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JUNE 18-19, 2015 SAN ANTONIO, TX Audience: Grades Pre-K to 16 Educators

Smarter Texas PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY (PFL), ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Teacher Professional Development Conference

Conference Partners:

This workshop and accompanying materials in part are made available to teachers through

the generous support of State Farm and the Council for Economic Education.

Smarter Texas Conference Schedule Thursday, June 18, 2015

The Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, TX

Time Activity Presenter Room Location

7:00

Registration and Breakfast Foyer Magnolia Room

8:00 to 9:30 Welcome Greetings Plenary Session: Texas Economic Issues For the Classroom Audience: All Participants

Laura Ewing, TCEE President Javier Leal, State Farm TCEE Center Directors and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Cypress Room River Level

9:40 to 10:40 Concurrent Session One See concurrent insert Various

10:50 to 11:50 Concurrent Session Two See concurrent insert Various

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch Las Ramblas River Level

1:00 to 2:00 Concurrent Session Three See concurrent insert Various

2:10 to 3:10 Concurrent Session Four See concurrent insert Various

3:20 to 4:20 2015 Texas Teacher of the Year 1st Place 2015 National Finance Challenge – Bellaire High School 1st Place 2014 National Economics Challenge – Bellaire High School Plenary Session: How Do I Make Sense of All of These Legislative Changes? Audience: All Participants Closing Remarks

Michael Clark, Teacher Bellaire High School State Board of Education - Pat Hardy

University of Texas – Rosemary Morrow, Ph.D.

West Texas A&M University – Jean Walker

Moderator: Laura Ewing,TCEE President Laura Ewing, TCEE President

Cypress Room River Level

4:30 to 5:30 TCEE Reception Hosted by Hotel Contessa

Laura Ewing, TCEE President

Foyer Magnolia Room

Smarter Texas Conference Schedule Friday, June 19, 2015

The Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, TX

Time Activity Presenter Room Location

7:00 7:00

Registration Breakfast

Contessa Ballroom Magnolia Room

8:00 to 9:30 Greetings Plenary Session: Fraud Alert: Wells Fargo presents How To Be Safe in Today’s World and Strategies for Success Audience: All Participants

Wells Fargo Bank Wells Fargo Bank - Rachel Goolsby

Contessa Ballroom

9:40 to 10:40 Concurrent Session Five See concurrent insert Various

10:50 to 11:50 Concurrent Session Six See concurrent insert Various

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch Las Ramblas River Level

1:00 to 2:00 Concurrent Session Seven See concurrent insert Various

2:10 to 3:10 Concurrent Session Eight See concurrent insert Various

3:20 to 4:30 Plenary Session: Hands on Banking, econedlink, Gen I Revolution, and Virtual Economics 4.5 Audience: All Participants Closing Remarks

TCEE Center Director - Susan Doty

Laura Ewing, TCEE President

Contessa Ballroom

About the Sessions: Thursday, Session One

Session One: Thursday, 9:40 A.M. - 10:40 A.M.

