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Great-West Life and the Colorado Jump$tart Coalition hosted two free workshops for teachers in 2012. Read on to learn more. Stay tuned for details about our 2013 teacher workshops.
April 21: Great-West Great-Teachers Educator Workshop
Thank you to the 180+ teachers, speakers and volunteers who attended the GWGT Educator Workshop! All conference materials will be posted on the Colorado Jump$tart website shortly.
Feedback from the workshop:
"Speakers and resources [Great-West and Jump$tart] provided exceeded my greatest expectations. Thanks so much for offering this valuable opportunity." – Teacher, Rocky Top Middle School
"... Allow me to thank you for...organizing a wonderful, informative and useful workshop for so many teachers in Colorado last Saturday! I [also] attended the January 3-day and continue to rave about these two events while encouraging my colleagues to participate in the future!"– Teacher, Horizon High School
"I have never felt more appreciated and valued than when attending these conferences! Thank you!" – High School Teacher
“Thanks for making this material so interesting and enjoyable – and free!" – Elementary Teacher
What: In one day, we will provide you with curriculum, lesson plan ideas and activities for teaching personal finance to your students. Educators will be organized into specific tracks to ensure they receive information relevant to their discipline and student grade levels.
Who: Open to 200 P-12 Colorado teachers, administrators and content specialists. Substitute and retired teachers will be put on a waiting list.
Course Topics:
Click here to view the workshop agenda.
What’s in it for you? (and FREE of charge!)
- Resources and materials
- Vetted lesson plans and activity ideas
- Half credit hour in both business and general education
- Breakfast and lunch
- Networking happy hour
- Parking
Where: Great-West Life corporate offices in Greenwood Village, Colorado
Registration:
Closed. Please stay tuned for details on our 2013 GWGT Educator Workshop.
January 26 – 28, 2012: Fiscal Fitness Workshop
Thank you to the 200 teachers, speakers and volunteers who attended the Fiscal Fitness Workshop! We have received overwhelming feedback about how successful and valuable participants found the program. We hope to see everyone at our Great-West Great-Teachers workshop in April. Scroll down for details.
Feedback from workshop attendees:
Please accept my heartfelt thanks for the tremendous conference you organized this weekend. I found all six of the the sessions I attended stimulating and enlightening. Please also extend my thanks to Great West, Jump$tart and CCEE. This was perhaps the best professional development conference I have attended.
– Boulder High School History and Economics Teacher
We just wanted to thank you for the commitment you and your colleagues have made to educators and the youth. The conference was very empowering and allowed for both personal reflection and tremendous potential for developing sound curriculum to teach personal finances. You can tell that a lot of hard work went into the coordination of this conference as everything was so well orchestrated. In fact, this is probably one of the best professional development opportunities we’ve attended in years. Thanks again and looking forward to seeing you again in April.
– Husband and Wife Teachers from Brighton and Mountain Range High Schools
What: Hands-on, 3-day workshop designed to help you build knowledge about personal finance topics that will amplify your abilities to bring the same knowledge to students. Courses will be taught by industry specialists.
Who: Open to all P-12 Colorado teachers, administrators and content specialists.
What’s in it for teachers?
- Reimbursement for your substitute teacher on Thursday and Friday
- A stipend for Saturday
- Teaching credit
- Breakfast and lunch each day
- A networking happy hour on Thursday
- Free resources and a thank you gift
- Free parking
Where: Front Range Community College
Registration:
Closed. Please stay tuned for details on our 2013 Fiscal Fitness Workshop.
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