Educators
Announcements
Illinois Jump$tart Coalition offering scholarships for national conference
Four scholarships are available to Illinois teachers to attend the November, 2010 Jump$tart National Educator Conference in Washington, D.C. Scholarships include two nights lodging, conference meals and some materials. A $300 travel stipend is also included. Download the scholarship application and submit by the August 15, 2010 deadline.
CPS Financial Literacy Summer Institute for K-12 teachers
The July 27-29 conference includes workshops and presentations on curriculum and instruction for grades K-12. Pre-register by July 23 to reserve your seat!
EconEdNet
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has developed a social networking site/blog for economic educators. The URL for the site is http://econednet.stlouisfed.org.
The web site is a dual-threaded design, meaning each user can select both the topics of interest and the sites users with whom they wish to communicate. Unlike unfiltered Internet blogs, users will not have to sort through commentary of little interest to locate useful information.
We hope the site will help you find others with similar interests; exchange knowledge about economics and personal finance content, materials and research; solve problems and develop new ideas.
EconEd Net allows each user to write his or her own blog. Each user’s blog is available to all other users who sign up to receive that user's commentary. Users are able to read blogs from selected users while excluding ones they do not care to read.
EconEdReviews Web site
Sponsored by the Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation and developed by the University of Nebraska Omaha Center for Economic Education. EconEdReviews is the place to find economic education lessons and materials for your K-12 classroom! Go there ...
Opportunities
- Professional Development - programs vary by topic and date.
- Teach Chicago Children to Save
For Chicago teachers of grades 1 - 3 - KidsEcon Posters - Unique resource for elementary teachers
- K-12 Teachers
Programs, resources, consulting, recognition - EconomicsAmerica® Schools
- Community - programs connecting teachers and their students to their communities
What Teachers Say
Read recent quotes from teachers who have attended professional development or used Econ Illinois programs with their students.