Over 200 entrepreneurship educators from across the Atlantic Provinces will focus on entrepreneurship in the education system at The Atlantic Entrepreneurship Educator's Symposium, May 8-10, 1997, at Hôtel Beauséjour, Moncton, New Brunswick.
The Symposium (the largest in five years) is hosted by the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED) and demonstrates the importance of and emphasis on entrepreneurship in the education system. The themes will deal with the issues of incorporating entrepreneurship within all levels of the education system from elementary to post-secondary, including university programs. The focus will be on professional development for teachers, instructors, professors, administrators, curriculum developers and agents involved in delivering support programs for student entrepreneurs.
Educators will discuss new entrepreneurship education practices and develop an action plan for improving and advancing these practices across the region. Strategies for fostering stronger links among educational institutions, small business, and the economic community will also be addressed. "The Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development feels entrepreneurship education at all grade levels is vital to the economic future of our region. It is important to teach students at an early age that entrepreneurship is a viable career option," said Chris Curtis, Chief Entrepreneurship Officer, CEED. "This conference is an opportunity for educators to bring the classroom innovative ways to further entrepreneurship education."
Keynote speakers for the conference include Judi Cotton, BA, BGCE, Director Enterprise and Industry Education Unit at the Small Business Centre of Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, and Scott DeGarmo, editor-in-chief and publisher of SUCCESS magazine. Also featured are Dr. Cindy Iannarelli, founder of CAMP BUSINESS SENSE, a business training program for children and an expert on gender/generation issues in business, and Steve Mariotti, founder and president of the US National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Education.
The Atlantic Entrepreneurship Educator's Symposium is hosted by CEED in partnership with: the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), The Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (UNB), Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation, Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture, Prince Edward Island Department of Education, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education, New Brunswick Department of Education and Department of Advanced Education and Labour, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Connect NB Branché.
For more information contact:
Willard Moase - 368-4634
Department of Education