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Brookfield, WI 53005
Contact: Mary Murray
Manager of student initiatives and
financial literacy
mary@wicpa.org
P: 262-785-0445 x3005
F: 262-785-0838
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Accounting Resources
For Teachers
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UPCOMING DATES
Oct. 13-Nov. 26: Deloitte Virtual Team Challenge
Nov. 14: Annual Educators Accounting
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October articles |
Another curriculum boost from Start Here. Go Places.
The Teaching Assistant at StartHereGoPlaces.com is an online tool to help you engage your students in learning about rewarding careers in business and accounting. Through its easy-to-use Web interface you can: review and share site content (including print and online publications), download teaching tools of popular business simulation games, e-mail site content to your students and manage class e-mail lists. Sign in to access the Teaching Assistant: http://www.startheregoplaces.com/hseducatoracd2.
Register now: High School Educators Accounting Symposium
Please join us on Friday, Nov. 14 at the Sheraton Madison for our 7th annual High School Educators Accounting Symposium! This year's theme is CPA: a healthy career choice. A variety of sessions will be offered including a panel of CPAs who work in health care. Visit http://www.wicpa.org/Student_Teacher/educatorresources.htm to print a brochure and registration form and read speaker biographies.
Students can compete in Deloitte Virtual Team Challenge Oct. 13-Nov. 26
The Deloitte Virtual Team Challenge for high school students is a 3D virtual world where students can collaborate in teams and sharpen their business skills. The challenge is conducted in high school classrooms over a four-week period, Monday-Wednesday, Oct. 13-Nov. 26. The simulation requires students to demonstrate honesty and ethics in the virtual world while solving unique business-related conflicts. For more information, visit www.deloitteinsiders.com. After registering, you'll have access to details about the challenge as well as curriculum and other useful tools.
WICPA partners with Wisconsin high schools
To request a high school speaker and find out more about the WICPA programs with Wisconsin high schools, download our teacher's resources flyer: http://www.wicpa.org/Student_Teacher/hsresourcesflier08sm.pdf.
Best places to launch a career
BusinessWeek has released its third annual report of the 50 best places to launch a career. The report shows that accounting firms are the top five places. Read it at http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/career_launch_2008/index.asp.
Feed the Pig for Tweens
The AICPA and the Ad Council have launched Feed the Pig for Tweens, a financial literacy curriculum for fourth to sixth graders. The program is an extension of the national campaign, Feed the Pig, aimed at 25 to 34 year-olds. For more information, visit http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/aicpa/35098/.
Tales from the field
Read the full story of a young accountant on an inventory assignment at a Milwaukee-based brewery. This story is one example that accountants really do more than sit behind a desk all day. Visit http://www.wicpa.org/Student_Teacher/teacherenews/Talesfromthefield2008.pdf.
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