Governor’s Awards Program

Friday May 11th, 2012, House of Blues – Downtown Disney – Orlando

For 33 years now, the Florida Council on Economic Education (FCEE) has recognized Florida’s most outstanding teachers for their creativity in presenting lessons in economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship. Open to all K-12 teachers, the Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching Economics is a celebration of best practices and a way of acknowledging the innovation that teachers bring to the classroom.

This year, we are thrilled to announce that all qualified applicants, and up to three guests, will be invited to attend the May 11^th workshops and awards ceremony in Orlando at the House of Blues AND receive tickets to attend the Cirque Du Soleil’s performance of La Nouba after the event!

NEW THIS YEAR: Pre-event Professional Development Workshops! (Offered from 9:30 to 11:00 May 11^th.)

“Mowing Down Economic Concepts with Lawn Boy” for elementary/middle school teachers
“Using Video Clips to Teach Entrepreneurship” for high school teachers.

At the Governor’s Awards, the FCEE will award best practices in five project based categories for elementary, middle and high school grade levels. This year the FCEE will also recognize one project applicant who is either a first year teacher or new to teaching economics as the Rookie of the Year. Project winners receive:

First Place winners for each age group in each of 5 categories: $500

Second Place winners for each age group in each of 5 categories: $200

Third Place winners for each age group in each of 5 categories: $50

As always, we will recognize one teacher as our Charles C. Harper Economic Educator of the Year. The Harper Award, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, goes to a teacher who has demonstrated leadership in financial literacy, free enterprise and economic education over a sustained period of time, with evidence of creativity and innovation in teaching these concepts at the local, state and national level.

The program is sponsored by Publix Super Markets Charities.

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Applications are now available:

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