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Sabrina McCartney, a teacher at Carrollwood Day School in Tampa received recognition for earning first place in the 2009 Lesson Plan of the Year Competition sponsored by the Jacksonville Branch of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. She was awarded a $1,000 bond and becomes a finalist in the regional competition. Pictured at the awards luncheon held on March 20, 2009 are Chris Oakley, Vice President and Manager of the Jacksonville Branch, Sabrina McCartney, Sara Messina, FED Education Specialist, and Fred Dorsett, USF Stavros Center, a member of the FED Education Advisory Group.
Stavros Center Advocacy Board Member Hosts Show on WEDU Geoff Simon, Advocacy Board member of the Stavros Center is Senior Vice President with Simon Johnson Stanger Wealth Advisors of Raymond James & Associates. Mr. Simon is also Chairman of the Florida Council on Economic Education. On his show, Geoff meets our area’s best businessmen and women and interviews them about the triumphs and inspirations that shaped them into the successes they are today. To view past episodes of Suncoast Business Forum with Geoff Simon, click here. Map & Direction to the Stavros Center Here's a map, to make sure you can find your way to the USF Stavros Center in the quickest, most stress-free manner possible. Click here for our printable map. For written directions with information on where to park with a Daily Permit, click here. If you have a VIP Parking Permit, click here. Drive safely!
Now, It's REALLY, TOTALLY About Economics! Using this simple list will help students understand the thought processes behind many "mysterious" decisions (e.g. why selling more artificial Christmas trees means fewer evergreens survive). 1. People economize. People choose the alternative that seems best to them because it involves the least cost and the greatest benefit.
Using YouTube as a teaching tool Bank Of America Support During the 2008 academic year, the Stavros Center received a grant of $10,000 from Bank of America Tampa in support of workshops, seminars, etc., conducted by the Center for Hillsborough County K-12 educators in the area of financial literacy/economic education. Led by Stavros Center program and workshop coordinator, Mr. Fred Dorsett, this initiative has impacted hundreds of K-12 educators. The Stavros Center is grateful for the strong support demonstrated by Bank of America Tampa in the Center's programs. Teachers who participated in the workshops also received curriculum materials to support their instructional programs in Hillsborough schools.Timely Seminar Series The USF Stavros Center, with sponsorship from The Coca Cola Foundation, The Polk Education Foundation, and The South Tampa Chamber of Commerce, invited 40 K-12 educators to participate in a series of 5 seminars featuring critical issues discussed in the 2009 presidential election. The series was extremely well attended! Dr. Scott Brown discussed Subprime fiasco, mortgage foreclosures, awash in red ink, rising unemployment and historic price points for gas! It’s the Economy Stupid (AGAIN)! Mr. Eric Man (seen in center of photo at left) presented his views on China as a Growing Economic Power in the Global Economy: Implications for the United States. Mr. Jerry Cionci discussed Competitive Globalization: What the United States Needs to Do to Prosper in a Changing Economic World. Mr. Jeff Knott discussed Navigating the Healthcare Maze and What You Need to Know. Dr. Reza Razavi presented his views on The Future Relationship of Iran and the United States. To download podcasts of these and other Stavros Center presentations go to iTunesU by clicking here! Be sure to choose the "Stavros Center" tab under Description! Successful Workshop focused on Iran and the United States Dr. Reza Razavi's insightful presentation, "The Future Relationship of Iran and the United States: Conflict or Cooperation?," looked at the current climate between Iran and the U.S. You can easily obtain the video of Dr. Reza Razavi's presentation. To download this and other Stavros Center presentations go to iTunesU by clicking here! Be sure to choose the "Stavros Center" tab under "Description"! The United States in a Global Economy Stavros Center on iTunesU - Great Ideas - Useful Resources Knowing that time is a very scarce resource for all teachers, we've put some lessons/activities at your fingertips (or should we say in your ears?) by formatting quick, pertinent economics lessons as podcasts. Here's just one example: the quintessential economics lesson - Get What You Want! In addition to the podcast lessons, we film the wonderful guest speakers who graciously make presentations in our seminars and classes and we're making the video available to you as video enhanced podcasts. You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunesU. The benefit of subscribing to a podcast is that, like a magazine subscription, when there is a new episode it will automatically come to you. In this case, it will download to iTunes on your computer. To take advantage of this you will need to install iTunes, free from Apple (click here). Then you can easily access our podcasts from iTunesU by clicking here! Applications forms Here are 3 real-world employment application forms that go with our new curricula guide: Handy Skills You'll REALLY Need Out There: Soft and Hard Skill-Sets for the Global Workplace. State of Florida application, City of Gulfport application, City of Winston-Salem application. Entrepreneurial Students Make the Grade If you've imagined that Entrepreneurial Thinking is only about being "business-minded" we'd ask you to think again! Entrepreneurial Thinking is about recognizing opportunities and understanding how and when to capitalize on them; thinking about the same old stuff in brand new ways. When students think entrepreneurially, they likely have a forward focus, they can be more easily motivated, and they are often quick to make connections. What educator doesn't value students with those qualitites? Here's a quick, easy, and fun way to introduce your class to entrepreneurial thinking. Taking this self-evaluation quiz from the National Council on Economic Education will help each student assess their own entrepreneurial qualities: Entrepreneurial Self-Evaluation Activity. Key Concepts from Gus A. Stavros Dr. Stavros, successful Florida businessman and noted philanthropist, is a very popular guest speaker in our seminars, institutes, and courses. Embeded in his presentations are wonderful examples of economic concepts. We've pulled out some of those special anecdotes and present them here in audio clips. An American Entrepreneur: A Global Background Dr. Stavros gives a great example of Opportunity Cost Gus Stavros provides a real-world example of Entrepreneurship Rational Decision Making The PACED Decision Making Model is often employed in our economic lesson plans and activities. To view the PACED Decision Making Model, click here: PACED Decision Making Model Bringing Global Literacy into Focus Just as we did last year, this academic year we'll continue to have guests from the global business community speak to the educators in our courses, institutes, and seminars. Hearing their presentations, the need is clear - our students must be aware of their role in the global market place and know how the global economy affects the jobs available to them, their wages, and their futures. In short, our students must be globally literate. We'll be recording these wonderful presentations and turning them into video enhanced podcasts, available on our iTunesU site. You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunesU. To take advantage of this you will need to install iTunes, free from Apple (click here). Then you can easily access our podcasts from iTunesU by clicking here! Thinking Like Global Partners The Stavros Center hosted a session for K-12 educators with Brigadier General Muhammad Ahsan Mehmood, Parkistan's Senior National Representative, on the Pakistan Liaison Team currently assigned to the US Central Command. General Mehmood's remarks focused on the efforts by the U.S., Pakistan and other allies to combat global terrorism. A significant aspect of the presentation centered on understanding the cultural and religious history of the people in that part of the world. Oldies But Goodies Past issues of At the Margin, an on-line curriculum guide, are here at your finger tips. Just click on the link for the issue you'd like to read! Download your copy of Spending Time now, and be ready with a Timely lesson today!Also available for download are: Weather or Not...It still affects the laws of supply and demand, Economic Resources, The Spirit of Entrepreneurship, The Profit Motive and Learning Economics - A Ton of Garbage? If you are unable to download a copy please call (813/974-2175 or email StavrosCenter@tempest.coedu.usf.edu and we'll send you one a.s.a.p.
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