A $1,500 scholarship for a five-day summer program at the New York Stock Exchange designed to:
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Provide educators with a thorough understanding of the capital-raising process and the New York Stock Exchange trading platforms.
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Increase teacher ability to include the stock market across curriculum disciplines.
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Provide supporting materials and skills for classroom instructions.
Teachers also have an on-site visit to the trading floor, where they interface with market professionals.
The Workshops are held each summer at the NYSE from 8:30am-4:30pm. Dates for the 2013 Workshops are listed below.
The NYSE provides the workshop materials, a daily continental breakfast and a luncheon buffet.
The teacher is responsible for the $150 registration fee, transportation, hotel and dinner expenses and may use the scholarship for these purposes. Discounted hotel rates are provided to participants.
Application Requirements for Scholarship:
Complete a project to help promote and expand the Stock Market Game™ Program in your school and/or school division. Examples: offer a Stock Market Game™ workshop to teachers in your county or write an article for the newspaper.
Application Deadlines:
Teachers participating in the Fall SMG: November 30, 2012
Teachers participating in the Spring or Year- Long SMG: April 1, 2013
Email completed application form to smg@vcu.edu
Download Application
Teachers Workshop (New York City)
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June 24 – 28, 2013
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July 8 – 12, 2013
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July 15 – 19, 2013
SEC Graduate Program (Washington, DC)
NYSE Graduate Program (New York City)
For information about the workshops and the workshop application, please go to:
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