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SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Bring fresh energy to your 2025–2026 classroom! Join us for CEE’s FREE, 3-day virtual Summer Institute, designed to deliver turn-key, student-centered resources just in time for back-to-school.
July 22nd – Economics
10:00 - 10:45 AM ET Fireside Chat: Bad Bunny to Swifty Hooking Students on Econ & History
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET Navigating Inflation and Life Realities with Students
1:45 - 3:45 PM ET Civic Engagement and Student Empowerment through Economics
July 23rd – Personal Finance
10:00 - 10:45 AM ET Keynote Speaker on Personal Finance
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET Buy Now, Regret Later? Teaching Students Smart Digital Spending
1:45 - 3:45 PM ET Help Students Map Their Post-High School Journey
July 24th – Classroom Management for Student-Centered Learning
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET Classroom Kickoff! Put Students in the Lead from Day One
1:45 - 3:45 PM ET Students First - Fresh Strategies for Managing a Purpose Driven Classroom
Whether you're new or returning, this institute is packed with tools to excite your students and deepen their understanding of economics and personal finance.
EXCLUSIVELY FOR TEACHERS UNDER 30 OR STUDENTS 18+ |
$martPath connected to Michigan State Standards |
$martPath is an engaging, interactive and easy-to-use way for elementary and middle school teachers to embed relevant and fun economic and financial education in their classrooms, to boost students' financial literacy. Made possible by Michigan Credit Unions with funding from
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CHECK OUT OUR LIVEBINDER FULL OF ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE RESOURCES FOR YOU TO TEACH EVERY TOPIC IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 STATE CHAMPIONS |
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The Financial Intelligence Teacher (FIT) Certification offers online training and assessment to empower educators with personal finance knowledge and instructional intelligence. Certification is awarded to teachers who pass the FIT Certification Test, a comprehensive assessment based on the latest Jump$tart and Council for Economic Education National Standards for Personal Financial Education. By achieving this certification, educators showcase their readiness to teach personal finance and their commitment to empowering the next generation through financial intelligence. |
Complete on-demand professional development from the Foundation for Economic Education to receive SCECH. They offer one-hour asynchronous modules for each of the 20 Economics national standards. Find out more on our professional development page. |
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Certification courses are held over a 5 week period in efforts to accommodate schedules. Each course has a single 2-hour session per week, culminating in 10 total hours, including exam to demonstrate proficiency. | 10 Michigan SCECH available for educators who complete NGPF Certification Courses
To receive an NGPF Certification, you must successfully complete a 10 hour course-- 9 hours of Professional Development and a 1 hour course completion exam.
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DO YOU NEED SCECH?
| The Michigan Council on Economic Education now offers SCECH for Michigan teachers who attend or watch a Council for Economic Education webinars. Find out more on our professional development page. |
Providing Michigan’s K-12 students with economic knowledge and financial skills needed to thrive in our dynamic economy. |
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become a membermembership in the michigan council on economic education carries no financial cost to you. join as an educator or a community partner in promoting economic and financial education for michigan students. |
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SIGNATURE PROGRAMS Teams of three or four high school students compete in a series of challenging tests to demonstrate their economic understanding and reasoning skills. The Challenge matches your team’s understanding of economics with teams from other schools. Every Michigan school district will have the opportunity to apply to participate in a three-round State Finals competition at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago-Detroit Branch on April 23, 2025.
The Michigan Personal Finance Challenge is an opportunity for high school students to demonstrate their knowledge of Personal Finance by competing with other students across the state. Every Michigan teacher will have the opportunity to apply to have their students participate in the 2025 Personal Finance Challenge State Finals on April 25, 2025. Participating teams will be given a case study one week prior to the competition. They will take on the role of a financial planning company and present their recommendations to a panel of judges at the State Finals event. The two teams with the highest scores after the case study will then compete for the state title in a fast-paced “Quiz Bowl” round. The fun does not stop there! The winner of the state title will travel to Atlanta, GA to represent Michigan in the National Personal Finance Challenge to win more cash and prizes!
$martPath is an engaging, interactive and easy-to-use way for teachers of grades 1-8 to embed relevant and fun economic and financial education in their classrooms. Best of all, $martPath is completely free! Developed by leading practitioners working hand-in-hand with teachers, $martPath provides simple, fun lessons that bring economic and financial education to life in your classroom. $martPath units teach students about personal financial responsibility (such as saving, prudent spending, and prioritizing needs and wants) through grade-appropriate, curriculum-aligned, interactive lessons. Join us each summer for amazing professional development opportunities that focus on economic and financial literacy education. Always a great mix of learning from professionals in the field along with pedagogical tools that will impact student learning starting on day one of the next school year! Gooding or Carter Hulsey engage middle or high school students with a live concert, inspire with the musicians’ personal stories, and encourage critical thinking during a spirited Q&A. Students learn how to harness money as a tool to succeed, achieve dreams and change lives. |
YEAR-LONG 9/9/2024 - 4/11/2025 FALL 2024 9/30/2024 - 12/6/2024 SPRING 2025 1/21/2025 - 4/11/2025 |
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