Topic: Personal Financial Literacy (PFL) For Elementary Students (TH1a) Audience: Elementary Math Grades K-5 Location: Cypress Presenter: Valerie Johse, TCEE Smarter Texas Consultant Description: How do you teach financial literacy to children in second and third grades? Through stories, activities and games! Come see a great resource that includes many resources to meet the needs of your PFL TEKS. New math, social studies/economics lessons will be debuted at the conference. Topic: Insurance Overview (TH1b) Audience: All Levels Location: Retama Presenter: Javier Leal, State Farm Description: Educators as well as students need to understand the complex world of insurance. During this session, learn content information on auto, home, car and other types of insurance to better prepare students for the real world. As an added benefit, information will be given regarding educator's personal retirement benefits to encompass ROTH IRAs and TRS benefits. Topic: Paycheck to Paycheck (TH1c) Audience: CTE, Business, Economics, World Cultures Location: Anaqua Presenter: Nancy Shepherd, Ph.D., Stephen F. Austin State University, Center for Economic Education Description: The reality of most Americans is that we live paycheck to paycheck in a system that makes it difficult to get ahead. Help students understand the importance of financial literacy through the stories of real Americans-our neighbors. Participants will examine lessons to break down the daily struggle of families in poverty and look at ways to develop life skills students need to break the cycle. Topic: Real Life Financial Math in the Classroom (TH1d) Audience: Math High School, CTE, Social Studies Location: Palm Presenter: Lorraine Decker, CLU, ChFC, MSFS, Ken Decker, CPA-PFS, CFP, and Brittany Johnson - Financial Mentors of America, Inc. (FMA) Description: If you are interested in teaching high school personal financial education classes, please join us. In 2017 one year Financial Math and one semester Personal Financial Literacy courses will be offered in high schools across Texas. Who will teach these classes? How will the class be taught - Web based, textbook, teacher selected resources? How will outcomes be measured? Will students be encouraged to take these courses? FMA is an award-winning curriculum developer at the forefront of the personal financial education movement. Learn about TEKS, course design, contribute your ideas and discover how these courses have the potential to transform student lives and the socio-economics of Texas.

About the Sessions: Thursday, Session Two

Session Two: Thursday, 10:50 A.M. - 11:50 A.M.

Topic: Personal Finance Concepts in the Elementary Classroom (TH2a) Audience: K to 5 Math and Social Studies Location: Cypress Presenter: Steven Cobb, Ph.D., University of North Texas, Center for Economic Education Description: The session will introduce strategies to help elementary educators integrate personal finance topics into their classroom using math and children's literature. Topic: The Stock Market Game™ (TH2b) Audience: Grades 4 to 12, All Subjects Location: Retama Presenter: David Pruitt, TCEE Consultant Description: Whether you teach in a classroom, mentor students in an afterschool program, or are a homeschool parent, The Stock Market Game™ (SMG) is the right tool for you to help your students build a fundamental understanding of investing while providing them with real world skills practice in math, English Language Arts, economics, social studies, and other subjects. Topic: Globalization Forces: Use Social Issues to teach Economics, History and Careers in the Classroom (TH2c) Audience: AP/PreAP, CTE, Economics, World Cultures Location: Anaqua Presenter: Nancy Shepherd, Ph.D., Stephen F. Austin State University, Center for Economic Education Description: Participants will explore the complex relationship among globalization, economics, history and career concepts. The interaction of globalization and culture is not a one-way process. People around the world adapt globalization to their own uses, merging local practices in transformative ways. Join us for this interactive session in which educators will share strategies for an interdisciplinary experience. Topic: Uncle Sam Takes a Bite (TH2d) Audience: Secondary Math, CTE, Business Location: Palm Presenter: Cheryl McGaughey, Angelo State University, Center for Economic Education Description: Students often fail to realize that the pay they earn is not the pay they take home. This presentation explores the difference between gross pay and take-home pay and introduces strategies for students to learn about income taxes, tax rates, and deductions from income such as insurance and retirement contributions.

Lana Procella from Harvard Elementary in Houston ISD led her student team to a 1st place finish for the 6-8 Grade Division in the Stock Market Game™.

