OPPORTUNITY WITH A VISIT TO THE #1 SPORTS TOWN IN AMERICA!

Teachers – don’t miss your chance to go to Boulder, CO this summer AND attend a seminar that will improve your teaching! Economics for Leaders (EFL) will be in Boulder from June 23 – 28 at the University of Colorado!

In this week-long program, teachers “go back to school” and are taught by university professors and mentor teachers. What’s unique are the games and simulations:  instructors run the activities with real students so the teachers can observe the students’ interactions.  Teachers see, up close, why FTE – designed lessons are so effective and leave with a better knowledge of economics, new classroom strategies, and a renewed enthusiasm for teacher.

EFL offers:

–Six days of valuable program lectures and hands-on activities geared to economics teachers

–Free lodging if you share a room with another participant, or your own room at a deep discount

–Meals provided during program days

–An opportunity to enjoy Boulder and surrounding attractions

–Lessons based on voluntary National Standards in Economic Education

–Valuable opportunity for peer networking and sharing of ideas

–Three graduate credits available from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs for $306

–$150 commuter stipend available for local residents

Boulder offers:

–Hiking in historic Chautauqua Park

–Shopping and entertainment in the Pearl Street Mall

–Beer tasting in Boulder’s many microbreweries

–great weather

–golf courses plus dozens of other great attractions

LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP TODAY!

http://www.fte.org/teacher-programs/eflprograms/

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

Contact Linda Geiger, EFL Program Director
lgeiger@fte.org

OPPORTUNITY WITH A VISIT TO VIRGINIA’S “HISTORIC TRIANGLE“

Teachers – don’t miss your chance to go to Williamsburg, VA this summer AND attend a seminar that will improve your teaching! Economics for Leaders (EFL) will be in Williamsburg from June 30 –July 5 at the College of William & Mary!

In this week-long program, teachers “go back to school” and are taught by university professors and mentor teachers. What’s unique are the games and simulations:  instructors run the activities with real students so the teachers can observe the students’ interactions.  Teachers see, up close, why FTE – designed lessons are so effective and leave with a better knowledge of economics, new classroom strategies, and a renewed enthusiasm for teacher.

EFL offers:

–Six days of valuable program lectures and hands-on activities geared to economics teachers

–Free lodging if you share a room with another participant, or your own room at a deep discount

–Meals provided during program days

–An opportunity to enjoy Williamsburg and surrounding attractions

–Lessons based on voluntary National Standards in Economic Education

–Valuable opportunity for peer networking and sharing of ideas

–Three graduate credits available from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs for $306

–$150 commuter stipend available for local residents

Williamsburg offers:

–Colonial Williamsburg

–Yorktown

–Jamestown

–great weather

–golf courses plus dozens of other great attractions

LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP TODAY!

http://www.fte.org/teacher-programs/eflprograms/

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

Contact Linda Geiger, EFL Program Director
lgeiger@fte.org

Economic Issues for Teachers July 25 – 28 Boston, MA Courtyard Boston Tremont/Downtown

This residential seminar presents four of the FTE “Economic Issues” curriculum units in a concentrated four day setting.  Each of the four units is comprised of  5-7 lessons that include background content outline, student activities and simulations, and source lists.  In a pleasant, long weekend break, Issues participants are introduced to the curriculum units through involvement in lessons and simulations from each of the units.    (Ample time is provided on the afternoons of the second and third days to explore and enjoy the seminar location.)

Topics include:

Economic Demise of the Soviet Union

Issues in International Trade

Is Capitalism Good for the Poor?

Seminar begins at 3:00pm on the 25th and ends at 12:00 noon on 28th.

Three nights double occupancy lodging provided.
Participants requesting a single room or bringing a spouse will be charged $310.

The Courtyard Boston Downtown/Tremont hotel is a hotel unlike any other. The hotel, in the heart of the Back Bay, offers luxurious accommodations and impeccable service, while putting participants  just minutes from the cultural and entertainment options of cosmopolitan Boston.

Contact Information:
Dr. Kenneth Leonard
kleonard@fte.org
(206) 910-9374

EOFT-1:  June 24 – August 16  (Registration closes June 15)

Optional Graduate Credit Available

For course content  information,  see http://www.fte.org/teacher-programs/online-programs/

For registration policies, fees, and application, see http://www.fte.org/teacher-programs/online-programs/registration/

Teachers can use the short (2 1/2 minute) video at 3 different points in a semester economics course to introduce, practice, or reinforce Economic Reasoning Principles.  The teacher guide collection addresses all 3 student collections and offers suggestions for combining those collections or tailoring them for different students and classes.  Each collection can be accessed for immediate use (without modification) by clicking the GooruLearning url.

