Workshops & Webinars
Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate with the number of clock hours to go towards required Continuing Education Units (CEU).
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*MCEE is not able to provide CEUs for sessions you do not attend live.
Teacher Professional Development Sessions:
2024-2025 School Year:
All are welcome to attend educator professional development webinars. Webinar content is tailored for specific grade levels, as indicated in the registration.
The $20 Amazon gift card incentive is specifically for teachers who are teaching the economics and personal finance benchmarks outlined in the Minnesota K-12 Social Studies standards and those preparing to teach the high school personal finance course; teachers are able to receive up to 3 gift cards from January to April 2025. Due to funding constraints, we had to focus this incentive on those directly covering these specific areas. MN license number will be asked during registration, license must be active & not expired in MDE license lookup; MCEE will verify license before issuing gift card.
K-8 webinar participants will only be awarded a gift card if licensed in that grade level.
9-12 webinar participants will only be awarded a gift card if licensed in grades 9-12 Social Studies, Business, Agriculture/Natural Resources Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Mathematics, English as a Second Language, or Special Education.
Gift cards will only be distributed to those who meet these criteria. Please ensure your eligibility before registering.
Gift cards are for MCEE teacher professional development webinars only. They will not be included in MCEE Speaker Series, other council webinars, National or CEE webinars, or other sessions as indicated.
Speaker Series (Grades K-12)
Bringing Economics to Life! -- A Series of Conversations about using Economics to Better Understand Our World & Address its Challenges.
February 12 | Grade K-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Speaker Series: Other Things Matter – Insights from Behavioral Economics | Virtual
Past Speaker Series Event Recordings
October 2024 | Behavioral Economics: A path to a better understanding of ourselves and designing a better future Recording
February 2024 | Designing Equitable Financial Education For All: What, Why, and How? Recording
November 2023 | What can investing in financial education get you? Recording
December 2022 | Pre-Labor Market Determinants of Gender Wage Gaps | *Not Recorded for Public at this time
April 2022 | Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Emerging Developments in the Crypto Market Recording
March 2022 | Covid-19 & Education: Impact, Innovation & the Push Towards Recovery Recording
December 2021 | Minnesota's Economy through the Pandemic Recording
Elementary (Grades K-5)
January-April 2025: Eligible teachers are able to receive up to 3 Amazon gift cards from January to April 2025. Learn More
January
January 7 | Grade K-5 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Characteristics of Currency: What Makes Money Work? | Virtual
January 21 | Grade K-5 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Examining Alternatives and Opportunity Costs in Historical Decision-Making | Virtual
February
February 4 | Grade K-5 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Making Decisions with Limited Natural Resources | Virtual
February 12 | Grade K-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Speaker Series: Other Things Matter – Insights from Behavioral Economics | Virtual
February 18 | Grade K-5 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Exploring Individual and Community Well-Being Through Dancing on Wild Rice | Virtual
February 23 | Grade K-5 | TBD CT | MCSS Conference - How to Transition Your Classroom into a Mini Economy | In-Person at SCSU
March
March 11 | Grade K-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Financial Literacy Made Fun Using My First Nest Egg | Virtual
March 25 | Grade K-5 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Understanding Productive Resources and How to Increase Productivity | Virtual
April
April 15 | Grade K-5 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Understanding Opportunity Cost and Goal-Based Choices | Virtual
April 22 | Grade K-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Take an Hour to Invest in Your Financial Health as a Teacher! | Virtual
June
Week of June 16 | Grade K-8 | K-8 Summer Institute | Details Coming Soon!
