Virginia Tech Center for Economic Education
Jul 11, 2016 - Jul 15, 2016
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Roanoke County Schools Central Office
5937 Cove Road
Roanoke, VA 24019
Get Directions
Grade Level: High School
Potential Recertification Credits: 40
This institute is particularly helpful for those teaching the personal finance portion of high school Economics and Personal Finance as it covers detailed content instruction including banking, credit, consumer rights and responsibilities, insurance, taxes, and financial planning. Content instruction is delivered by experts from the various fields and participants receive curricula for use in the classroom.
Teachers also take the W!SE Financial Literacy test and have the opportunity to earn this Teacher Certification at no charge. Participants receive a number of resources for use in the classroom including a Virtual Economics Version 4.5 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. ($160 value). Lunch and refreshments provided.
Fee: NO CHARGE, however $0.00 refundable fee required
Registration is not complete until a check payable to VCEE for a $0.00 refundable deposit is received. The deposit will be returned uncashed after you complete the workshop. Mail the check to:Center for Economic Education
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Agricultural & Applied Economics (0401)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Additional Information:
Friday's session will be held on the campus of Virginia Tech.
Reservation checks must be submitted by the registration deadline, and numbers of confirmed registrations at that time will determine whether the Institute proceeds. Checks will be returned or destroyed at the discretion of the registrant, in the event of cancellation due to insufficient registrations.
Instructor: Barbara Taylor, Program Manager
Contact Person:
Barbara Taylor, Program Manager
Center for Economic Education
Virginia Tech
540.231.1147
bjtaylor@vt.edu
OFFERED BY:
Register for Personal Finance Institute
Registration is closed for this workshop.
By registering for this workshop, I agree to allow photography to be taken during the program and used by VCEE or affiliated Centers in their print materials or electronic images.
Our privacy policy: We will not sell or release this information to any party other than VCEE, an affiliated center for economic education, and, on occasion, the Council for Economic Education. In all cases, it will only be used to promote economic and financial education and provide you information about programs and resources supporting this education.