• Why Is There Corn in Your Coke? (Teachers) http://www.goorulearning.org/gooru/index.g#!/collection/bed4e26d-5edd-445d-9084-590972a4a99b/play
• Why Is There Corn in Your Coke? 3 student collections:
  • (Student 1) – Demand, substitutes, demand shifters:  http://www.goorulearning.org/gooru/index.g#!/collection/e1550b4a-bfaa-4a72-899a-3a07760e8b9b/play
  • (Student 2) – Trade barriers – tariffs, quotas, subsidies:  http://www.goorulearning.org/gooru/index.g#!/collection/4ad24c34-6792-4596-9718-5f0022a20fe6/play
  • (Student 3) – Public choice – concentrated benefits and diffuse costs:  http://www.goorulearning.org/gooru/index.g#!/collection/6b6e7363-b0bf-4a79-9aef-027186c2bb70/play

For more information about how to use and customize FTE – Gooru Hot Topics, visit the FTE website:

• Blended Learning – FTE & Gooru
• What Is FTE – Gooru? (introduction to Gooru Learning and background to our partnership)
• How to Use FTE – Gooru Collections (quick and easy steps for using Hot Topic collections without modification)
• How to Make FTE – Gooru Collections Your Own (guide to copying and customizing Hot Topic collections)

OPPORTUNITY WITH A VISIT TO THE “CALIFORNIA RIVERIA”

Teachers – don’t miss your chance to go to Santa Barbara, CA this summer AND attend a seminar that will improve your teaching! Economics for Leaders (EFL) will be in Santa Barbara from June 23 – 28 at the University of California!

In this week-long program, teachers “go back to school” and are taught by university professors and mentor teachers. What’s unique are the games and simulations:  instructors run the activities with real students so the teachers can observe the students’ interactions.  Teachers see, up close, why FTE – designed lessons are so effective and leave with a better knowledge of economics, new classroom strategies, and a renewed enthusiasm for teacher.

EFL offers:

–Six days of valuable program lectures and hands-on activities geared to economics teachers

–Free lodging if you share a room with another participant, or your own room at a deep discount

–Meals provided during program days

–An opportunity to enjoy Santa Barbara

–Lessons based on voluntary National Standards in Economic Education

–Valuable opportunity for peer networking and sharing of ideas

–Three graduate credits available from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs for $306

–$150 commuter stipend available for local residents

Santa Barbara offers:

–Beaches

–Great shopping

–historic Santa Barbara Mission

–great weather

–plus dozens of other great attractions

LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP TODAY!

http://www.fte.org/teacher-programs/eflprograms/

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

Contact Linda Geiger, EFL Program Director
lgeiger@fte.org

OPPORTUNITY WITH A VISIT TO THE “LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”

Teachers – don’t miss your chance to go to Austin, TX, the “Live Music Capital of the World” this summer AND attend a seminar that will improve your teaching! Economics for Leaders (EFL) will be in Austin from June 16 – 21 at the University of Texas!

In this week-long program, teachers “go back to school” and are taught by university professors and mentor teachers. What’s unique are the games and simulations:  instructors run the activities with real students so the teachers can observe the students’ interactions.  Teachers see, up close, why FTE – designed lessons are so effective and leave with a better knowledge of economics, new classroom strategies, and a renewed enthusiasm for teacher.

EFL offers:

–Six days of valuable program lectures and hands-on activities geared to economics teachers

–Free lodging if you share a room with another participant, or your own room at a deep discount

–Meals provided during program days

–An opportunity to enjoy the Austin nightlife

–Lessons based on voluntary National Standards in Economic Education

–Valuable opportunity for peer networking and sharing of ideas

–Three graduate credits available from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs for $306

–$150 commuter stipend available for local residents

Austin offers:

–All the excitement of “The Live Music Capital of the World”

–Great museums, included the LBJ Presidential Museum

–State Capitol building

–Barton Springs Pool

–plus dozens of other great attractions

LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP TODAY!

http://www.fte.org/teacher-programs/eflprograms/

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

Contact Linda Geiger, EFL Program Director
lgeiger@fte.org

OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME FUN IN THE SUN

Teachers – don’t miss your chance to go to exciting Las Vegas this summer AND attend a seminar that will revitalize your teaching and provide you with valuable professional development!

Economic Forces in American History (EFIAH) will be in Las Vegas from July 22 – 27 at the Hampton Inn Tropicana!  EFIAH is specifically designed for teachers looking to reinvigorate and build on their social studies, history, economics, and government curriculums.

This new perspective – incorporating economic explanations of pivotal events in American history – provides a unique analysis of standard historical topics, such as the creation of the American government, slavery, westward expansion, banking, the Great Depression, and the New Deal, among others.

All EFIAH programs are co-taught by economic historians who are some of the top-ranked university professors in the field, as well as mentor teachers, who provide engaging, hands-on activities to run in classrooms of all types.  EFIAH resources can help teachers bring history alive for students in an especially memorable and thought-provoking way.

