Tennessee Council on Economic and Free Enterprise Education.

• Director Dr. Maria Edlin King

Professional Development Opportunities

Teaching Economics Using Rockstar Current Events Resources & Strategies
Presenter: Cheryl Ayers

In this webinar, teachers will be able to:

• Hear from leading economics scholars about their current events resources and instructional practices for successfully teaching current events in real-time with minimal teacher preparation and maximum student engagement.
• Receive free lessons, subscriptions, and other resources to contextualize secondary subjects for real-world learning, including economics.

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Understanding College Debts, Loans, and Other Expenses
Presenter: Amber Peters

In this webinar, teachers will be able to:

• Distinguish between federal and private loans, and uncover the secrets of interest rates and repayment terms.
• Investigate the long-term effects of student debt on future financial health and career choices.
• Learn how to coach students in crafting foolproof budgets to cover their future expenses.
• Equip yourself with tips and tricks to guide students in managing and conquering their future student loans debt like pros.

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College and Career Readiness Series: Ways to Pay for College
Presenter: Amber Peters

In this webinar, teachers will be able to:

• Quickly and easily distinguish between scholarships, grants, work-study, and loans, and understand how each can benefit your students.
• Get FAFSA tips and learn how to help your students find state-based money.
• Discover resources, from websites to scholarship databases, that can help your students score the funds they need.
• Learn creative strategies to make financial aid info clear, engaging, and accessible for all of your students and families.

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Sounds Like Economics
Presenter: Chandler Jordan

In this webinar, teachers will be able to:

• Learn how to leverage music as a powerful tool for connecting with students and enhancing their understanding of basic economic concepts.
• Learn innovative techniques for connecting with auditory learners by incorporating sonification of data through music.

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Additional Workshop Opportunities
Visit the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Teacher Workshops & Events Page

Zoom Workshops by TNCEFEE

Holiday Economics
TNCEFEE in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank, Nashville.

• Join us for some holiday economic cheer and you’ll never look at holiday spending the same again!
• Through the lens of the holidays and milestone events, this session will focus on topics relevant to marketing, business, personal finance, and economics.  We will examine: 1) consumer confidence related to recent holidays and milestone events; 2) economic data of various holidays; 3) the cost of buying Thanksgiving Dinner and the “Twelve Days of Christmas”; 4) inefficiency of gift giving; and, 5) the financial impact of debt from the holiday season.

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Professional Development Conferences

Tennessee Jump$tart
June 4-5, 2025 Chattanooga,TN

National Business Education Association
October 21-25, 2025 Cincinnati, OH

Tennessee Council for the Social Studies
March 6-7, 2025 Gatlingburg, TN