MCEE will be Active at the Council for Economic Education Conference in Miami October 2010
- This year’s conference to be held at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel
The Massachusetts Council on Economic Education will once again be well represented at the prestigious Council for Economic Education annual meeting. This year’s meeting will be held in Miami, Florida from October 6-9, 2010. http://www.councilforeconed.org/conference/
MCEE Board members Dorothy Siden and Margaret Brooks, along with Ken Ardon from Salem State College, will be presenting a session entitled ”Positive Results Using Community Engagement to Recruit K-12 Teachers for Workshops in Economic Education.” The session will run on Thursday October 7 from 3:30-4:20 pm.
MCEE Board members Scott Guild and Margaret Brooks, along with Idaho state Council President Leon Maynard and Mississippi state Council President Pam Smith, will be presenting a session entitled “How the International Economic Summit Program is Reaching Students and Educators from San Francisco to Shanghai.” The session will run on Friday October 8 from 8:00-8:50 am. Among other topics, this session will be presenting information about the first New England International Economic Summit that was held in December 2009 at Bridgewater State College and co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Idaho Council on Economic Education, the Challenger Foundation, and the Massachusetts Council on Economic Education: http://www.bridgew.edu/NewsLog/view_story.cfm?StoryID=646
As shown in the entire CEE conference program http://www.councilforeconed.org/conference/agenda.php, this national conference offers a chance to network with other educators and many useful sessions for teachers who are interested in bringing economics concepts into their classes in fun and innovative ways. Massachusetts teachers are welcome to join members of the MCEE Board in attending and participating in this year’s conference. The Global Association of Economics Teachers (GATE) is a co-sponsor of the conference. http://www.councilforeconed.org/gate/ Sign up today!
MCEE Board Members and Massachusetts Teachers at CEE conference, Washington DC, Oct. 09