EFIAH offers:

–Five days of valuable program lectures and hands-on activities geared to high school teachers

–Free lodging if you share a room with another participant, or your own hotel room at a deep discount

–Meals provided during program days

–An afternoon and evenings off to explore and enjoy Las Vegas

–Lessons based on voluntary National Standards in Economic Education

–Valuable opportunity for peer networking and sharing of ideas

–Two graduate credits available from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs for $204

–$150 commuter stipend available for local residents

Las Vegas offers:

–All the excitement of “The Entertainment Capital of the World”

–The world-famous Las Vegas Strip – within walking distance (free shuttle from the Hampton Inn Tropicana also available)

–Broadway-quality shows

–Warm desert climate (something to look forward to as winter stretches on!)

LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP TODAY!

http://www.fte.org/teacher-programs/efiahprograms/

HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?

Contact Lisa Chang, EFIAH Program Director

lchang@fte.org

Economic Issues for Teachers April 25 – 28 Fort Lauderdale, FL Courtyard by Marriott

Teachers successfully completing the Teaching Economics Issues program at Fort Lauderdale will receive a $200 stipend.  The residential seminar presents four of the FTE “Economic Issues” curriculum units in a concentrated four day setting.  Each of the four units is comprised of  5-7 lessons that include background content outline, student activities and simulations, and source lists.  In a pleasant, long weekend break, Issues participants are introduced to the curriculum units through involvement in lessons and simulations from each of the units.    (Ample time is provided on the afternoons of the second and third days to explore and enjoy the seminar location.)

Topics include:

Economic Demise of the Soviet Union

Issues in International Trade

Is Capitalism Good for the Poor?

Seminar begins at 3:00pm on the 25th and ends at 12:00 noon on 28th.

Three nights double occupancy lodging provided.
Participants requesting a single room or bringing a spouse will be charged $285.

Contact Information:
Dr. Kenneth Leonard
kleonard@fte.org
(206) 910-9374

Immigration reform is front and center in the news and emotions are high.  There are so many issues connected to immigration – from national security:  walled borders and terrorists –  to economics:  unemployment, social welfare programs, and labor shortages – to social justice:  education, citizenship, and health care for children of undocumented immigrants; amnesty.  When all these issues are mixed together, it is virtually impossible to have a reasoned discussion or objective debate about the costs and benefits of various policy proposals.

While economic reasoning can’t give us a “right” answer to the question of the best immigration policy for our nation, it can help us conduct the debate in a more reasoned, objective manner.  And that would be an important step to forging a consensus that could be translated into a policy with broad support throughout the country. 

Economic Reasoning Proposition #5 – that our opinions are only as good as the evidence that supports them - should be the basis for our thinking about immigration, just as it should be for any position we take on issues, regardless of how much or little they impact us, personally.  And that’s the purpose of this Hot Topic – to offer data and evidence so that we can identify what we know about immigration before we engage in debate over what policy is best.   

As students read and view the resources in the collection, they’ll use Proposition #4 to look at how the “rules of the game” for immigration to the U.S. shape incentives and people’s choices (Economic Propositions #1 & 3), and they’ll get an overview of things we do know:   data on the size of the immigrant population and workforce, and contributions and costs of immigrants to the U.S. economy, for example.  They’ll also be exposed to theories about how immigration impacts labor markets, giving them a chance to review their understanding of complements and substitutes as determinants fo demand. 

The accompanying teacher collection provides additional resources to use in the classroom, including provocative ideas for discussion, like Nobel Laureate Gary Becker’s proposal that the U.S. allow immigrants to purchase entry into the country!

Economic Reasoning & Immigration (Teachers):    

• http://www.goorulearning.org/gooru/index.g#!/collection/4090443c-9acc-445f-a176-21dd604aaea3/play
• Segment 1 of this collection replicates the student collection (below) but with narration designed for teachers.
• Segment 2 includes additional resources for preparatory and/or follow up classroom activities.
• Segment 3 notes the content and common core knowledge standards addressed by the student collection.

Economic Reasoning & Immigration (Students): 

• http://www.goorulearning.org/gooru/index.g#!/collection/6634c40d-2cad-4809-93d9-3e05b29c3aaf/play
• This collection is comprised of 1 segment in which the relevant economic reasoning tools are paired with resources from the news and scholarly sources.  A student-centered (text) narration by Econ Eddie guides students through the analysis.  After students study the collection individually (receiving their direct instruction as homework), they are ready to engage in follow-up practice and activities in the classroom.

Gooru is a free website, which students and teachers can join at no cost.  However, it is not necessary to join in order to use the FTE Gooru Hot Topic collections.  Clicking the links above provides full access to the collections.  Gooru collections are user-friendly, and students usually figure out quickly how to navigate by using the arrows on the screen.  Below are links to an 8-slide powerpoint or 8 screenprint pdf highlighting the features and naviagtion of Gooru collections.

Download Powerpoint – How to View “Economic Reasoning & Immigration” on Gooru (8 slides)

View and download Pdf – How to View “Economic Reasoning & Immigration” on Gooru (8 annotated screen prints)