Give
your students a Competitive Financial Advantage
The
Indiana Council for Economic Education pleased to announce Take
Stock In Indiana, a new professional development program for middle
school and high school teachers in Indiana.
Take Stock
in Indiana provides teachers with standards-based instruction and
classroom materials developed by the National Council on Economic
Education (NCEE) to teach students the importance of saving and
investing.
With this comprehensive
investment education curriculum, you will introduce your students
to the ins-and-outs of long-term investing. They will take a critical
look at investment opportunities – mutual funds, stocks, bonds,
and more – and uncover long-term strategies for building lasting
wealth.
Why is investor
education important?
Americans
and Hoosiers are becoming more responsible than ever for their own
financial future. Today, half of all American households are directly
responsible for managing the investments for their retirement. Unfortunately,
many lack the basic knowledge to understand investment choices and
make informed investing decisions.
Take Stock in
Indiana objectives:
- Develop and
improve the skills and knowledge students will need to make informed
investment decisions
- Provide an
opportunity for students to practice investment strategies
- Provide teachers
with standards-based curriculum materials
Through the
integration of investor education, students:
- Learn the
value of personal saving and investing in planning for the future.
- Learn about
the financial and economic system of the United States.
- Study current
events to analyze how they affect financial and economic decisions.
- Apply sound
investment principles to avoid investment “scams.”
- Learn how
to gather information from newspapers and on-line sources.
- Develop
skills necessary for working in groups.
- Apply skills
learned in other subject areas, such as math and language arts.
Free Professional
Development Programs
The Indiana Council for Economic Education is a state approved provider
of professional development for teachers. The Take Stock in Indiana
program is available to middle school and high school teachers across
the state in two formats. Please encourage your faculty to take
advantage of these free training opportunities. Points towards
re-licensure will be issued for both formats.
I. Regional Workshops
All day workshops will be offered around the state. Teachers will
receive training and free standards-based classroom materials. Schools
may request reimbursement for sub-pay.
II. School In-service
Our staff is available to train teachers in your school or corporation.
We can tailor the presentation to fit your in-service schedule.
Free classroom materials will be provided. Contact Jeff Sanson at
800-790-6640 or jjsanson@purdue.edu
to schedule an in-service for your teachers.
Take Stock
in Indiana Initiatives
FREE
workshops and in-services for teachers
featuring NCEE's Learning, Earning and Investing
curriculum
Why is investing
important? What investment options are there? How does an individual
make wise investing decisions? Topics such as these will be covered
in standards-based training sessions. Teachers will learn strategies
to introduce students to the building blocks of wealth and help
connect economics, mathematics, and personal finance with easy-to-understand
lessons. The materials provided are a great tool for tackling the
stock market and for helping students become savvy in the ins-and-outs
of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Contact Jeff Sanson at 800-790-6640
or jjsanson@purdue.edu
to schedule an in-service.
The Learning,
Earning and Investing (http://lei.ncee.net)
curriculum is free to teachers who attend a Take Stock in Indiana
workshop or school in-service.
Investor Education Posters
are just what teachers need to help students become better savers
and investors. The three large colorful posters illustrate fundamental
principles of sound money management. Topics include: The Power
of Compound Interest, Financial Planning Pyramid, and Watch Out
for Investment Scams. A teacher’s guide accompanies the posters.
Every middle
and high school in Indiana receives a set of posters to kick off
Take Stock in Indiana!
Indiana Stock Market Game
(grades 4-12)
Get your students
excited about learning! Using actual data from the stock markets,
teams of students are given a hypothetical $100,000 to create and
manage a portfolio of stocks and mutual funds. Before they know
it, students are learning about financial markets such as the New
York Stock Exchange; understanding the basics of personal investing;
and enhancing skills learned in math, reading, and technology.
Registration,
program fee and grant opportunity information are available at the
Indiana Stock Market Game web sites,
http://www.stockmarketgame.org or http://www.econed-in.org/stockmarket.asp
Investor Protection
Trust (IPT)
The Take Stock
in Indiana program is funded by a grant from the Investor Protection
Trust (IPT). The IPT is a nonprofit organization devoted to investor
education. Since 1993 the IPT has worked with the States to provide
the independent, objective investor education needed by all Americans
to make informed investment decisions.
www.investorprotection.org
For More Information
Contact
Jeff Sanson
Indiana SMS Coordinator
Phone 800-790-6640
E-mail: jjsanson@purdue.edu
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