A Professional Development Opportunity for Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers in MSUNER Districts

Montclair State University

The Center of Pedagogy/PNC Grow Up Great Financial Education Initiative Presents:  

 Early Childhood Inquiry into For Me, for You, for Later: First Steps to Spending, Sharing and Saving

December 2, 2011

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Room 1145, ADP Center, University Hall

Montclair State University

  This workshop is designed to help early childhood educators use dialogical teaching approaches with their students with a goal toward developing their capacity to make critical decisions and considerations around the concepts of Spending, Sharing and Saving. In the workshop, teachers will be introduced to a new curriculum designed by the folks at Sesame Workshop and exposed to the Community of Inquiry approach to facilitating classroom discussions. Upon completion of the workshop all teachers will be provided curriculum packets to distribute to students in their class and offered an on-site follow-up visit by the workshop instructor in support of their efforts. Additional support materials will be offered to help start up the particular For Me, for You, for Later projects developed by teachers.

The full-day workshop will explore the following themes:

1. For Me, For You, For Later and Philosophy of Value, Saving and Sharing

2. Designing Community of Inquiry-based Discussion Plans

3. Development of Site-Based Financial Education Program

For a description of the workshop themes, please download the following document: MSUNER PNC Workshop.doc

Registration for this workshop is closed. 

MSUNER will provide 6 professional development hours to participants who attend the entire workshop.

A Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Parking Information: For Clinical Faculty with current parking hangtags, free parking is available in the general lots. Parking is also available in the Red Hawk deck at an hourly rate and in the NJ Transit Deck for $3.00 per day (shuttle service to University Hall is available). For more information on parking fees please visit: http://www.montclair.edu/facilities/fs/taps/facilities.html#RHD