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Financial Fitness
Extravaganza
June 18-20, 2013 (Tue-Thur)
Wichita, KS
Sponsored by KCEE & the
The Financial Fitness
Extravaganza is a great way to get all the free resources & training you
need to teach a high school personal finance course!
For
the past 10 years, the KCEE’s blockbuster Financial Fitness Institutes have
received hundreds of thumbs-up from teachers across the state. This Financial
Fitness Extravaganza is a combination of all three institutes and more so teachers can
come and receive the newly updated resources along with financial topic updates
from professionals in the field. The conference style event will also provide time for
sharing with others throughout the state teaching personal finance.
Resources to be provided with
training: Revised Learning Earning & Investing for
a New Generation, Revised Financial Fitness for Life, Financing Your Future DVD,
KS/MO Economics Based Personal Finance Course Outline, Virtual Economics 4.0 (CD
with over 2000 economics/finance lessons) and more. These resources
will give you more than enough to teach a full semester personal finance course.
The KS/MO Personal Finance Course Outline will help you get your semester
designed with less work. Teachers will also receive training on how to use
our free personal finance program GenIRevolution, EconEdLink,
Sample of topic
presentations: New National Standards on Financial Literacy, bankruptcy
attorney, insurance, credit reports,
budgeting, consumer protection, credit reporting agency, taxes for teens, investing, retirement planning,
estate planning, using the Stock Market Game, LifeSmarts, and many more.
You are invited!
Are you teaching a full semester
personal finance course or strongly integrating personal finance into another
class? If yes, this workshop is for you.
Reserve
your seat now!
Cost/Housing:
All costs associated with the conference - including meals during the event, curriculum materials are provided
of charge.
Participants may chose to stay in
Fairmount Towers, an air-conditioned residence hall complex located on the
corner of 21st Street and Hillside at very reasonable rates.
Teachers coming from over 1 hour away
who teach a full semester personal finance course may stay at the dorm at NO COST for both nights thanks to our grant.
All others will pay dorm
rates are $29/single room or $22/double room per person. Reservations are
included in the application form.
Rooms are
set up for double occupancy and are designed suite-style
with two rooms sharing a bathroom. Each room is carpeted and
furnished with two single beds, a sink/vanity, a closet and
drawer space in the two desks and dressers. Bedding is
provided. Daily maid service is not included in the
rates, but public areas will be routinely cleaned.
Graduate Credit Option:
In addition to receiving this fantastic training, you have the option of
choosing to earn professional development points or one graduate credit hour with
a partial to full scholarship through WSU or ESU.
Tuition Assistance:
Teachers scholarship will be provided to teachers
who select to receive graduate credit.
To receive this tuition assistance teachers must be CERTIFIED KANSAS TEACHERS
currently under contract with a Kansas public or private school and teaching
personal finance. Full semester personal finance teachers will qualify for
a full tuition scholarship.
Other teachers strongly integrating personal finance
who would like graduate credit will receive a $100 scholarship. Graduate
credit will be offered only through WSU or ESU.
Application:
APPLY ONLINE NOW!
You will be notified of your acceptance within one week of registration.
Please contact Angela if you have any questions at
KCEE@wichita.edu or 316-978-5183.
Tentative
Schedule:
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
(Tuesday, June 18, 2013) - Lunch Provided
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Wednesday, June 19,
2013) - Continental breakfast & lunch provided
9:00 am to 1:00 pm (Thursday, June 20,
2013) - Continental breakfast & lunch provided
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