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Event: Personal Finance Institute
Location: Old Dominion University
Date: August 9-13, 2010 
Time:  8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Event Description: This institute is designed for teachers who want to deepen their knowledge of personal finance topics. It will be particularly helpful for those teaching economics and personal finance. Detailed content instruction and methodology will be covered for most of the personal finance topics included in the new Economics & Personal Finance SOLs and competencies including banking, credit, consumer rights and responsibilities, insurance, taxes, and financial planning. Content instruction will be delivered by experts from the various fields. Participants will receive curricula resources for use in the classroom.
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2010.

Event: Teaching Reading, Writing and Thinking in the Content Areas
Event Descripition: This course focuses on teaching students (grades six through twelve) to think critically which in turn requires students to read, write and think within their content area courses.  The focus of reading instruction is often on learning to read and is practiced through reading literature as opposed to expository texts where the skills are distinct and often overlooked.  During this course teachers will explore the skills involved in critical thinking and learn how to provide students with the strategies to also read and write critically.  Emphasis will be placed on designing instruction that integrates critical thinking and reading strategies into content area instruction.  Strategies leading to strategic reading and writing include inferring, synthesizing, questioning, evaluating, making connections and monitoring for meaning. 

The course will be taught through learning modules that offer instruction through a variety of alternative instructional options.  Each module will be competency based and assessed through the practical demonstration of the competencies.  Each learning module will include options for online instruction, attendance at approved conferences, independent topical studies, school based in-service opportunities, and problem-centered group projects. 
Credit: Three hours graduate credit
Cost: $330/credit hour

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