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Message from
Jason Hendrickson, President

Financial Literacy - Sample Letter to Editor

IBEA Position Paper on Personal Finance

Greetings IBEA Members:

Hopefully you all are enjoying your well deserved summer breaks and enjoying this break from the heat this week. The last two weeks have been very busy for everyone in Business Education across the State of Indiana. For those of you who travelled to Carmel High School for Project Based Learning or Middle School Level training, thank you for your ongoing support and dedication to our great profession. Some of you maybe travelled to Dallas, Texas for the Business Professionals of America, National Leadership Conference. This conference was postponed to June due to the overwhelming concern of the H1N1 outbreak back in May of this year. Indiana was represented very well on stage; congratulations go out to the schools that represented Indiana at the conference, in addition, thank you to the advisors who took time out of their busy summer schedules.

This past week your IBEA executive board met for its annual organization meeting in Plainfield, Indiana. This meeting was an opportunity for regional representatives to work on activities and projects for their districts, and gave incoming officers to the board opportunity to learn more about their role in the organization. I am excited about the new offerings and opportunities that are available this upcoming year to our membership. Your leadership team is working hard to offer Indiana business educators top notch professional development, support, and resources for our profession. I encourage you all to discuss IBEA with your departments and encourage your co-workers to join today!

It’s hard to believe that my year as serving as your IBEA president has come to a close. The past year has been challenging, but rewarding as we all have faced the ups and downs of many obstacles that have come our way. We all have had to overcome some difficult hurdles, but with each other’s support and ongoing dedication, we have and will continue to be successful! As I look forward, I see IBEA’s family becoming even stronger, and I see a group of professionals that hold a bond that is stronger than anything. Thank you for your support and dedication to our programs and our professional family.

As I step down as president, I am confident that our new president, Mrs. Dena Irwin, will lead and guide us to victory as we Survive Our Changing World! As always, if you need anything from IBEA, we are just an email or phone call away. Take care and we will chat soon!
Sincerely,

Jason Hendrickson
IBEA Past President

Call out for November Conference Proposals:
If you know of someone or you would like to be a presenter at our November Conference please contact Barb Beadle at barbarakbeadle@gmail.com. She can send you a copy of the speaker proposal form that you would need to fill out. You can obtain a copy of the form from our Forms page.

AP Accounting Pilot:

I hope many of you will consider going to one of the AP Accounting training sessions this summer. I believe this is an appropriate fit for the current Accounting II standards with a few modifications.

Training Session Locations

Manhattan, Kansas on June 15, 16, and 17, 2009

Richmond, VA on July 7, 8 and 9, 2009

Brookfield, WI on July 13, 14, and 15, 2009

Tech Camp:
Be sure to check out the professional development opportunities via our website at www.ind-ibea.org, and the MS Google site. Also contact Dr. Joy Starks if you have questions in regards to Tech Camp at jstarks@iupui.edu. She can get you any information in regards to this opportunity.

Lesson Plans:
If you have any lesson plans that you would like to submit to add to our "members only" section of the website, please do so by submitting them to Karen Podell, IBEA Webmaster at webmaster@ind-ibea.org.

IBEA Personal Finance Position Paper:
It is a pleasure to announce that IBEA's Personal Finance Position Paper is completed. A copy has been attached to this email. You can also retrieve a copy from our website. Please use this to in discussion with your administration. It is important that they know the preparation that business teachers go through to teach this subject matter, and the importance of offering such subjects. If you have any questions, please contact any officer. Many thanks goes out to our Personal Finance Position Paper committee and our Ad Hoc committee on all of their hard work. Kudos!

IACTE Annual Conference:
Mark your calendars now for a great conference, September 25 & 26. You won't want to miss it! I have attached the flyers that were sent by Cynthia Biggs. I encourage you all to attend this wonderful conference and professional development opportunity. More information can be found on our website. If you have any direct questions about this conference please contact Cynthia Biggs at iacte@verizon.net.

IACTE Conferfence Information

IACTE Conference Registration

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