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Cultivating Understanding: Personal Finance for the Secondary Classroom
A One-Day Workshop for Teachers
July 8, 2010
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA
Perhaps nothing has done more to emphasize the need for financial literacy than the turmoil the U.S. economy has experienced the last couple of years. Students often graduate from high school ill-prepared to make sound decisions regarding their financial well-being. Cultivating Understanding: Personal Finance for the Secondary Classroom provided content and strategies for helping students make sound financial decisions. Attendees received materials for the secondary classroom.
Agenda
| 8:30 a.m. |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
Marcy Misik
Director
Ann Rosteet Hurley Center for Economic Education
McNeese State University |
| 8:45 a.m. |
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The Importance of Understanding Credit and Ultimately Controlling Debt
Laura Smith
President
Louisiana Council for Economic Education |
| 9:45 a.m. |
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Break |
| 10 a.m. |
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Understanding Banks and Their Role in Personal Finance and the Economy
Sherry Kiser
Director, Economic Education
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| 11 a.m. |
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The Role of Incentives
Jennifer Staley
Senior Economic and Financial Education Specialist
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans |
| Noon |
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Lunch |
| 1 p.m. |
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Impact of Changing Prices on Savers and Borrowers
Princeton Williams
Senior Economic Education Specialist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| 2 p.m. |
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Break |
| 2:15 p.m. |
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Considerations in Making a Sound Financial Plan
Claire Loup
Economic and Financial Education Specialist
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans |
| 3:15 p.m. |
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Evaluations |
| 3:30 p.m. |
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Adjourn |
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