SAN DIEGO, CA IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Economics Meets Real Life: A Unified Approach to Personal Finance and Economic Education
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
11:00am - 4:45pm
San Diego City College
- $100 Amazon Gift Card Stipend 🤑
- Up to Two San Diego Padres Tickets Included! ⚾
LIMITED TO THE FIRST 40 TEACHERS WHO REGISTER
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025
Economics Meets Real Life:
A Unified Approach to Personal Finance and Economic Education
Bridge the gap between abstract economics and everyday choices. This session equips high school teachers with engaging lessons, real-world connections, and tools to help students think critically about money, markets, and their role in the economy.
- 11:00am AB 2927 Discussion
- 11:45am An Economic Way of Thinking Applied to Personal Finance - FEE
- 12:30pm Lunch
- 1:15pm The Invisible Hand - izzit
- 2:00pm Keys to Housing - FEE
- 2:45pm The Extreme Entrepreneur Experience - izzit
- 3:30pm Building Investors - FEE
- 4:15pm Head to Petco Park
- 6:40pm Padres v. Diamondbacks
WE PUT THE PROFESSIONAL IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
🌟 Reimagine professional learning as izzit and the Foundation for Economic Education join with the San Diego Center for Economic Education to bring you tools to integrate personal finance 💰 into economics instruction.
Following the daytime sessions, each teacher 🧑🏫 may bring a guest to enjoy the San Diego Padres v. Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game. (Additional tickets 🎟️ are available for a reduced stipend.)
This opportunity is only available to the first 40 teachers who register. 🏃♀️🏃♂️ Because space is limited and we have significant upfront costs for each attendee, we will collect a $25 deposit at the time of registration. 💳 The deposit will be refunded to all teachers who attend the entire event.
Teachers will also receive five continuing education hours for attending this professional development. 🎓
SPEAKERS
Derek served his community as a high school AP Economics teacher in Michigan for 24 years. He brings a wealth of experience as the President of the Michigan Council on Economic Education for the past 9 years. Derek was a lead writer for the personal finance graduation guarantee passed by Michigan as well as their Economics and Personal Finance state standards. He has been recognized as the Excellence in Financial Literacy Education National Educator of the Year and National Association of Economic Educators Abbejean Kehler Award winner for his use of technology to improve delivery of economic education programs.
Rob Sanchez serves as Director of Educator Outreach. With a 20-year background teaching U.S. history, Texas history, and world cultures, Rob brings extensive classroom experience to his outreach role. He discovered izzit.org's videos while teaching and recognized their value for civic and economic education, incorporating them into his lessons. Rob now focuses on civics and social studies outreach and holds a B.A. in History from Franklin & Marshall College.
Experienced Professor Emeritus with a demonstrated history of working in higher education. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Program Evaluation, and Instructional Design. Strong education professional graduated with a Juris Doctorate from National University and a Master of Arts in Economics from California State University Fresno.