Thanks to Wells Fargo The Smarter Texas Conference
Reaches Throughout The State of Texas
Thank you for Virtual Economics 4.5
Thanks
Thank you CopyDr.
What Role Does Texas Council on Economic Education Play?
The Texas Council on Economic Education (TCEE)
Teaches Teachers
Who Teach Students
Who Are the Future of Texas
--John Anderson, TCEE Board Member
Staff Development
Annually: 2200 Educators and 2.3 million students
Playful Economics
• Economics
• Entrepreneurship
• Career/Business
• Financial Literacy
Jean Walker, MBA
West TX A&M
Steve Cobb, Ph.D.
University North TX
Cheryl McGaughey, MBA
Angelo State U
Susan Doty, MBA
UT Tyler
Alberto Davila, Ph.D.
UT Pan Am
Nancy Shepherd, Ph.D.
Stephen F. Austin
State University
Catherine Rinhart
Program Director
Laura Ewing
TCEE President
Debbie Mackey
Stock Market Game™
Director
Leonie Karkoviata
Stock Market Game™
Coordinator
David Pruitt
Stock Market Game™
Consultant
Cherry Frye
Office Manager
TCEE Center Directors and Staff Provide Training
All Over The Great State of Texas In
After School Programs,
Personal Financial Literacy (PFL), Math PFL
Social Studies Economics Strand,
Career/CTE, Entrepreneurship, Economics, Free
Enterprise System, Paying for College
Allen Reding
Web Manager
Cindy Manzano
Smarter Texas Director
Valerie Johse
Smarter Texas Consultant
TCEE 2015 Summer Conference:
• Hotel Contessa, San Antonio Riverwalk
• June 18-19, 2015
• Audience:
K to 12 Math PFL Teachers
K to 12 Economics Strand
Social Studies
Secondary CTE
Economics Teachers
• $175 covers registration,
36 sessions, over $200 in materials,
the new VE4.5 with 1400 lessons, 4 meals, reception
Council for Economic Education
Annual Conference
Three Student Programs
Directly Reach 22,000 students annually
Stock Market Game™
Economics Challenge
Personal Financial Literacy (PFL) Challenge
Research indicates improved math
scores on standardized tests
10 week simulation
Grades 4 through 12
Teams of 2 to 5 students
Virtual $100,000 to invest
20,000 Texas students participate
annually
Legislative & Capitol Hill
Challenges
Greenhill School parents thank TCEE.
$10 team fees
InvestWrite
Open to students participating in the
Stock Market Game™
Elementary, Middle and High School Competition
Cash prizes from Texas
Greenhill High School National Winner visited Wall Street
First and 9th Place National Winners From Texas in 2014
Economics Challenge
Fall and Spring Online
Testing In Micro, Macro
and International
Economics
Bellaire HS placed FIRST in
the Nation in the
Economics Challenge 2014
Funding provided by State
Farm
•
Personal Financial Literacy
Challenge
Teams of 4 compete in
online test for state finals
•
Winning state team and
teacher win cash
•
First place state team
attends regional and
national finals at St. Louis
Federal Reserve Bank
•
Bellaire HS team won first
in nation May 2015
•
Funded by State Farm
•
Bellaire HS Placed 5th in
Nation in 2014
Why Connect Financial Education and
Savings Accounts?
• Academic achievement – educational savings
account ownership is associated with higher
scores on math achievement tests
• Improved college aspirations – children with
< $500 in savings for college are 3X more likely to
attend and 4X more likely to graduate from
college
• Financial health - students with a savings account
7 years later were 2X more likely to have a
savings account and 4X more likely to own stocks
Financial Fitness for Life
• Source: Financial Fitness for Life, Grades 9-12
How Do You Get These Materials?
www.economicstexas.org
www.Smartertexas.org
Parent and Student Programs
Free Council for Econ Ed Resources
Online economics and
financial literacy lessons
Gen I Revolution teaches financial
literacy through problem solving
20
Selected
lesson
Saving For College
The Why, When, and How
• Published by RAISE Texas
• Parent and Student Guides Written by TCEE
• Download Book And Guides at
http://economicstexas.org/?page_id=5703
Grades K to 8 Math PFL Lessons
Visit resources:
• Economics texas.org
• Smartertexas.org
• Free lessons for grades K-8
– Lessons for grades 2-3 funded by
– Lessons for grades K-1 & 4-6 funded by
– Lessons for grades 7-8 funded by
www.smartertexas.org under Resource tab
24
After School Programs:
Never Too Young: Personal
Finance for Young Learners
After School Program for Elementary School
Students in Personal Finance and Economics
Middle School After School
tied to PFL Math TEKS
25
Presentations Available Online
“Recent Presentations”
A FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM SPONSORED BY
Helping young people learn to think, choose, and make better
economic and financial choices in a global economy
www.economicstexas.org
www.smartertexas.org
501(c)3 Texas wide nonprofit
1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019
tcee@economicstexas.org
www.economicstexas.org * www.smartertexas.org
P: 713.655.1650
Presenters: Laura Ewing/President
Catherine Rinhart/Program Director
The TCEE programs are made possible by the following TCEE partners.
EnviroChem
Services, Inc.
John Anderson
Trout
Foundation
copyDR.
Less B. Fox
RBC Wealth Management
Board of Directors
John Ivie - Chair
Ivie Law Firm
Patricia Hardy
State Board of Education, Member District 11
Weatherford ISD
Robert Smith III
President
Texas A&M University Galveston
Lisa Clawson
President - Addison
Happy State Bank
Laura Jaramillo
Senior Vice President
Government & Community Relations Group
Wells Fargo
Pete Villarreal
EVP, Chief Administrative Officer
PlainsCapital Bank
Anthony Daddino
Meadows, Collier, LLP
Marcus McCue
Executive Vice President
Guardian Mortgage Co., Inc
James Cooper - ex officio
James C. Cooper, Inc.
Andrew DeLauro
Senior Vice President
BB&T
Dawn Moeder
Assurance Services Partner
Lane Gorman Trubitt, LLP
John Anderson- Director Emeritus
Anderson Investments
Thomas Fleissner
President and CEO
Houston Information Team, LLC
Donna Normandin
Senior Vice President
Frost Bank
Carol J. Trout - Director Emeritus
Trout Foundation
Aaron Gladstone
Associate
Hilltop Holdings Inc.
Rob Pivnick
Vice President
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Wayne Goettsche
WKG Consult
Edmund P. Segner III
Professor/Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rice University
1801 Allen Parkway,
Houston, TX 77019
P: 713.655.1650
F: 713.655.1655
www.economicstexas.org****WWW.smartertexas.org
Helping young people learn to think,
choose and make better economic
decisions.