Conferences and Workshops

Personal Finance from A to Z

A Two-Day St. Louis Fed Conference for Educators

Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Memphis Branch

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When and Where

• The ABCs of Personal Finance: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
• Personal Finance to XYZ: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
  

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Marriott East
2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38118

Details
Whether you are teaching personal finance at the high school level or are incorporating financial readiness skills in the elementary curriculum, this conference covers all the basics: content, materials and classroom activities. Each day will include both elementary and secondary curriculum sessions as well as presentations from Federal Reserve Bank economist Michael Owyang.

• The ABCs of Personal Finance: Learn the basics of personal finance.

• Personal Finance to XYZ: Join us for more in-depth sessions covering advanced topics.

All educators are invited to attend one or both days of the conference.

The conference will include hands-on lessons and activities for teaching personal finance topics such as:

• assets and the basics of stocks and bonds and portfolios;
• liabilities and the basics of mortgages, credit cards and payday loans;
• the role of money in our economy;
• borrowing, lending and credit;
• different types of payments;
• saving and spending decisions;
• risk and return; and
• investment horizons.

The Fed will provide CDs, print publications, a bibliography and more for classroom use.

Attire is business casual. Continental breakfast will be served each day at 8 a.m. and lunch is provided. The program will adjourn at 4 p.m.

Note: Attending both days of this conference will provide Tennessee educators with the 14 hours training required for endorsement by the Tennessee Department of Education to teach personal finance.

Information and Registration
We're sorry; registration is now closed.

To learn more, contact Cathy Martin at cathy.e.martin@stls.frb.org, (901) 579-4102 or 1-800-333-0810, ext. 79-4102.

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