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Mini-Economy Market Day
Offered By: Virginia Commonwealth University
May 16, 2025, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Market Day is an event in which grades 3-5 students gather to set up businesses, and then buy and sell with each other using play money. At Market Day, kids turn their best ideas into reality! They learn economics, personal finance, entrepreneurship, communication, teamwork, and organizational skills while having fun and building memories that last a lifetime.
Virginia Entrepreneurship Lean Pitch Challenge
Offered By: Virginia Tech
May 22, 2025, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A Virtual Competition for Budding High School Entrepreneurs
Financial Foundations: A Personal Finance Conference for Educators
Offered By: Virginia Council on Economic Education
Jun 22, 2025 - Jun 26, 2025, All Day
The VCU Financial Success Center and the Virginia Council for Economic Education are excited to partner together to provide the first Financial Foundations Conference for educators in the state of Virginia!
Join us for a week filled with insightful sessions and workshops designed to enhance your personal finance knowledge for both in and out of the classroom. Explore key topics such as budgeting, investing, and saving for the future. Network with fellow educators and industry experts to exchange ideas and best practices. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out, this conference will provide you with valuable tools and strategies to empower yourself and your students.
Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your Financial Foundations!
Personal Finance Bootcamp (N. VA)
Offered By: George Mason University
Jun 24, 2025, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Are you looking to enhance your personal finance teaching? This daylong program will explore resources to help you teach the standards present in the Economics and Personal Finance Course (EPF.10 – EPF 18), along with any other course where Personal Finance may be embedded.
Participants will leave with classroom ready lesson plans and materials from a variety of resources, covering topics like Banking, Credit, Investing, Taxes, Behavioral Finance, and more!
This session in generously sponsored by Intuit for Education. One session during the program will allow participants to get a high quality look at Intuit’s new curriculum and teacher resources and be able to ask questions to a member of the Intuit team.
All participants will receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card for their participation and lunch will be provided.
This program will be held in the Economics Department Conference Room, which is Buchanan Hall D180 (next to Eaglebank Arena). Parking, food and other logistical information will be communicated out the week of the event.
This program is made possible through the generous support of:
Personal Finance Bootcamp (S.E. VA)
Offered By: Virginia Council on Economic Education
George Mason University, Christopher Newport University
Jun 26, 2025, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Are you looking to enhance your personal finance teaching? This daylong program will explore resources to help you teach the standards present in the Economics and Personal Finance Course (EPF.10 – EPF 18), along with any other course where Personal Finance may be embedded.
Participants will leave with classroom ready lesson plans and materials from a variety of resources, covering topics like Banking, Credit, Investing, Taxes, Behavioral Finance, and more!
This session in generously sponsored by Intuit for Education. One session during the program will allow participants to get a high quality look at Intuit’s new curriculum and teacher resources and be able to ask questions to a member of the Intuit team.
All participants will receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card for their participation and lunch will be provided.
This program will be held on campus at Christopher Newport University in Luter Hall, Room 137. Parking, food and other logistical information will be communicated out the week of the event.
This program is made possible through the generous support of:
Online Economics Institute- Summer 2025
Offered By: George Mason University
Jul 06, 2025 - Aug 17, 2025, All Day
This online, asynchronous institute is designed for those teaching the economics portion of high school Economics and Personal Finance. Over its six weeks, it covers detailed content instruction including economics decision making, market structures, supply and demand, the implications of economics indicators, and government policies and their effect on the economy.
- Receive 45 Hours of Professional Development
- Teachers who complete the entire institute and pass the Cerftification Test will be recognized as VCEE Certified Economics Educator: High School.
- Participants receive the Virtual Economics Version 5.0 flash drive with over 1,400 activity-based lessons searchable by grade and topic, 51 key economic concepts, and a glossary with over 500 terms. ($164.95 value).
This course is conducted on Canvas, thanks to Virtual Virginia. Directions for how to access the Canvas course will be emailed to you the morning of the first day of the institute.
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