Delta State to host free financial literacy workshop for teachers
Delta State’s July 9 workshop will give Delta teachers 0.6 CEUs, lunch and Stock Market Game tools. The free session targets K-12 classrooms across the Mississippi Delta.
Delta State University will host a free financial literacy workshop for K-12 educators across the Mississippi Delta on July 9, giving teachers a chance to earn 0.6 continuing education units while learning how to bring budgeting, credit and investing lessons into real classrooms. The daylong session runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Delta State in Cleveland, Mississippi, and includes lunch.
The workshop is built around the Stock Market Game, a classroom simulation that asks students to manage a hypothetical investment portfolio while learning how personal finance and financial markets work. Delta State is offering the training with the Mississippi Council on Economic Education and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. Teachers who attend will get instructional strategies, classroom resources and practical ways to fold real-world economic decision-making into lessons.
The program is anchored by Delta State’s Center for Economic Education and Research, which the university established in 2010 in the Division of Accountancy, Computer Information Systems and Finance. The center serves public and private schools, K-12 teachers, students and adult learners in the Mississippi Delta. The center is affiliated with the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. The Mississippi council is part of a broader Council for Economic Education network with 48 state councils and more than 275 centers that develop curriculum standards, teaching materials, teacher training and assessment tools.
Dr. Glendscene Williams, professor of finance and chair of Delta State’s Department of Accountancy, Computer Information Systems and Geospatial Information Technologies, said financial literacy is an essential life skill and that teachers play a critical role in helping students make informed decisions. Williams, who also directs the Center for Business and Entrepreneurial Research, said the workshop gives educators practical tools they can immediately bring back to their classrooms.
Participating school teams will also have access to Delta State’s Finance and Research Lab during the Fall 2026 trading session. Delta State was established in 1924 as Delta State Teachers College and opened in Cleveland in 1925. FINRA’s Investor Education Foundation, created in 2003, found in its 2025 financial-knowledge findings that 27 percent of more than 25,500 adults answered at least five of seven questions correctly.
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