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
January-April 2025: Eligible teachers are able to receive up to 3 Amazon gift cards from January to April 2025. Learn More
January
January 14 | Grade 6-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Decision-Making Across Cultures: Exploring Values Through Primary Sources | Virtual
January 28 | Grade 6-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | The Ripple Effect of Economic Choices | Virtual
February
February 11 | Grade 6-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Mapping the Flow of Goods, Services, and Money | Virtual
February 12 | Grade K-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Speaker Series: Other Things Matter – Insights from Behavioral Economics | Virtual
February 23 | Grade 6-8 | TBD CT | MCSS Conference - Middle School Economics: Social Studies Standards Alignment for Grades 6-8 | In-Person at SCSU
February 25 | Grade 6-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | How Government Land Policies Shape Community Growth | Virtual
March
March 11 | Grade K-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Financial Literacy Made Fun Using My First Nest Egg | Virtual
March 18 | Grade 6-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Understanding GDP: Economic Growth and Living Standards Explained | Virtual
April
April 8 | Grade 6-8 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | A Guide to Traditional, Command, Mixed, and Market Economies | Virtual
April 22 | Grade K-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Take an Hour to Invest in Your Financial Health as a Teacher! | Virtual
June
Week of June 16| Grade K-8 | K-8 Summer Institute | Details Coming Soon!
High School (Grades 9-12)
January-April 2025: Eligible teachers are able to receive up to 3 Amazon gift cards from January to April 2025. Learn More
January
January 9 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | NGPF Behavioral Econ: What Money Does to Your Mind | Virtual
January 16 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Lego Economics | Virtual
January 22 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Minnesota’s Minimum Wage: Engaging Lessons for Today’s Classroom | In-Person at SCSU
January 23 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | The Inflation Rate is Falling, but Prices are Not! | Virtual
January 29 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Economics Challenge: Critical Things to Know about the Critical Thinking Round (Case Studies) | Virtual
January 30 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Pokenomics: Gotta TRADE 'Em All | Virtual
February
February 6 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Understanding Fiscal Policy | Virtual
February 12 | Grade K-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Speaker Series: Other Things Matter – Insights from Behavioral Economics | Virtual
February 13 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Minnesota's Minimum Wage: Engaging Lessons for Today's Classroom | Virtual
February 18, 19, March 10 & 11 | Grade 9-12 | 8:00am-4:00 PM CT | MCEE Educator Certification: High School Personal Finance | In-Person Cancelled - Stay Tuned for Summer Offering
February 20 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Dystopian Economics - Using Inquiry | Virtual
February 23 | Grade 9-12 | TBD CT | MCSS Conference - Where is the American Dream? Teaching Intergenerational Mobility | In-Person at SCSU
February 23 | Grade 9-12 | TBD CT | MCSS Conference - Taylor Swift Ticket Fiasco Case Study- Teaching Economic Concepts Through the Eras Tour | In-Person at SCSU
February 27 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Crypto Crash(es) | Virtual
March
March 13 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Pigovian Taxation versus Coasean Bargaining in Correcting for a Negative Externality | Virtual
March 19 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Teaching about Behavioral Economics | Virtual
March 20 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Understanding International Economics (Comparative and Absolute Advantage and Trade, Foreign Exchange Market) | Virtual
March 27 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Intergenerational Mobility: Where is the American Dream? | Virtual
April
April 10 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | NGPF Move Activities: Learn By Doing | Virtual
April 17 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Mind Over Money: Integrating Behavioral Economics and Personal Finance | Virtual
April 22 | Grade K-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Take an Hour to Invest in Your Financial Health as a Teacher! | Virtual
April 24 | Grade 9-12 | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Building an Economic Foundation | Virtual
June
Week of June 23 | Grade 9-12 | MCEE Educator Certification: High School Personal Finance | Details Coming Soon!
July
July 21-25 | Grade 9-12 | MCEE Educator Certification: High School Economics | Details Coming Soon!
National Council for Economic Education (CEE)
MCEE is a state affiliate of the national organization, the Council for Economic Education (CEE). The Council for Economic Education is pleased to offer professional development webinars for teachers nationwide. The webinars cover multiple topics on how to integrate personal finance and economics in the classroom and create a fun learning experience for your students.
When you attend the webinar(s), you will leave with relevant lessons, resources and tools that can be implemented the next day. If you are interested, but cannot attend the live webinar, please register to get access to the archived version. You must attend a live webinar or listen to a recorded webinar for at least 45 minutes in order to receive a certificate.