3M Economic Educator Awards
Innovative Economic Educator Award
The Innovative Economic Educator Award recognizes teachers who create and implement innovative projects that increase economic understanding. Teachers may apply for Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants (see below) designed to support the development of innovative projects that will be submitted for judging.
Winners of the Innovative Economic Educator Award receive cash prizes and are honored at the annual Economic Education Awareness Day Awards Luncheon held at the Union League Club in Chicago in October.
Download the flyer for the 3M Innovative Economic Educator Award and share it with fellow educators.
Timeline and Application Process
The Innovative Economic Educator Award is for teachers in any subject area who create and implement innovative classroom projects or lessons that increase student understanding of economics. Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants are available to help teachers develop their creative teaching ideas (see below).
Completed entries for the Innovative Economic Educator Award for 2007-2008 must be received by July 15, 2008 and must include a signed Entry Form.
Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants
To provide an incentive for teachers to create innovative classroom learning activities, the Illinois Council is offering Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants.
Download the 3M Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grant flyer and share it with fellow educators.
Recipients of these grants must enter their resulting innovative project in the Innovative Economic Educator Awards program, following the guidelines noted above for that program. (Note: IEE Mini-Grants are not a prerequisite for entries into the awards program, but are meant to enable creative projects. Although recipients of the Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants are required to submit an innovative award entry in order to fulfill the grant, award entries may also be submitted in the absence of the mini-grants.)
Individuals who are recipients of the 2007-2008 Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants will be fulfilling the terms of the grant and submitting their entries for the current Innovative Economic Educator Awards program no later than July 15, 2008.
Requests for proposals for the 2007-2008 Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grants are now available, with proposals due no later than January 23, 2008. Innovative Economic Educator Awards entries resulting from these mini-grants are due no later than July 15, 2008, with winners honored at the October 2008 luncheon.
Guidelines and Applications
- Information, guidelines and report forms for the 2007-2008 Innovative Economic Educator Mini-Grant recipients
- Innovative Economic Educator Award - Guidelines and Application
Recent Winners and Grant Recipients
Resources
- "Tips for Creating a Successful Innovative Award Entry". Download this set of helpful hints and use as a reference in preparing your entry.
- Connecting the Pieces: Building a Better Economics Lesson
An easy-to-use guide for curriculum developers and teachers that covers effective strategies and techniques including those associated with testing and assessment. This resource is available from the National Council on Economic Education web store.
- Contact ICEE for additional or specialized assistance.
