The Oregon Council on Economic Education provides scholarships to teachers in support of their mission to teach economics. It is our intent to help teachers of economics and personal finance develop their skills in teaching economics and personal finance in Oregon Schools. We have created two scholarships; 1) a Masters program for Educators Teaching Economics at the University of Delaware, or equivalent program and 2) for teachers who want to take “one off” classes to further their education in teaching economics and personal finance.
Masters Program:
We will award up to $2500 per year toward the cost of the program. Programs eligible for the scholarship include the Masters program for Educators Teaching Economics at the University of Delaware or equivalent programs. (https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/grad/prospective-students/programs/economics-entrepreneurship-for-educators/ Teachers must be a current OR teacher, at public, parochial or private schools. Teacher must be teaching in K – 12 classroom.
"One off" program:
We will award funds (amount to be determined based upon availability of funds) toward the cost of taking “one off” classes to further the teachers knowledge in teaching personal finance and economics. Teachers must be a current OR teacher at either public, parochial or private schools. Teacher must be teaching in K – 12 classroom.
Due Dates;
Applications (both programs) are considered as they are submitted and as long as OCEE has funds available for the programs. There is no deadline for grant requests.
Further information;
For further information about these programs, please email; scholarships@econoregon.org. For the application for these programs, please see below.
Application for Scholarship (both programs (updated; Final, Dec 20, 2024) (pdf)
DownloadThe Personal Finance Challenge (PFC) is an Oregon competition and serves as the State qualifier for the nationwide competition, the National Personal Finance Challenge (NPFC).
The competition offers high school students the opportunity to build and demonstrate their knowledge in the concepts of good Personal Finance habits.
The first round is the local competition. Schools form student teams of 3 – 4 students to compete in a fun online 30-question challenge. There are two qualifying windows – teams may only compete in one of the qualifiers:
Fall Qualifier: January 2026
Spring Qualifier: March 2026
The four highest-scoring teams will be invited to the state finals in April. The state finals are in person and use a College Bowl format (oral contest). Teams should only attend the State Finals round if they are able to represent Oregon in the National Finals the last weekend of May.
OCEE will sponsor travel for the First Place team to and from the National competition. CEE sponsors all costs at the Finals competition.
The Oregon State Champions will proceed to the National competition (held in person), where teams use their knowledge to create a financial plan for a fictitious family scenario. The top 16 finishing teams in the National Finals will advance to compete for the national championship title in a Quiz Bowl.
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For more information about Personal Finance Challenge contact OCEE at; contact@econoregon.org.