The “Big Payback” from the IRS happens for most taxpayers every tax season when they file to receive their refunds. Do your students understand why some taxpayers receive refunds while others must pay?
Senior Stakeholder Relationship Manager, Internal Revenue Service
Christopher Anderson, MBA is an IRS Senior Relationship Manager responsible for program growth for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs in Virginia. Chris earned his MBA from James Madison University (JMU). Go Dukes! His background... Read More →
This session is great for FCS teachers or personal finance, financial skills, or consumer education! See behavioral economics in action through a series of NGPF activities included in an entirely FREE curriculum. These activities will show how cognitive biases impact our money decisions.
Associate Director, Center for Economic Education, George Mason University
I am the Associate Director of the Center for Economic Education at George Mason University, which is part of the Virginia Council on Economic Education network. My goal is to help teachers enhance their skills in teaching students how to become more economic and financially literate... Read More →
Jorge Valenzuela is a respected performance and education coach, author, and speaker at Lifelong Learning Defined. His mission is to empower educators to lead confidently and teach with greater effectiveness. Specializing in instructional innovation and action research, Jorge provides... Read More →
This session provides school leaders strategies they can use to raise confidence for teachers by being more intentional about when and how to provide feedback by structuring conversations around what they observe in learning walks or formal observations using simple universal guidelines. A feedback tool will also be modeled and provided.
Audience: Principals, Instructional Coaches and District Instructional Leaders
Jorge Valenzuela is a respected performance and education coach, author, and speaker at Lifelong Learning Defined. His mission is to empower educators to lead confidently and teach with greater effectiveness. Specializing in instructional innovation and action research, Jorge provides... Read More →
Family & Consumer Sciences is already interactive and engaging. The challenge with students is when unit objectives that are not hands on are taught, and students begin to dis-engage. In this session, participants will learn how to use different lesson plan activities for various family & consumer sciences courses. Materials will include how to implement and use project-based assessments, warm-up activities, technology platforms, group activities, and class assignments which promote student engagement.
Participants will be able to leave with lesson plan resources to be able to use with their students and teachers in their department. Materials are adaptable to be used for various courses under the CTE umbrella. This educational session would be beneficial for any educator or administrator attending the Professional Development Institute.
20+ years Family & Consumer Sciences Educator. I am currently teaching at Alexandria City Public Schools. I teach Child Development and DE Advanced Early Childhood Education. I am a CTE lead teacher for our CTE department
