This one-evening professional development program introduces elementary school educators to active-learning lessons for teaching about decision-making, opportunity cost, resources, goods, services, money, consumers, producers, income, markets, communities, taxes, and government services. The program will help educators address the following essential questions:
- How can you use the PACED decision-making model to help you make a choice?
- How do people and businesses interact in markets?
- Why do people organize themselves into communities?
Taught by Federal Reserve economic educators, this program emphasizes active- and collaborative-learning teaching methods that help elementary school teachers meet state and national standards in economics, social studies, personal finance, family and consumer sciences, and business education. Participants will receive 2.5 hours of professional development credit (Act 48 in Pennsylvania for certified teachers), dinner, a $25 gift card, and teaching materials. During the registration process, participants can request free parking at the Reserve Bank.