Conference to educate educators on teaching economics and personal finance

Posted on: May 31, 2018 9:00:00 AM
In: District, Cuyamaca
Academics
Contact: Anne Krueger anne.krueger@gcccd.edu

        The San Diego Center for Economic Education at Cuyamaca College is co-hosting three-day course on economics and personal finance in late June that is designed for high school and community college instructors in building impactful lesson plans for their students.

           Titled Building Blocks for Economic Education, the June 27-29 session at the University of San Diego is presented by the San Diego Center for Economic Education at Cuyamaca College in association with the California Council on Economic Education and the Federal Reserve banks of Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco and St. Louis. High school and community college instructors attending the symposium will learn about effective interactive lessons, emphasizing infographics and utilizing other tools that can meet any teaching style pertaining to economics and personal finance.

           Registration is $299 per person, but scholarships are available. Daily sessions are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Further information can be obtained by emailing Joshua Mitton at the California Council on Economic Education at jmitton@ccee.org. Registration fees include housing and after-class excursions at Old Town San Diego State Park and San Diego Harbor.

           Deadline for registration and payment is June 1. Registration can be completed online through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis website at stlouisfed.org/events.

           The San Diego Center for Economic Education at Cuyamaca College trains scores of elementary and high school teachers each year on the best methods for teaching economics in the classroom and how to infuse economics into other subject areas such as history or geography. The San Diego Center for Economic Education is the only one of 11 such centers in the state that is located at a community college.