FTE Professional Teachers Association
"Members Only" Conference

“Understanding Liberty and Choice: 
Property Rights in American History”

Featured speaker, Terry L. Anderson,
Executive Director: Property & Environment Research Center
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution            

Co-sponsored by

 

Denver, Colorado

When:             December 4-6, 2008 (Thursday 3:30pm – Saturday 2:30pm)

Where:            Hotel Monaco, Denver

What:              Working conference, including:

• Keynote address and extended Q and A with Terry L. Anderson.
• Panel discussion with: Terry L. Anderson, PERC; F. Scott Kieff, Washington University, St. Louis; P.J. Hill, Wheaton College; Jim Rogers, Texas A&M University; and Andy Morriss, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
• Required pre-conference readings (275 pages).
• Small-group guided Socratic discussions.

Who:    PTA members only, by application (limited to 45 participants)

• Deadline:  Applications must be received by September 10, 2008.
• Selected attendees notified by September 20, 2008.
• $200 deposit due with application.  (Deposit refunded at conclusion of program or upon notification of non-acceptance to the program.)
• Participants responsible for their own travel.

Two nights single occupancy lodging and meals plus $500 stipend provided.
(Attendance at all sessions required for stipend.)

Selection from the applicant pool will reflect the FTE’s desire to assemble a conference group with the following characteristics:

• commitment to excellence in teaching economic reasoning;
• diversity of teaching experience, background, current economics-related teaching assignment, and school type;
• geographic/demographic diversity (regional, rural/urban, etc.).

 

Apply on-line at http://www.fte.org/pta/application.php

Questions:  Ken Leonard  kleonard@fte.org
                                         206-910-9374