a copy of the Virtual Economics 3.0 CD-ROM. Registrations open March 17 by contacting Sheryl Gallaher by email or at 708.534.4926. Limited to 20 participants.
  • Economics is for Life! Economics 442 B
    July 14 - 25, 2008, University of Illinois at Chicago, for teachers of grades K-12. The July 16-18 module, "Drawing the Big Picture - Basic Macroeconomic Concepts" includes Virtual Economics 3.0 training (and free CD Rom to eligible teachers.) For complete information, contact Helen Roberts at the UIC Center for Economic Education/ Department of Economics by email or at 312.355.0378.
  • AP Economics Summer Institutes
    Summer institutes that prepare teachers to teach AP economics or improve the skills of teachers presently teaching AP economics will be offered in June at Illinois Wesleyan University and in July at Northwestern University. Mr. James Chasey will present.
  • Toyota International Teacher Program
    Applications are now available for the 2008 Toyota International Teacher Program to the Galapagos Islands, a unique professional development program for secondary school teachers and librarians. Program is November 22 - Dec 6 and applications are due May 9.
  • Financial Fitness for Kids
    Financial Fitness for Kids is a financial literacy program for Chicago Public Schools offered by ICEE in partnership with the Office of the Chicago City Treasurer.
  • The Stock Market Game TM workshops
    Teacher training for those planning to implement The Stock Market Game for the first time will help the educator learn where to find lessons, activities, assessments and tutorials, and learn how the online student portfolio simulation works. This list is updated as needed.

This list updated April 1, 2008

Associations, Conferences & Enrichment

Associations and organizations for teachers who teach economics or include it as part of their curriculum offer professional development opportunities for educators. The following list will be updated as often as necessary.