PD Sessions for late September and early October updated

Then finally, I promised a preview of two more webinars I will add to the homepage after September 24th:

• EconEdLink has one more week of webinars going into the start of October, before they take a "break" for a few days to host their 65th National Financial Literacy and Economic Education Conference in Southern California the weekend of Oct 9-10. While all three sessions that week would be good, I'm going to feature a topic that intrigues me - "Red, Yellow, Green: Measuring Poverty". This webinar on October 1st introduces instructors to the Poverty Stoplight, a self-assessment tool that reframes poverty as multidimensional and self-diagnosed rather than income-only and externally imposed. The session will show how the tool’s six dimensions, 50 indicators, and red/yellow/green scale can anchor college-level lessons in development economics, behavioral economics, and personal finance.

• In a similar way, NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF) has plenty of sessions to pick from as September moves into October. I'm going to focus on another offering from their popular Thursday Speaker Series with "Why Financial Literacy Must Be Inclusive with Dr. Madelaine L’Esperance" on October 8th. Designed for financial literacy teachers, this session will offer a research-backed look at how young people develop financial capability, how public supports influence financial outcomes, and how educators can better serve students with varied needs and life experiences. Attendees will gain fresh language, teaching takeaways, and a deeper understanding of how to build more inclusive financial education.

Same thing I said above - I had not intended to update the PD offerings so soon, BUT I also knew when I posted last week that 4 of the 6 sessions were relatively soon. I just wasn't sure if I would have new content/offerings to replace them with! But as it turned out, I got new e-mails from the World War I museum and the American Battlefield Trust about offerings (and I think I said last time that I wanted to get more history sessions up) so I decided to update.

I also mentioned above that since that was only 4 more PD sessions for the rest of September, I decided to add two more sessions for the first week of October and give them a little more time on the homepage. Because of that, I won't plan a whole new update the last week of September - instead, once we get to the 24th (the last two sessions carrying over from the previous post) I will update the EconEdLink and NGPF listing with new sessions for both of those organizations in the same timeframe. I will list those sessions below here at the very bottom rather than repeating the 9/24 sessions a second time (but again, I will not put them up on the website yet). So all 6 listed below are new . . .

Like I started doing over the summer, I will mention a little more detail about each of the new PD opportunities I am adding (especially since in many cases I have to "pick and choose" a single webinar to feature out of multiple choices from that provider). The first one comes from the National World War I Museum in Kansas City - some of you might remember me posting about a visit I made there this past spring during the National Association of Economic Educators conference last March. They are starting a new series of webinars for teachers on Sunday evenings each of the next 3 months, focusing each one on a different topic (freedom, equality, and rights) and its' relationship to World War I. Even if you can't attend (or are too big a Sunday Night Football fan?) I would encourage you to register so you can receive the recording and resources from the museum.

Below I'm going to continue documenting the PD items I put on the home page. Here I will include the two "carryover" sessions from EconEdLink and NGPF on September 24th, followed by all the new stuff I previewed above. As usual I will not duplicate registration links from the home page, but at least can record what was offered for "posterity". Here are the new listings (in chronological order) as of today:

• Council for Economic Education, "Courtside Capital: Economics of the WNBA", 9/24, 4-5pm CT

• NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), "NGPF Speaker Series: Gunjan Banerji on Why Investing Feels Like Gambling & What Educators Need to Know About the New Risk Culture", 9/24, 6-7pm CT

• The National World War I Museum and Memorial, "Freedom and WW I", 9/27, 7-8pm CT

• American Battlefield Trust, "Ten Crucial Days of the American Revolution, Ten Crucial Resources", 9/29, 6-7:15pm CT

• Federal Reserve Education, "AP Ample Reserves", 10/6, 3:30-4:30pm CT

• New York Historical, "Exploring Filipino-American History", 10/7, 5-6pm CT

• Council for Economic Education, "Red, Yellow, Green: Measuring Poverty", 10/1, 5-6pm CT

• NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), "NGPF Speaker Series: Why Financial Literacy Must Be Inclusive with Dr. Madelaine L’Esperance", 10/8, 6-7pm CT

Next, I'm going to list both sessions I have added (early) for the first week of October together:

• Federal Reserve Education (FRE.org) just finished a session on their Page One Economics series and have a little break for the next couple of weeks, but in October they return with several topics. The one I am featuring is their "AP Ample Reserves" session on October 6th, in large part because I don't tend to feature very much Advanced Placement material until we get closer to May. But I'm guessing we are going to be seeing more about the Federal Reserve in the news after their decision to raise interest rates this past week, so even if you don't teach AP Macro or AP Micro you might find their other resources helpful to bring into a current events or general ECON/PFL classroom. As usual their sessions are scheduled a little earlier in the day than others, but remember they are always willing to share links and resources after the fact even if you miss the live presentation.

• One group we haven't heard much from since early in 2026 is the New York Historical, but they are starting out the fall semester with a series of great-sounding topics for webinars. In particular, one of the things I have liked from their offerings last school year was a willingness to think "outside the box" for topics that don't always get a lot of attention for teacher PD. This first one certainly fits the bill, as they present a session for Filipino-American History Month focusing on primary source material teachers could use with their students. Might be a better fit for some areas of the country than others, but there are also a lot of connections to the Philippines in U.S. history that you might be able to make use of. I will come back to them again next month - already saw a session on the French and Indian War I will definitely recommend for the second half of October.

The next one is an organization I featured in late July during virtual PD conference season, and I am currently working on a couple of posts about resources and topics I saw presented there. The organization I'm referring to is the American Battlefield Trust, and one of the things I mentioned at the time is that while they first came to my attention as a middle school teacher as the "Civil War Trust" (with great PD and resources on that war) they have expanded their offerings to include most battles fought within the United States. In particular, they have been offering much more recently on the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. This virtual session on Tuesday the 29th is focusing specifically on the ten days of battles and events beginning with Washington's crossing of the Delaware River to attack Trenton on Christmas (and how that 10-day period may have turned around the entire American Revolution. As always, they will be offering plenty of classroom resources as part of the session.

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