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Welcome to the Lakeland College Center for Economic Education Web Site!
Mission Statement
The goal of the Center is to improve the quality and quantity of economic and financial education in the K-12 school curriculum.
Center Staff
Dr. Scott Niederjohn
Director, Center for Economic Education
Ms. Mary Jo Vollbrecht
Program Director, Center for Economic Education
Affiliations
Upcoming Events
We are holding a major conference on teaching economic and financial literacy at Lambeau Field on October 10th! This event will be held in conjuction with Wisconsin's Money Smart Week. To register for this event see the brochure that can be downloaded from here.
Please see the EconomicsWisconsin web page for events going on in Wisconsin.
Programs and Services
Our center is involved in the following activities:
- Non-credit programs for K-12 teachers on economics and financial education
- Online for-credit courses for K-12 teachers in economics
- We maintain a library of the latest National Council on Economic Education curriculum materials at Lakeland College for use by area teachers. Some of these materials are available online at: http://www.ncee.net/programs/
- Stock Market Simulation Game (http://www.economicswisconsin.org/teach/stmkt_sim.htm)
- Curriculum development and assessment
- Research into economic and financial literacy
Advisory Board
Mr. Mike Pritzl
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Mr. Ken King
Sheboygan County Consumer Credit Counseling Services
Mr. Jim Flora
Community Volunteer and State Program Director for EconomicsWisconsin
Ms. Deb Sixel
Kiel
School District
Mr. Steve Nothem
Horicon Bank
Dr. Eileen Hilke
Lakeland
College
Mr. Rich Balge
M&I Bank of
Sheboygan
Dr. J. Garland Schilcutt
Lakeland
College
Contact Us
Lakeland College Center for Economic Education
W8327 West Drive - Laun 221
Plymouth, WI 53073
920-565-1239
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Mail: PO Box 359, Sheboygan, WI 53082-0359