About the Sessions: Thursday, Session Three

Session Three: Thursday, 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Topic: Know Your Net Worth (TH3a) Audience: Math Grades 6-8 Location: Cypress Presenter: Cindy Manzano, TCEE Smarter Texas Director Description: Do your students have a misconception about what it means to be wealthy? Participate in an activity-based lesson that will analyze families’ finances to identify assets and liabilities and determine the families’ net worth. This lesson will target grade 7 math TEKS’ for personal financial literacy. Topic: Establishing Credit (TH3b) Audience: All levels Math, Economics, CTE Location: Retama Presenter: David Rodriguez and Samantha Salazar, Generations Federal Credit Union Description: In this session attendees will learn how to establish credit and personal finance tips for themselves. In addition, attendees will learn how to integrate personal finance lessons to use within the classroom. Topic: AP Strategies (TH3c) Audience: AP/PreAP/on level Economics Location: Anaqua Presenter: Michael Clark, Bellaire High School, Houston Independent School District Description: From a flipped classroom to student driven projects, see strategies and activities to help master the AP test. Included will be updates from the 2015 AP Economics grading. Many lessons are easily tailored to a non-AP setting. Topic: Careers Matter (TH3d) Audience: Secondary Math, CTE, Economics Location: Palm Presenter: Cheryl McGaughey, Angelo State University, Center for Economic Education Description: Many factors (such as supply and demand, worker productivity, and the value of products produced) determine the wages earned by different people. This presentation helps students understand these factors so they have the information they need to make smart career choices throughout their life.

About the Sessions: Thursday, Session Four

Session Four: Thursday, 2:10 P.M. - 3:10 P.M.

Topic: PFL for Primary Students (TH4a) Audience: Math and Social Studies K to 2 Location: Cypress Presenter: Valerie Johse, TCEE Smarter Texas Consultant Description: How do you teach financial literacy to children in kindergarten and first grade? Through stories, activities and games! Come see a great resource that includes all of these strategies that will meet the needs of your PFL TEKS. New lessons will be debuted at the conference. Topic: Budgeting and Goal Setting with Building Wealth (TH4b) Audience: Math Grades 6-8, CTE, Economics Location: Retama Presenter: Princeton Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Description: Explore these foundational personal finance concepts and preview the newly redesigned Building Wealth in the Classroom lessons from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Topic: Math in the Real World: Globalization and Currency Exchange (TH4c) Audience: Secondary Math, CTE, Social Studies , Economics Location: Anaqua Presenter: Susan Doty, University of Texas at Tyler, Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy Description: Teachers of Math, Social Studies, Economics and CTE whose students have an interest in a global economy will benefit from lessons that demonstrate how and why currency matters. Topic: From Start-Up to Wall Street (TH4d) Audience: Gifted and Talented, CTE, Economics Location: Palm Presenter: Jean Walker, West Texas A&M University, Center for Economic Education Description: Teaching the life cycle of a business--from entrepreneurial idea to stock and bonds trading on Wall Street--gives students a broad understanding of how entrepreneurship and free enterprise culminate in the options for investors that are taught through the Stock Market Game.

Texas Stock Market Game Team Wins Trip To Washington D.C. In the Capitol Hill Challenge

Sara Parriott from Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock ISD led her student team

to a 6th place finish in the National Capitol Hill Challenge. That is quite an accomplishment considering that over 4,357 teams competed from across the country.

About the Sessions: Friday, Session Five

Session Five: Friday, 9:40 A.M. -10:40 A.M.

Topic: PFL for Upper Elementary Students (F5a) Audience: Elementary Math Grades 3-5 Location: Cedar Presenter: Valerie Johse, TCEE Smarter Texas Consultant Description: How do you teach financial literacy to children in fourth and fifth grades? Through stories, activities and games! Come see a great resource that includes resources that will meet the needs of your PFL TEKS. Lessons and all resources are free and right at your fingertips! Topic: Navigate: Exploring College and Careers (F5b) Audience: Secondary Location: Laurel Presenter: Susan Kizer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch, Economic Education Coordinator Description: Navigate is a new free classroom resource from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Navigate is an introduction to the investigation of careers and college and is designed for 7th through 9th grade students. Many students and their families may not be familiar with the pathways to education after high school, and Navigate provides information to begin preparing for success. Topic: Fusing Fun and Energy with Student Transition, Algebra and Financial Literacy (F5c) Audience: All Secondary Subjects Location: Contessa Ballroom A Presenter: Deborah McClean, WIN Multimedia Designs Description: MoneyCamp is an interactive program that infuses interaction and energy into student transition and financial literacy! It begins with our human-sized, board game called Road To College Success that prepares high schoolers for college life. Players walk around the human-sized board registering for classes, managing money and discussing -risky- scenarios that could arise on a college campus. Middle schoolers are challenged by playing the Budget Mania game that teaches algebra and money management. With more fun tools like: -Let-s Make a Deal- and -Busy Banking- we teach students how the banks work, how to balance a checkbook and do a personal budget in a fun, practical way. For more http://winmds.com/workshops

