PD Sessions for July now completely updated (with three new opportunities for mid-to-late July, and the early July stuff that was already up there)
As I said last month, I discovered that summer PD sessions need to keep being updated on a "rolling" basis to keep up with registration deadlines. Since I already had dates up for the first two weeks of July, I'm not in a hurry to get the late July dates out there - yet at the same time, I don't want to see teachers left out . . . !
Jay LeBlanc
7/6/20263 min read
First, let me remind you about what I already posted for July. I "assume" the registration deadline for the APSI conference next week has already expired, but leaving it up the rest of this week before I replace it with a session from Econiful for the last week of July. I also already listed the Council for Economic Education's Summer Institute AND the Smithsonian's National Education Summit in the previous update - as far as I am aware neither of those events has a registration deadline (and both are free). Click on the links on the main page for more information about either, or go back to the mid-June update for a more-detailed description from me.
Like I did last month, I will mention a little more detail about each of the three new PD opportunities I am adding. The first one is from a new PD provider - I have visited the New York Historical museum while visiting New York City in the past, and knew they had an extensive program of presentations both within the museum and out in the NYC community. I was not aware, though, that recently they started a new series of FREE virtual education programs directed at teachers to make resources and experts available to them. In particular, I noted two sessions I was particularly interested in - this one on "Music as a Force for Change" in July, and another session I will advertise in August on "History and the American Musical". I plan to attend both and based on that will decide whether to recommend further sessions in their virtual series. Here is a link for more details about the full series (at least the topics announced for July and August thus far) https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/upcoming?genres=education&subgenres=
Second, the beginning of the third full week of July brings the annual 3-day Virtual Teacher Institute from the American Battlefield Trust. While their name might make you believe everything they do is focused on war (and they definitely emphasize the period from Revolutionary War through the Civil War), they provide many sessions on historical topics within those time frames not directly involving battlefields. I loved several opportunities I had as a classroom teacher to attend the in-person National Teacher Institutes (which are much more focused on a specific battlefield hosting the conference) but the virtual conferences definitely allow more participation. For a more detailed peek at the agenda, go to https://www.battlefields.org/events/schedule-glance-0
Third, while NGPF has several good sessions in July, the one I chose to feature this month is featuring the non-profit FitMoney. FitMoney is a nonprofit offering free, research-backed K–12 financial literacy curriculum designed to help children and teens build lifelong money skills. In their session on June 23rd, they plan to discuss why early, age-appropriate money lessons matter, how FitMoney’s programs and the FinanciallyFit online certificate platform work in both school and at home, and how their leveled games, teacher guides, and worksheets make lessons easy to teach and track. More information at https://www.ngpf.org/pd/registration/?sessionId=2001317
Finally, the session I will add next week is from Econiful, titled "Economics Activities that Hook Students From Day One". In this workshop, you'll explore classroom-tested lessons where learners plan a river rafting trip to uncover core principles of economic thinking and create a bookmark to bring the production possibilities frontier to life. Just as a note, the first activity is one of the ones I got to test out last month in Nebraska in-person, and it is a good one! Again, I will have that one posted at the end of the week - the date for the virtual session is July 29th.
Below I'm going to continue documenting the PD items I put on the home page - keep in mind in this case that the first three (3) are repeats from last time. I will not duplicate registration links, but at least can record what was offered for "posterity". Here are the new listings (in chronological order) as of today:
Federal Reserve Education, "APSI (AP Summer Institute) Hybrid Conference from the St. Louis Fed", 7/7 through 7/10, normally 8:30am-4:30pm CT each day
Council for Economic Education, "Annual Summer Institute", 7/14 through 7/16, normally 9am-3pm CT each day
Smithsonian Institute, "National Education Summit - "Towards a More Perfect Union", 7/14 (virtual day), 9:30am-4pm CT
New York Historical, "Music as a Force for Change", 7/15, 5-6pm CT
The American Battlefields Trust, "2026 Virtual Teacher Institute - 250 Years: Liberty’s Triumphs and Challenges", 7/20 through 7/22, from 9:30am-3:00pm CT each day
NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), "NGPF Speaker Series: Teaching Money Early with Resources from FitMoney", 7/23, 6-7pm CT
Econiful, "Economics Activities that Hook Students From Day One", 7/28, 6-7pm CT
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