Teacher Training Programs

Upcoming Programs

Making Sense of Money and Banking: A Course for Teachers

July 19-23, 2010
Registration Deadline: July 1, 2010

This five-day course, taught by Federal Reserve economists, economic education specialists, and staff from the centers on economic education, covers money, banking, and the Federal Reserve System. It includes grade-level-specific breakout sessions aimed at providing teachers with lesson plans that can be implemented right away in their classrooms. The course includes sessions on the history of central banking and a visit to the sites of early central banking, which are part of Independence National Historical Park. Emphasis is placed on active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods and curricula for teaching money and banking in the K-12 classroom.

GDP and Pizza: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Registration Deadline: July 27, 2010

This half-day professional development program introduces high school teachers to the GDP and Pizza: Economics for Life online course available for classroom use from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis at no charge. Teachers will learn how to use the online course to teach the difference between nominal and real GDP, the definition of per capita GDP, how economists measure economic growth, and how monetary and fiscal policy are related to GDP. Participants will learn how to access the course for classroom use and will preview the course and its associated activities. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program is designed to help high school teachers meet state and national standards in economics.

Kids and Money Too: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

Thursday, August 5, 2010
Registration Deadline: July 29, 2010

This day-long professional development program introduces teachers to even more lessons for teaching elementary students about money and decision making using children's literature. Building on the success of our 2008 “Kids and Money” program, our economic education specialists demonstrate another new set of lessons that emphasize active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help elementary teachers use children’s literature to meet state and national standards in social studies and personal finance.

It’s Your Paycheck: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Registration Deadline: August 3, 2010

This one-day professional development program introduces teachers to a new series of lessons from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for teaching high school students about personal finance topics such as income, gross pay versus net pay, banking services, budgeting, compound interest, and borrowing. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help secondary school teachers meet state and national standards in economics and personal finance.

Past Programs

Economics and Children's Literature

This professional development program introduces elementary school teachers to economic concepts and demonstrates how to teach them using children's literature. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, it emphasizes active-learning techniques that help teachers meet state and national standards in economics and personal finance.

Economics in Action: Greatest Hits for Teaching High School Economics

This professional development program introduces teachers to a series of simulations, role-playing activities, group activities, and classroom demonstrations designed to effectively teach high school students about economic concepts. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help high school teachers meet state and national standards in social studies and economics.

FED 101: A Workshop for Teachers

This program introduces middle and high school teachers to the resources available from the Fed for teaching about money, banking, and monetary policy. Taught by Federal Reserve specialists, it emphasizes active-learning techniques that help teachers meet state and national standards in economics and personal finance.

GDP and Pizza: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

This professional development program introduces high school teachers to the GDP and Pizza: Economics for Life online course available for classroom use from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis at no charge. Teachers will learn how to use the online course to teach the difference between nominal and real GDP, the definition of per capita GDP, how economists measure economic growth, and how monetary and fiscal policy are related to GDP. Participants will learn how to access the course for classroom use and will preview the course and its associated activities. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program is designed to help high school teachers meet state and national standards in economics.

Geography and the Economy: A Professional Development Series for Teachers

This professional development program introduces teachers to a series of lessons for teaching middle and high school students about geography and economics together. The program will make use of GeoFRED™, a data-mapping tool that displays color-coded data on the state, MSA, and county levels, and lessons published by the National Council on Economic Education. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help middle and high school teachers meet state and national standards in economics and geography. Open to grades 6-12 teachers.

Listen to "Teaching Economics and Geography Together," an audio podcast.

The Great Depression: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

This professional development program introduces teachers to a series of simulations, role-playing activities, group activities, and classroom demonstrations designed to effectively teach high school students about the Great Depression. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help high school teachers meet state and national standards in history and economics.

Listen to "Teaching the Great Depression," an audio podcast.

Hot Topics in Economics: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

This one-evening professional development program, co-sponsored by the Temple University Center for Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, introduces teachers to timely topics in economics and personal finance during two one-hour presentations.

It's Your Paycheck: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

This professional development program introduces teachers to a new series of lessons from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for teaching high school students about personal finance topics such as income, gross pay versus net pay, banking services, budgeting, compound interest, and borrowing. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help secondary school teachers meet state and national standards in economics and personal finance.

Kids and Money

This professional development program introduces teachers to a new series of lessons for teaching elementary students about money and decision making using children’s literature. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help elementary teachers meet state and national standards in social studies and personal finance. This program is open to grades K-5 teachers.

Listen to "Kids and Money," an audio podcast.

Making Sense of Money and Banking: A 5-Day Course for Teachers

This course, taught by Federal Reserve economists, economic education specialists, and staff from the state centers on economic education, covers money, banking, and the Federal Reserve System. It includes grade-level-specific breakout sessions aimed at providing teachers with lesson plans that can be implemented right away in their classrooms. The course includes sessions on the history of central banking and a visit to the sites of early central banking, which are part of Independence National Historical Park. Emphasis is placed on active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods and curricula for teaching money and banking in the K-12 classroom.

Mathematics & Economics

This program, taught by Federal Reserve economists and economic education specialists, introduces middle and high school teachers to economic concepts and how to teach them through mathematics. Emphasis is placed on active-learning teaching methods that help teachers meet state and national standards in economics.

Mathematics & Economics for the Elementary Classroom

This professional development program introduces elementary school teachers to economic concepts and how to teach them through mathematics. Participants are taken through a series of simulations, role-playing activities, group activities, and classroom demonstrations. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help elementary school teachers meet state and national standards in mathematics, social studies, and economics.

Money Matters for Kids: A Professional Development Program for Teachers

This professional development program introduces elementary school teachers to methods for teaching personal finance topics such as personal decision-making, saving, spending, budgeting, and the wise use of credit. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help elementary school teachers meet state and national standards in economics and personal finance.

Personal Finance for the Middle School Classroom

This professional development program introduces middle school teachers to methods for teaching personal finance topics such as personal decision-making, saving, investing, budgeting, and the wise use of credit. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help middle school teachers meet state and national standards in economics and personal finance.

Teaching About the Global Economy: A Workshop Series for Teachers

This professional development program introduces teachers to economic concepts such as comparative advantage, trade, foreign exchange, and tariffs and demonstrates how to teach these concepts in middle- and high-school classrooms. Taught by Federal Reserve economic education specialists, the program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help teachers meet state and national standards in economics and social studies.