Congressman Ruben Hinojosa, Capitol Hill Challenge, Edinburg ISD

About the Sessions: Friday, Session Six

Session Six: Friday, 10:50 A.M. - 11:50 A.M.

Topic: The Stock Market Game™ (F6a) Audience: Grades 4 to 12 All Levels and Subjects Location: Cedar Presenter: David Pruitt, TCEE Consultant Description: Whether you teach in a classroom, mentor students in an afterschool program, or are a homeschool parent, The Stock Market Game™ (SMG) is the right tool for you to help your students build a fundamental understanding of investing while providing them with real world skills practice in math, English Language Arts, economics, social studies, and other subjects. Topic: Why is Financial Education Important in Texas? (F6b) Audience: Math Grades K – 8, CTE, Economics Location: Laurel Presenter: Leilani Lim-Villegas, Texas Department of Banking Description: The Texas Department of Banking promotes economic and financial literacy education. The session will present statistical information as well as examples of successful programs and curricula for educators. Topic: Economists Help Us Know Our Worth (F6c) Audience: Secondary Location: Contessa Ballroom A Presenter: Michael Petrowsky, Austin Community College Description: Through economic and financial education, students hear many facts, figures and statistics. From where do these facts come? What do economists really do with their time? What are the employment opportunities, prospects and income? Topic: A Roadmap to your PFL Class (F6d) Audience: High School Math, CTE, Economics Location: Contessa B Presenter: Terrance Martin, University of Texas Pan American Description: The session will focus on introducing participants to critical course goals and topics that are integral for an

effective PFL high school course. Emphasis will be placed on content as well as proposed sequence of the course.

About the Sessions: Friday, Session Seven

Session Seven: Friday, 1:10 P.M. - 2:10 P.M.

Topic: Teaching Economics and Personal Finance with Children's Books (F7a) Audience: Gifted and Talented, Math and Social Studies 3 to 5, Economics Location: Cedar Presenter: Cheryl McGaughey, Angelo State University, Economic Service Center Description: Children's literature can be effectively used to teach many Economic and Personal Finance concepts. This presentation will demonstrate how teachers can fulfill reading and math along with Economic and Personal Finance requirements with carefully selected children's books. Topic: What do Neolithic Farmers, Traders Along the Silk Road, Christopher Columbus and the Mercantilists All Have in Common? (F7b) Audience: Secondary Location: Laurel Presenter: Susan Doty, University of Texas – Tyler, Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy Description: Teachers of World History, World Cultures and World Geography will benefit from lessons that demonstrate the underlying importance of economics. Topic: Teaching high school students the Economics and Personal Finance concepts that they really need to know (F7c) Audience: Secondary Location: Contessa A Presenter: Steven Cobb, Ph.D., University of North Texas, Center for Economic Education Description: The session will look at the key concepts that a high school graduate needs to understand in order to be a better consumer, worker, and member of society. Topic: BYOD Online Tools for Personal Financial Literacy (F7d) Audience: Secondary math, CTE, Economics Location: Contessa B Presenter: Cindy Manzano, TCEE Smarter Texas Director Description: Need a way to make personal financial literacy meaningful for students? Need free quality lessons written by math educators? In this session participants will learn how to use online tools that support and enhance the Smarter Texas personal financial literacy grades 6-8 lessons. However, many of these tools can be used for all age groups including adults.

