PD Sessions for the last week of October and beginning of November updated
Like last time this will probably be a very short-term update - 5 of the previous 6 PD sessions took place this past week, so I want to get some new offerings up for the first week of November.
Seems like I just did this! As I said a couple of weeks ago when I did the PD session update for the second half of October, I knew that 5 of the 6 sessions were taking place the same week (and the remaining one is this week). So I had already planned to do another full update - just was hoping to be more "ahead of the game" preparing other posts. Luckily it is also a popular time of year for professional development - a lot of organizations trying to get sessions done before we get closer to the holiday season.
Also worth a reminder that I am still in a very busy period personally, so website updates may be very "feast or famine" based on when I have the time to get them finished and posted. I just got back from Dallas for an Intuit training session and a presentation at a business conference, only to get asked to make another trip to Las Vegas this coming week. Plus the national Jump$tart Conference is coming to Colorado first week of November! Hopefully as I said in the previous "news" post, I will have some time in hotel rooms and airports to do research and type posts, so hopefully I won't fall TOO far behind my mental schedule for this site . . .
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). I'm going to start with a reminder about the lone session for the final week of October (at least right now) from NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF) - as usual they have several good selections available over the next couple of weeks, but the one I chose to emphasize here comes (as it often does) from their Thursday night speaker series. On Oct 29th Yanely will be joined by author Stefanie O’Connell to discuss why women are often discouraged, penalized, or overlooked when they aim high in the workplace (from her book "The Ambition Penalty"). The conversation will explore how ideas about ambition, pay, leadership, and power shape financial outcomes, and even discuss what financial literacy educators can do to help students understand about these dynamics. Once that one is complete, I will replace it with a new NGPF session for early November.
Below I'm going to continue documenting the PD items I put on the home page. Here I will include all the new stuff I previewed above - I carried over the NGPF session from last time, but will probably do a new list in about two weeks (as I noted, there are a lot of new offerings between the 10th and 20th of the month). As usual I will not duplicate registration links from the home page, but at least can record what was offered for "posterity". Also worth a reminder that November ends Daylight Savings Time (so plan accordingly on these times). Here are the new listings (in chronological order) as of today:
NextGen Personal Finance (NGPF), "NGPF Speaker Series: Stefanie O'Connell on the "Ambition Penalty" & What Teachers Should Know About Women, Money, & the Workplace", 10/29, 6-7pm CT
National Council for History Education (NCHE), "War at Home: Teaching WWI Through Espionage and Pandemic", 11/4, 6-7pm CT
National Constitution Center (NCC) with the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, "Reconstruction and the Second Founding", 11/4, 5:30-7pm CT
Econiful (with the Foundation for Teaching Economics), "Advertisement Showdown: Marketing and Economics for Entrepreneurs", 11/5, 6-7pm CT
Council for Economic Education, "Rockonomics 101: History, Economics, Rock and Roll", 11/11, 6-7pm CT
Federal Reserve Education, "Inflation, Disinflation, and the Fed", 11/12, 3:30-4:30pm CT
Moving into the month of November (and out of Daylight Savings Time) there are two different sessions overlapping each other on Wednesday, Nov 4th:
The National Council for History Education (NCHE) doesn't typically offer a lot of professional development, but the sessions they offer tend to be quality content for high school and college instructors. On the 4th they are offering "War at Home: Teaching WWI Through Espionage and Pandemic", focusing on two Council on Foreign Relations lesson plans about the Zimmerman Telegram and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. These examples are intended to show how a war fought overseas can still have real and immediate effects at home, from national security concerns to public health challenges. The session will walk through simple, engaging strategies like simulations, role play, and primary source analysis that help students make sense of big historical moments in a way that feels relevant to them.
The same night also offers a history/civics session from the National Constitution Center (NCC), in partnership with the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, focusing on "Reconstruction and the Second Founding". Professor Kermit Roosevelt III of the University of Pennsylvania will serve as the featured scholar, examining how the Reconstruction Amendments reshaped constitutional protections for freedom and equality. Participants will consider how these changes redefined the relationship between individuals, the states, and the federal government, and look at lessons and primary source materials on the topic.
At this point I will post two sessions for the second week of November, but anticipate quickly adding more PD opportunities as the previous ones take place - a LOT of organizations seem to be scheduling events before we get too close to Thanksgiving breaks. The first of those sessions comes from the Council for Economic Education's EconEdLink series. Their session on Wed, Nov 11th will be looking at the intersection of history and economics for a series of lessons called "Rockonomics 101: History, Economics, Rock and Roll". This presentation by Dave Young explores how music can serve as a powerful teaching tool for understanding U.S. economics and history between the 1880s and the 1960s. Songs of this period not only entertained but also reflected and shaped the nation’s economic and social realities. By treating music as a primary source, educators can bring historical events and economic concepts to life in ways that resonate with students.
A day later (Thu, Nov 12th), Federal Reserve Education will be offering a session focused on high school teachers looking at "Inflation, Disinflation, and the Fed". Hosted by members of the education team at the St. Louis Fed, this session will equip high school and college educators with strategies to demystify complex economic concepts for students. Participants will explore ready-to-use, interactive exercises and real-world examples that transform abstract theories into tangible learning experiences. Plan to take away a complete digital resource package, including lesson plans, presentation slides, student worksheets, and more. This session is being offered earlier in the day, but registration will still get you access to the resources after the fact.
The next day (Nov 5th) our friends at Econiful.org will be working with the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) to offer a session entitled "Advertisement Showdown: Marketing and Economics for Entrepreneurs". Dr. Jamie Wagner from the University of Nebraska-Omaha will introduce a new collection of entrepreneurship lessons from FTE, and demonstrate an active, classroom-ready lesson that puts students in the entrepreneur's seat: they'll create and pitch ads for a fictitious company in a head-to-head advertising showdown.
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