The 6th Annual Economic
Education Spring Conference

See a Complete
Series Introduction

Guest
Speaker:
TBA

Free
Materials: A
$94 Value!
Includes:
Free Curriculum ($28 Value)
Student Materials ($14
Value)
Parent's Guide ($12
Value)
CD ($40 Value)
Available to first 30
registrants
in each workshop!

Graduate Credit
Available

Registration
4:30
Teacher Workshops
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Networking
6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
Special
Guest
Jayme Caughron
NASDAQ Award
Winner 2003

Teachers:
Display
Your Projects!

Banquet
7:15 - 9:00 p.m.
Catered by
Hereford House Restaurant

Co-Sponsored
by:
UMKC
Center
for Economic Education
Gayle Voyles,
Center Director
Nicolas Pologeorgis,
Associate Director
UMKC
Operation Outreach
Patricia
Palmer, Director
The
Missouri Council on Economic Education
Stan Mengel,
President/CEO
Mark Gravenstein, Program Director
Janine Hogan, Executive Assistant

Register Online!

Registration
may also
be fax'd to 816-235-2651.

Registration
Deadline
Friday,
February 27, 2004

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page updated
01/19/2004. |
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Foundations
for Economic Literacy:
Reading, Math and Social Studies |

Pocket Power
(Grades K-2)
Registration for this workshop
is closed! However, if you complete the registration form,
you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you!Instructors: Gayle Voyles
& Kim Walter
Includes 16 creative lessons with
background information, preparation material, student activities, and assessments to
promote active learning. An illustrated storybook highlights topics in each lesson. |
Teach students:
Why education pays
Why saving makes us wait but provides
more opportunity
How advertising affects spending
What is credit
How to manage moneyRegistration
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2002
Registration
for this workshop is closed! However, if you complete the registration
form, you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you! |
Steps to Financial Fitness (Grades 3-5)
Registration for this workshop
is closed! However, if you complete the registration form,
you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you!Instructors: Cinthia Barnes
& Robin Kelly
15 action oriented lessons where
students make strategic decisions about earning an income, saving and spending money,
using credit, and budgeting. A student activities packet is also available to accompany
the set of lessons.
Registration Deadline: Friday,
March 15, 2002 |
Sample
activities include:
Analyzing why the pay for various jobs is
different
Differentiating between fact and opinion on
advertisements
Role playing the buying of goods and
services with different methods of payment
Analyzing a fable to determine the
opportunity cost for not saving
Singing in a chorus about the credit
worthiness of different individualsRegistration for this workshop
is closed! However, if you complete the registration form,
you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you! |
Shaping Up Your Financial
Future (Grades 6-8)
Registration for this workshop
is closed! However, if you complete the registration form,
you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you!Instructor: Patty Palmer
Students learn how education can
improve productivity, why income levels differ, how to set goals, the effect of simple vs.
compound interest, and how inflation affects purchase decisions.
Registration Deadline: Friday,
March 15, 2002 |
17
action-oriented lessons designed to educate students in multiple personal finance topics
including: Relating
education to income and
standard of living
Cost of spending vs. saving
Setting financial goals
How taxes affect consumers
Developing and managing a budget
Registration
for this workshop is closed! However, if you complete the registration
form, you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you! |
Bringing
Home the Gold
(Grades 9-12)
Registration
for this workshop is closed! However, if you complete the registration
form, you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you!Instructors: Nicolas
Pologeorgis & Mark Gravenstein
All lessons are tied to standards
for economics and personal finance literacy and include background information,
preparation materials, student activities, and assessments. A Web site provides additional
ideas to help reinforce lessons through various disciplines. |
This
workshop includes 22 lessons covering: What it takes to become a millionaire
How to make a job rather than take a job
The relationship between risk and return
Why there is no free lunch
Using a computer to understand the cost
of interest
Computerized budget planning
Marketplace scams and swindles
Registration
for this workshop is closed! However, if you complete the registration
form, you will be placed on a waiting list. Thank you! |
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