Texas Personal Finance Challenge Team Wins 2015 National Championship

Michael Clark from Bellaire High School in Houston ISD led his student team

to a 1st place finish in the National Personal Finance Challenge.

About the Sessions: Friday, Session Eight

Session Eight: Friday, 2:10 P.M. - 3:10 P.M.

Topic: Learning Earning and Investing for a New Generation (F8b) Audience: Math 6-12, CTE, Economics, Government Location: Cedar Presenter: David Pruitt, TCEE Consultant Description: Learning, Earning, and Investing for a New Generation introduces students to the world of personal finance through 21 lessons that provide active learning experiences to help students master the basics of investing. Lessons cover basics such as the language of financial markets, gathering information on investments, and the nature of financial institutions in the U.S. economy. Topic: The U.S.-Mexico Border Economy (F8c) Audience: Secondary Economics and CTE Location: Laurel Presenter: Alberto Davila, University of Texas Pan American, Center for Economic Education Description: The session provides an overview of the major economic issues facing the U.S.-Mexico Border Economy. Topic: Autonomics (F8d) Audience: High School Location: Contessa Ballroom A Presenter: Jean Walker, West Texas A&M University, Center for Economic Education Description: Teen interest in automobile ownership is a teachable moment for personal finance topics including buying strategies, calculating payments, understanding credit and automobile insurance, and budgeting for transportation.

Topic: Understanding Credit Reports (F8a) Audience: Math Grades 6-8 Location: Contessa B Presenter: Cindy Manzano, TCEE Smarter Texas Director Description: Learn why it is important to establish a positive credit history; what information can be found on a credit report; how long is negative information retained; and what is the value of the report to borrowers and lenders. Educators will participate in a grade 6 lesson that lays the foundation for grade 7 & 8 personal financial literacy.

Michael Clark from Bellaire High School in Houston ISD has led his student teams to New York for the National Economics Challenge 9 times. His 2014 team won 1st place to claim the National Championship.

Speakers

Opening Plenary Session: Texas Economic Issues for the Classroom

Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Cypress Room

Steven Cobb, Ph.D., Center for Economic Education, Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas Steven L. Cobb, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs in the College of Arts and

Sciences at the University of North Texas. He also serves as Director of the Center for Economic

Education and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics. Cobb is currently a

member of the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education. He attended

Southwestern University for his undergraduate work in Economics and Political Science. Cobb

received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1987 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He

joined the faculty at the University of North Texas in 1986 and teaches principles of microeconomics

and principles of macroeconomics at the undergraduate level and courses in international

economics, comparative economic systems, and history of economic thought at both the graduate

and undergraduate level.

Alberto Dávila, Ph.D., Center for Economic Education, Professor of Economics,

University of Texas - Pan American Alberto Dávila, Ph,D. is currently Professor of Economics and V.F. “Doc” and Gertrude Neuhaus Chair

for Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas—Pan American. He is also serving as Department

Chair for the Department of Economics and Finance at UTPA, a position he has held since January

1997. Before joining UTPA in 1996, Dávila was a tenured faculty member at the University of New

Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in economics from Iowa State University and a B.A.

degree in economics from Pan American University. Dávila’s research interests include the

economics of the U.S.-Mexico border, the economics of immigration, and Hispanic labor markets.

Dávila has published on border-related topics since 1982.

Susan Kizer, Economic Education, Public Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank, Houston Branch

Susan Kizer joined the Federal Reserve Bank in the Public Affairs Department in September of 2009.

As a part of our Economic Education Outreach, she works closely with high school and university

faculty to provide enhanced professional development opportunities in the areas of economics and

financial literacy. Prior to coming to the Bank, she taught AP Economics at Kingwood High School.

While at Kingwood, she was recognized as Teacher of the Year, served as District Coordinator for AP

Economics and sponsored the Model United Nations, UIL Current Issues and Events, and UIL Social

Studies Teams. Susan received a BS in Economics from University of Texas at Arlington and a MA in

Education from Lamar University.

