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Symposium offers high school business teachers the only accounting continuing professional education in Wisconsin. Teachers make connections with CPAs, college professors, and college students through an innovative full-day program. Teachers who attend Symposium are eligible to apply for Accounting Career Awareness Grants of up to $2,500 that promote accounting as a career. The grants are awarded by the WICPA Educational Foundation, Inc. 2011 High School Educators Accounting SymposiumFriday, Nov. 11 * Registration will begin in September.
Read teacher testimonials: “I always leave the symposiums feeling that it was well worth the drive. I especially enjoy listening to what the guest speakers (professionals, educators and students) have to say.” - Kimberly Dwyer, Mellen School “It was invaluable, as a student, to hear firsthand about the opportunities the WICPA makes possible and the trends in accounting education.” – Business education student from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater “All of the presentations were really interesting. I enjoyed each one and am able to take a number of items back to my classroom in regard to accounting careers.” - JoAnn Pella, Elkhorn Area High School "Symposium is perhaps the best professional development activity of the whole year for those of us who teach accounting at the high school level.” – Barb Schuetz, McFarland High School |




