The HSBC National Center for Economic and Financial Education
An initiative of the National Council on Economic Education

The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is pleased to announce the formation and development of the new HSBC National Center for Economic and Financial Education.

Underwritten by a generous grant from HSBC-North America, the new HSBC National Center for Economic and Financial Education will magnify NCEE’s cause by promoting the importance of K-12 economic, financial, and entrepreneurship education in the United States and internationally. The Center will also showcase NCEE instructional materials, teacher-training programs, and state-of-the-art approaches to K-12 economic, personal finance, and entrepreneurship education. The Center will serve as a visible and accessible launch site for new NCEE programs where educators, business and foundation representatives, policymakers, and the media can observe economic, personal finance, and entrepreneurship education in action.

The HSBC National Center for Economic and Financial Education will provide an excellent opportunity and venue to strengthen and expand NCEE’s program activities in New York City and the surrounding region. The Center will have a formal opening event later in 2008 at a midtown Manhattan location to be announced. However, professional development opportunities are already being offered. This summer, the Center will offer these workshops and events to New York area teachers:

Learning, Earning and Investing

Learning, Earning and Investing (LEI) is a multi-faceted, comprehensive investor education program for students in grades 4-12. LEI is designed to teach the benefits of and strategies for long-term investing success. In addition, the companion Web site offers a wide array of current data, investment education links, downloadable classroom visuals, interactive lessons, and classroom-tested print lessons for students.

• Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
• Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
• Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
• Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Each workshop will introduce teachers to lessons found in this activity-filled economic, financial, and investor education publication. NCEE is pleased to make this offer to New York area teachers through the generous support of the Moody’s Foundation.

Please visit the website for more information and to register: lei.ncee.net/nyworkshops

Financing Your Future

Financing Your Future is a complete personal finance program on DVD for high school teachers and their students. This personal finance program contains five videos that cover topics such as investing in one's own human capital, developing a banking relationship, understanding credit and debt, and creating a budget. Each video is complemented with three standards-based classroom lesson plans that teachers, parents, and mentors can use to reinforce the concepts demonstrated in the videos.

• Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
• Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
• Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Each workshop will introduce teachers to video segments and lessons found in this activity-filled high school personal finance teacher resource. NCEE is pleased to make this offer to New York area teachers through the generous support of the Citi Foundation.

Please visit the website for more information and to register: financingyourfuture.ncee.net/nyworkshops

Global Association of Teachers of Economics (GATE)
New York Area Focus Group Meetings

• Thursday, July 10, 2008 – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Thursday, August 21, 2008 – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

For information about becoming a member of GATE, please visit www.ncee.net/gate For more information about the focus group meetings, please contact Kyle Christensen at 212-827-3602 or kchristensen@ncee.net.