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Economics Center Professional Development

The Economics Center is a premier provider of professional development programs for K-12 teachers and school administrators.  Our professional development courses for teachers focus on all core content areas but place a special emphasis on providing teachers and students with a functional economic education. We offer:

  • Workshops that fit into your Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDP) at convenient locations.
  • Resources on how to introduce practical lessons and standards/strands based activities that engage students and enhance 21st Century Skills.
  • Lessons and tools that enhance instruction, planning and student performance.
  • Credit or Non-Credit Option: earn graduate credits through the University of Cincinnati.

Request a catalog for our 2010 Workshops (Winter, Spring, and Summer). Be sure to check back for updates and new offerings.

Workshops will be focused around:

  • 21st Century Skills: lessons that teach Critical Thinking, Innovation and Problem Solving.
  • Lessons that take students into a depth of knowledge: Connecting and Analyzing.
  • Ohio House Bill 1: What are the new "Strands"? - Ways to meet the new requirements.

View our upcoming professional development courses:
09/23/2010 Community Resources and Stock Market Game in your classroom FREE Fall 2010 $0.00
10/12/2010 Alpaugh Scholars Leadership Program 2010-2011 Fall 2010 $0.00
10/16/2010 Cross Curicular Lesson Series - K-6 Math and Making Choices Fall 2010 $55.00
10/21/2010 Role of Government and Civic Impacts - Hot Topics Series Fall 2010 $55.00
10/23/2010 Play-Doh! It's great for Teaching Fall 2010 $55.00
10/27/2010 Choices and Changes in Life School and Work Fall 2010 $55.00
11/03/2010 K2 Childrens Literature and Language Arts Fall 2010 $55.00
11/06/2010 U.S. and World History - 2 workshops, 1 day - History Series Fall 2010 $55.00
12/04/2010 Risk and Insurance - Teacher Academy 2 - Financial Education Series Winter 2011 $55.00
01/22/2011 Wealth Creation and Investing, Teacher Academy 2 - Financial Education Series Winter 2011 $55.00
01/22/2011 Chocolate Lessons! 21st Century Teaching that Tastes Great! Winter 2011 $55.00
01/27/2011 Globalization - Teaching resources and Integration - Hot Topics Series Winter 2011 $55.00
01/29/2011 Life Inc., A great FREE Resource for Middle School Teachers Winter 2011 $55.00
02/02/2011 Evenings for Educators - Come to learn, network, and enjoy an evening! Winter 2011 $55.00
02/10/2011 World History Resources and Lessons for Engagement - History Series Winter 2011 $55.00
02/12/2011 Cross Curricular Lesson Series - Miss Frizzle at the Museum Center Winter 2011 $55.00
02/25/2011 “How the Economy Works” Seminar - Instructional Materials Publishing Industry: A Closer Look Winter 2011 $55.00
03/12/2011 Seas Trees and Economies - "Hands ON" Lessons Series Winter 2011 $55.00
03/24/2011 The END OF THE WORLD! - Energy, Environment and Economics - Hot Topics Series Spring 2011 $55.00
04/05/2011 Middle School Language Arts - Using The Last Paperboy in America Spring 2011 $55.00
04/07/2011 US History - Grades 5-12 - History Series Spring 2011 $55.00
04/09/2011 Cross Curricular Lesson Series - Children's Literature , Critical Thinking, Decision Making K-6 Spring 2011 $55.00
04/09/2011 Career Choices and Income - Teachers Academy 2 - Financial Education Series Spring 2011 $55.00
06/13/2011 Alpaugh Scholars Summer Economics Institute for Educators Summer 2011 $55.00
06/21/2011 Financial Education Teacher Academy Summer 2011 $55.00
06/28/2011 Career Choices and Income - Teachers Academy 2 - Financial Education Series Summer 2011 $55.00
06/29/2011 Risk and Insurance - Teacher Academy 2 - Financial Education Series Summer 2011 $55.00
06/30/2011 Wealth Creation and Investing, Teacher Academy 2 Summer 2011 $55.00

For more information on these, and other, courses we offer, browse our full catalog of offerings.