Foster College of Business Administration

Linda Yost, Director
lyost@bradley.edu
(309) 677-2282

Dr. Kevin O'Brien, Executive Director

SIFE members offer a variety of activities illustrating economic concepts to fourth-graders at Harrison School each spring in this popular and award-winning after-school program.

Mathematics and Economics:  Connections for Life 

All-Day Workshop for Teachers of Grades 9-12
Monday, August 5, 2002 at Two Rivers Professional Development Center

8:30am to 2:30pm    FREE   5.5 CPDUs

Peoria area educators, John Rathbun, longtime economics teacher, and Sheila Monti, veteran mathematics teacher, will team up to highlight and demonstrate lessons from Mathematics and Economics:  Connections for Life, a National Council on Economic Education publication.  Participants will receive a free copy of this book.  Funding for the workshop is provided through a grant from State Farm Insurance.  To register, call Two Rivers Professional Development Center at 1-800-269-7107..

Attention:  Middle and High School Teachers

Illinois Council for Social Studies (ICSS) Annual Conference

Session on International Economics in a Changing World

Friday, September 20, 2002 in Peoria, IL

Dr. Kevin O'Brien and John Rathbun will demonstrate how teachers can help their students meet Illinois Learning Standards for Social Studies in the area of international economics and will present innovative ways to integrate lessons from NCEE's publication, Focus:  Economic Systems into eisting curriculum at different grade levels.  Participants receive a free copy of the NCEE book through funding provided by NCEE through the U.S. Department of Education, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State.

Attention:  Teachers of Grades 4-12

The Stock Market Game/Personal Finance All-Day Teacher Workshop

Thursday, October 3, 2002 at Two Rives Professional Development Center

8:30am to 2:30pm     $20 registration includes lunch    5.5 CPDUs

Learn rules of The Stock Market Game (SMG) and how the SMG can help you meet Illinois Learning Standards in a variety of curriculum areas and participate in this personal finance workshop. Through a grant from Ameritech, workshop participants receive a free copy of Learning from the Market: Integrating The Stock Market Game across the Curriculum. For further information, contact Linda Yost at (309) 677-2282 or Two Rivers at 1-800-269-7170 to register.