The finals of the MN State and National Economics Challenge has a Critical Thinking round, requiring students, as a team, to react to a current economic issue and/or propose a solution or policy recommendation. Many students may have little or no experience with the specifics of reading a critical thinking prompt, deciding upon a course of action, researching the issue, preparing their presentation, and finally, delivering it. This session will help you better understand how this round is conducted so you and your students can be better prepared.

*Registrants will receive an email with details the day before the workshop.

Instructor(s):

Julie Heath - Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati

Cost:

Minnesota Participants: Free Registration
Non-Minnesota participants: $19

What's Included Upon Full Attendance:

Certificate of completion for 1 clock hour to go toward required Continuing Education Units (CEU). *Must complete session evaluation to receive the certificate.
Lessons, Resources, Materials, Recording of the Session, & Session Presentation.
The $20 Amazon gift card incentive is specifically for teachers who are teaching the economics and personal finance benchmarks outlined in the Minnesota K-12 Social Studies standards; teachers are able to receive up to 3 gift cards from January to April 2025. Due to funding constraints, we had to focus this incentive on those directly covering these specific areas. MN license number will be asked during registration, license must be active & not expired in MDE license lookup; MCEE will verify license before issuing gift card.

K-8 webinar participants will only be awarded a gift card if licensed in that grade level.

9-12 webinar participants will only be awarded a gift card if licensed in grades 9-12 Social Studies, Business, Agriculture/Natural Resources Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Mathematics, English as a Second Language, or Special Education.

Gift cards will only be distributed to those who meet these criteria. Please ensure your eligibility before registering.

Gift cards are for MCEE teacher professional development webinars only. They will not be included in MCEE Speaker Series, other council webinars, National or CEE webinars, or other sessions as indicated.

Eligibility:

All are welcome to attend educator professional development webinars. Webinar content is tailored for specific grade levels, as indicated in the registration.

Economics and/or Personal Finance Concepts Addressed:

Critical Thinking
Economic Analysis
Using Case Studies

Questions about this or other events? Contact us at mcee@umn.edu or (612) 625-3727.

Registrations are closed

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