Speakers

Opening Plenary Session Continued: Texas Economic Issues for the Classroom

Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Cypress Room

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Princeton Williams, Economic Education Program Coordinator, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Princeton Williams joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in 2006. He develops and delivers a wide range of professional development presentations for educators and other audiences throughout the Eleventh District. He co-authored Navigate: Exploring College and Careers and has served as the content editor for three publications in the Everyday Economics series. He oversees the Dallas Fed’s permanent exhibit, The Economy in Action, and working with the Dallas Historical Society, Williams curated a temporary exhibit, An Argument for Dallas, which described the selection of Dallas as the location of a Federal Reserve Bank. He serves as co-chair of the Federal Reserve System’s economic education group. Prior to coming to the Bank, he taught economics at R.L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth. As lead teacher for AP economics for Fort Worth ISD, Williams coauthored the district’s economics curriculum and mentored new economics teachers. Williams received a BBA from Southern Methodist University and an MA in economics from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Speakers

Afternoon Plenary Session: How Do I Make Sense of All of These Legislative Changes?

Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Cypress Room

Moderator: Laura Ewing, TCEE President

Pat Hardy, TCEE Board Member, State Board of Education Member, Weatherford ISD Patricia "Pat" Hardy, a lifelong educator, TCEE Board Member, was elected to serve District 11 of the State Board of Education in November 2002 and re-elected in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2014. As a member of the State Board of Education, Hardy represents Parker County and parts of Dallas and Tarrant counties. During her tenure on the board, Hardy, a Republican, has served on all three of the board's committees. She currently serves as chair of the board's Committee on School Finance/Permanent School Fund. Hardy is presently a part-time instructional specialist in the Weatherford Independent School District in Weatherford. For five years she served the district as the Social Studies Coordinator. Previously, she taught high school world history and world geography for 30 years at Castleberry High School in Fort Worth. Hardy has served on many state and national education boards and committees. Hardy holds a master's degree in Secondary Education and History from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies from Howard Payne University.

Rosemary Morrow, Ph.D., University of Texas Rosemary Morrow, Ph.D. is a clinical assistant professor in the UTeach Liberal Arts Program, College of Liberal Arts, at The University of Texas at Austin. She worked for over thirty years in the Austin Independent School District as a secondary social studies teacher and as a curriculum administrator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctorate of Philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of Education from Southwest Texas State University, now Texas State University. She serves on the Travis County Historical Commission, Law-Related Education, Inc. Board of Directors, the Texas State Historical Association Education Committee, and the Board of Governors of Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms in Austin. Dr. Morrow supports K-12 public education and continues to participate in social studies-related professional development to stay current with teaching strategies, content, and technology.

Jean Walker, West Texas Center for Economic Education, West Texas A&M University Jean Walker has been the director of the West Texas Center for Economic Education at West Texas A&M University in Canyon since 1997. Although she retired from the faculty at WTAMU in January 2015, she continues as director of the Center for Economic Education. Walker joined the faculty in 1980 and has taught courses on various aspects for Business, Finance, Management, Investments, Macroeconomics and Communications. She received her B.S. in education and her MBA from West Texas State University, which is now West Texas A&M University.

Speakers

Morning Plenary Session: Fraud Alert: Wells Fargo will present information on how to be Safe in today’s financial world.

