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Professional Development
FREE events, programs, and certifications that deep your expertise in economics and personal finance to improve student understanding.
Featured Events
VIRTUAL
June 9, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Teaching Personal Finance: Employment Standard Training for Tennessee Educators--Opening Session
This 14-hour, online training program is open to secondary educators who need this credentialing to teach the Tennessee high school personal finance class. The training will allow educators to expand their knowledge of personal finance concepts and will provide curriculum and supplemental teaching tools for use in the classroom.
Participants must attend both webinars (four hours total) and complete an additional ten hours of coursework to receive the employment standard to teach the high school personal finance course.
This program is an Atlanta Fed Economic Education partnership with the MTSU Center for Financial Literacy.
VIRTUAL
June 9, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
Exploring Money: The Power of a Penny
What happens when a penny disappears? In this webinar, we will use the potential elimination of the US penny as a launching point to explore broader themes in currency, economics, personal finance, and classroom instruction. This session is a partnership between Atlanta Fed Economic Education and MTSU Center for Financial Literacy.
HYBRID
July 7, 2026 7:30 AM - July 10, 2026 3:00 PM CT
AP Economics Summer Institute 2026
Join Federal Reserve economists, Advanced Placement exam developers and instructors, and Economic Education staff from the St. Louis Fed for a program packed with the information you need for your students to be successful.
IN PERSON
July 14, 2026 8:30 AM - July 15, 2026 3:30 PM ET
2026 New York Fed Summer Teacher Institute
This two-day professional development program offers attendees the opportunity to learn best practices in economic education, develop compelling questions for their students to answer, and hear the latest research from the Federal Reserve. Get ready to create new curriculum materials with colleagues and walk out with classroom-ready simulations. Attendees are eligible for 10+ hours of CTLE credit.
This in-person event will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
IN PERSON
July 21, 2026 8:00 AM - July 23, 2026 3:30 PM ET
Keys to Financial Success Teacher Training
This three-day, in-person professional development at the Philadelphia Fed acquaints high school educators with the Keys to Financial Success personal finance curriculum.
Self-Guided Training
K-12 educators, do you want high quality professional development that is flexible for your schedule? We offer three great online professional development program options to fit your needs!
Graduate Credit
Earn one hour of graduate credit through Wichita State University by completing 15 hours of coursework, interactive activities, and assessments
FRB Professional Development Certificate
Each FREE self paced course in the FRB Professional Development Certificate program explores an economic topic and previews resources that can be used with students.
Digital Badge Programs
Successful completion of modules that focus on building specific skills like data literacy earns a FREE microcredential issued through Credly.
