Workshops

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston provides teacher workshops and professional development opportunities in the content areas of the Federal Reserve System, economics, economic history and financial literacy. In some instances the Boston Fed will initiate the content, in others it may host and others it may serve as a specific content resource.

Recent and Upcoming

"International Week" Workshop
Tuesday, November 17th
3:00 - 5:30PM
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02210

In support of International Week, November 16-20, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Council on Economic Education will co-host a teacher workshop focused on resources for teaching and learning international economics.

For those who attend we will be providing examination copies of the CEE Focus: Globalization text, as well as providing links to several other valuable resources for K-12 teachers.

Agenda

3:00 PM	Welcome and Introductions	Networking
3:15	Another Action Hero	Digital
3:30	Focus Globalization	Text
	International Trade	Text
4:15	International Economic Summit	Program
4:30	Adventure Timeline	Resource
4:45	Globalization 101	Digital
5:00	World Savvy	Digital
5:15	Primary Source	Resources
	iPhoneApp	Video
5:30	End

Prior Workshops

June 29- July 1, 2009
Teacher Workshop on Globalization and International Economics

November 2-4, 2008
National AP Economics Teachers Conference

October 15 & 27, November 19, 2008
Financing Your Future

June 30-July 2, 2008
Teacher Workshop on Globalization and International Economics

July 14-15, 2008
"Making-a-Job" Teacher Workshop

July 21-23, 2008
"Mini-Society" Teacher Workshop

January 14, 2008; February 2, 2008; February 11, 2008; May 6, 2008
Virtual Economics for K-12 Teachers
Professional Development Workshops

April 24 and 29, 2008
Wan2 Get Ready 4 Your Financial Future?
A free personal finance workshop for teens (grades 7-12)

November 19, 2007
Economic Summit for High School Teachers of Economics and Personal Finance
The 2007 Economics Summit was held on Monday, November 19th at the St. Paul's School in Concord, NH. This event was open to secondary high school teachers across New England who teach economics or personal finance

July 5-7, 2006
Globalization and International Economics
FRB Boston, in collaboration with the Dallas and New York Reserve Banks provided a professional development workshop on site for teachers on the topic of globalization and international economics.

March 10, 2006
Talking About College
The Boston Fed provided a one day workshop introducing teachers to the value of utilizing the ten-unit "Let's Talk About College" curriculum that was created in collaboration with Citizen Schools. This curriculum is targeted at middle school students in order to nurture their interest in attending college while at the same providing the students with accurate and current information about selecting a college and financial planning to help pay for college. This curriculum is offered and taught as an "apprenticeship" in Citizen Schools as part of their after-school programming and is being taught in fourteen public schools as part of their "Gifted and Talented" program.

Download curriculum: Let's Talk About College - A Financial Perspective
(includes 10 lesson plans for middle school students)

October 24, 2005
Economic Summit
The Boston Fed initiated collaboration amongst the Connecticut Council of Economic Education and Choate Rosemary Hall to provide a one day conference that brought together high level economics thinkers and policy makers with 50 high school teachers of economics from New England, New York and New Jersey.

August 2005
Massachusetts Summer Content Institute
The Boston Fed initiated collaboration amongst Salem State College, Bridgewater State College, The Children's Museum and the Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies to provide a ten-day teacher workshop for 20 elementary teachers across the Commonwealth entitled, "Viewing the People and Places of the Commonwealth Through an Economic Perspective."

Rhode Island JumpStart Teacher Conference
The Boston Fed provided two workshops along with other providers for 100 teachers, most of which came from Rhode Island.  One presentation was on Federal Reserve System physical and digital resources for financial literacy. The other presentation was on entrepreneurship and the Boston Bank-based economic history experience called the New England Economic Adventure.

↑ top