Friday, June 19, 2015 8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Contessa Ballroom

Afternoon Plenary Session: Hands On Banking, Econedlink, Gen I Revolution and Virtual Economics 4.5

Friday, June 19, 2015 3:20 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Contessa Ballroom

Rachel Goolsby, Wells Fargo Rachel Goolsby is the Wells Fargo at Work Regional Program Manager for the Greater San Antonio region. She has been employed with Wells Fargo for the past five years and has previously served as a banker and branch manager in Philadelphia, PA. In her current role she is the financial benefits and literacy advocate for her area and partners with numerous corporations and school districts. She is from Portland, TX and received her bachelors in Economics from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Susan Doty, Director, Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy, University of Texas - Tyler Susan Doty is the founding director of the Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she also serves on the economics faculty as a senior lecturer and undergraduate economics advisor. Prior to starting the Center at UT Tyler, she started a similar center at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she initiated the first district-wide initiative in the nation that integrated economics and personal finance into every subject area at each K-12 grade level in all public schools within a single school district. She completed her undergraduate work in biology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and has an MBA from Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She spent a first career in the biotechnology industry, where she was a champion of innovation and entrepreneurship. She has been given the University of Texas 2015 Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award!

Texas Council on Economic Education - Center Directors

North Texas

South Texas

East Texas

Steven Cobb, Ph.D., University of North Texas, Center for Economic Education

Steven L. Cobb, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs in the College of Arts and

Sciences at the University of North Texas. He also serves as Director of the Center for Economic

Education and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics. Cobb is currently a member

of the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education. He attended

Southwestern University for his undergraduate work in Economics and Political Science. Cobb

received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1987 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He

joined the faculty at the University of North Texas in 1986 and teaches principles of microeconomics

and principles of macroeconomics at the undergraduate level and courses in international economics,

comparative economic systems, and history of economic thought at both the graduate and

undergraduate level.

Alberto Dávila, Ph.D., University of Texas - Pan American, Center for Economic Education

Alberto Dávila, Ph,D. is currently Professor of Economics and V.F. “Doc” and Gertrude Neuhaus Chair

for Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas—Pan American. He is also serving as Department

Chair for the Department of Economics and Finance at UTPA, a position he has held since January

1997. Before joining UTPA in 1996, Dávila was a tenured faculty member at the University of New

Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in economics from Iowa State University and a B.A.

degree in economics from Pan American University. Dávila’s research interests include the economics

of the U.S.-Mexico border, the economics of immigration, and Hispanic labor markets. Dávila has

published on border-related topics since 1982.

Susan Doty, University of Texas – Tyler, Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy

Susan Doty is the founding director of the Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she also serves on the economics faculty as a senior lecturer and undergraduate economics advisor. Prior to starting the Center at UT Tyler, she started a similar center at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she initiated the first district-wide initiative in the nation that integrated economics and personal finance into every subject area at each K-12 grade level in all public schools within a single school district. She completed her undergraduate work in biology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and has an MBA from Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. She spent a first career in the biotechnology industry, where she was a champion of innovation and entrepreneurship. She has been given the University of Texas 2015 Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award!

Texas Council on Economic Education - Center Directors

West Texas

East Texas

West/North Texas

Cheryl McGaughey, Angelo State University, Center for Economic Education

Cheryl McGaughey has been an Instructor of Finance at Angelo State University since 1984 and center

director since 1997. She received her BBA in Management from Stephen F. Austin State University

and her MBA in Finance from the University of Mississippi. In her role as Senior Instructor of Finance,

she teaches courses in both Corporate and Personal Finance as well as an Economic Issues course. In

addition, she advises over 30 students a year and is in charge of the Personal Financial Planning

major. As center director, she has conducted trainings and workshops for over 7,000 Texas teachers.

Many of these workshops have been conducted in San Angelo but also in Del Rio, Abilene, Odessa,

Canyon and Amarillo.

Cheryl

Shepherd, Ph.D., Stephen F. Austin State University, Center for Economic Education

Nancy Shepherd, Ph.D. is the Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for Family and

Consumer Sciences, Stephen F. Austin State University. She received her doctoral degree from

Texas Tech University in 2013 in Family and Consumer Sciences Education. Her research interests

include appropriate teaching strategies incorporating experiential learning, innovative curriculum

delivery, teaching from a critical science perspective, global curriculum design and educational

leadership, which resulted in the creation of teaching resources delivered in a traveling trunk

through her company, Global Fusion Educational Resources ™. Before moving to Texas, Nancy

taught at several institutions in the Northwest and worked in business and industry. She currently

serves as President for the Texas Affiliate of the American Association of Family and Consumer

Sciences and serves as Vice President of Membership for the National Family and Consumer

Sciences Education Association.

