Mini-Society Economics Training for teachers grades 3-8

The Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency will be hosting a Mini-Society Economics Training July 29-31st from 9:30am-3:00pm at the University of Michigan: Dearborn. In the sessions, you will create a society and market economy in your own classroom. Students will earn income in classroom currency they have designed, conduct market surveys, create goods and services, even learn how to price and sell them during class Market Days. See how your classroom society faces the same issues that our adult society does. In this course, you will create your own workshop society and participate in many of the same experiences your students will. You will also learn about Michigan's Economic Grade Level Content Expectations. Cost for the session is $50.00 and sb-ceu's: 1.5.

Register at www.resa.net. Click on workshops, search July and scroll down to Social Studies.

This is a great opportunity! Be sure to pass on the information to any teacher you know who would benefit!

Teachers Conferences are coming up!

The Michigan Jumpstart Coalition is gearing up for our next two teachers conferences! The first one will be held on November 19th at Grand Valley State University and the second will be on December 2nd at the Federal Reserve in Detroit. If you're a teacher, make sure you sign up for one of these great conferences, and let your fellow teachers know about them as well!