Workshops

Overview

Workshops
Content and creativity to help you teach economics and personal finance

The Georgia Council on Economic Education offers workshops that provide K-12 teachers economics and personal finance content and creative ways to teach it. For most non-virtual workshops, there are no registration fees, lesson materials are included, lunch is provided, and substitute reimbursement is offered. 

We use Zoom as our virtual workshop platform. To get the most out of your virtual professional learning experience, please refer to our GCEE Technology Guide for Virtual Programs.

All virtual workshops listed here are available to all Georgia K-12 educators, but registration priority is given to specific school system teachers when indicated in the workshop descriptions.

To see an example of a Georgia Council workshop and its impact on teachers, check out this video.

To access previously recorded virtual workshops, click here.  NOTE:  Not all GCEE workshops are recorded.

Click the link below for the master list of Spring 2021 workshops.

Workshop Grades 9–12

Enhancing Your High School Budget Project
Grades 9-12
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
4:30pm - 5:30pm (VIRTUAL)

Budget projects come in a huge variety of sizes, tasks, and end products. In this workshop, you’ll see a demo of an extremely-thorough budget project developed by an experienced teacher that will enhance your own and or help you start one if you have never done one before. Materials, including an meticulous spreadsheet, will be shared to help you get started and use the ideas you see during the workshop.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 9-12

This workshop is offered virtually through the Zoom platform.

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Workshop Grades 9–12

The History of the America Consumer and the “Amazon Effect” on the Market Today (VIRTUAL)
Grades 6-12
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
4:30pm - 5:45pm

This workshop is being presented by the Florida Council on Economic Education’ Brett Burkey and you will register with them.

To understand the psychology of the modern consumer and to grasp where they might be heading next, you have to know how they got here. If you fell asleep in 1945 and woke up in 2021, you would not recognize the world around you.

In this workshop we will cover:

How do people think about money? ● How do people feel about spending and saving? ● How has our comfort level with debt changed? ● How have our expectations of equity changed? ● How did the consumer become the driver of the economy? ● How have our politics been influenced by the reaction to these changes?

We will also explore the influence of Amazon on how we consume today.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 6-12.  

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Workshop Grades 9–12

Economic Education Virtual Institute for High School Teachers
Grades 9-12
June 22 - 24, 2021

In this innovative summer institute sponsored by Georgia Pacific, participants will spend three virtual days learning more about economic concepts including opportunity cost, specialization, free enterprise, monetary and fiscal policy, entrepreneurship, and international trade. The institute will be varied, fast-paced and interactive. The program will feature a variety of guest speakers and lesson plan demonstrations conducted by award-winning master teachers. All materials used for lesson demonstrations will be provided to teachers so you can use them in your classroom immediately.

A $300 stipend is provided for completing the program.

Applicants must teach at a high school within a Georgia Pacific Community. Click the link below to learn more and apply. 

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Workshop Grades 9–12

AP Economics Summer Institute – ONLINE
Grades 9-12

The Georgia Council’s AP Economics Summer Institute has long been the premier summer institute for AP Economics in the Southeast. This experience is beneficial for brand new teachers and experienced teachers looking for a refresher!  Like most of the other APSI’s this year, we will be offering our week-long institute online so internet access and a personal device is required. You will still receive the same materials that are unique to the GCEE APSI including the workbooks.  This year, the AP Economics institute is from June 7th - June 11th.  The cost is $725.00   NOTE, the registration link below will take you a different website for registration for this event.  If you have any questions, please e-mail Chris Cannon.

Audience:  AP Econ Teachers (new and experienced), Grades 9-12

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Workshop Grades 9–12

The Atlanta Braves 2021: Beyond the Pandemic (VIRTUAL)
Grades 8-12
Date TBD
Time TBD

***This workshop was postponed. Check back soon to see the new date and time***

Atlanta Braves Senior VP of Marketing Adam Zimmerman will join GCEE to discuss marketing the Atlanta Braves, the upcoming season, changes made during the pandemic, preparations for the All-Star Game in Atlanta, the Braves financial status and take a few questions from the audience.

Audience:  Teachers, Grades 8-12

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