Jean Walker, West Texas A&M University, West Texas Center for Economic Education

Jean Walker has been the director of the West Texas Center for Economic Education at West Texas A&M University in Canyon since 1997. Although she retired from the faculty at WTAMU in January 2015, she continues as director of the Center for Economic Education. Walker joined the faculty in 1980 and has taught courses on various aspects for Business, Finance, Management, Investments, Macroeconomics and Communications. She received her B.S. in education and her MBA from West Texas State University, which is now West Texas A&M University.

Center Directors Steven L. Cobb, Ph.D. University of North Texas Alberto Davila, Ph.D. University of Texas - Pan American Susan Doty, MBA University of Texas - Tyler Nancy Shepherd, Ph.D. Stephen F. Austin State University TBA Texas Southern University Jesse H. Jones School of Business Cheryl McGaughey, MBA Angelo State University Jean Walker, MBA West Texas A&M University

About TCEE

The Texas Council on Economic Education (TCEE) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to teacher education, professional development and student programs that promote financial and economic literacy.

TCEE delivers programs through a series of Centers for Economic Education located at the following universities.

Angelo State University

Stephen F. Austin State University

Texas Southern University

University of North Texas

University of Texas - Pan American

University of Texas - Tyler

West Texas A&M University TCEE provides grade appropriate programs related to Economics, Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship. All programs offered by the TCEE are open to all Texas teachers. The TCEE mission is to help all students develop an economic way of thinking and problem solving useful in their lives as knowledgeable consumers, prudent savers, informed investors, workforce members, responsible citizens, and global economy participants.

TCEE Staff Laura Ewing - President Catherine Rinhart - Program Director Debbie Mackey - Stock Market Game Director Leonie Karkoviata - Stock Market Game Outreach & Development Coordinator Cindy Manzano - Smarter Texas Director Valerie Johse - Smarter Texas Consultant David Pruitt - TCEE Consultant Cherry Frye - Office Manager Allen Reding - Web Manager Ricardo Bonilla - Summer Intern

1801 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019 713.655.1650 www.economicstexas.org www.smartertexas.org tcee@economicstexas.org

Board of Directors Lisa Clawson Happy State Bank Anthony Daddino Meadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins, Crouch & Ungerman, L.L.P. Andrew DeLauro BB&T Thomas Fleissner Houston Information Team, L.LC. Aaron Gladstone Hilltop Holdings Inc. Wayne Goettsche WKG Consulting Pat Hardy State Board of Education, Member District 11 Weatherford ISD John Ivie - TCEE Chairperson Ivie Law Firm Laura Jaramillo Wells Fargo

Marcus McCue Guardian Mortgage Co., Inc. Dawn Moeder Lane Gorman Trubitt, L.L.P. Donna Normandin Frost Bank Rob Pivnick Leon Capital Group Edmund P. Segner III Rice University Robert Smith III Texas A&M University at Galveston Pete Villarreal PlainsCapital Bank James Cooper - Ex Officio James C. Cooper, Inc. Director Emeritus: John Anderson Anderson Investments Director Emeritus: Carol Trout Trout Foundation

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Thanks to Wells Fargo - The Smarter Texas Conference

Reaches Throughout The State of Texas

Thank you, Wells Fargo, for your strong support of economic and financial literacy education in the state of Texas! Your partnership at the state and national levels is making a difference one teacher, one student and one classroom at a time. Thank you for serving as the PLATINUM Sponsor for the TCEE state conference and as THE LEAD Sponsor for the Council for Economic Education National Conference to be held October 7-10, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Florida! Our hats are off to you for all you do: Laura Jaramillo, Gladys Everts, Rachel Goolsby!