request a mentor or presenter

Colorado Teachers


  Take the Stock Market Experience to a new level.  
A financial professional will help you and your students 
      Better understand investing principles.
Assist with portfolio development.
Answer challenge questions
Connect the learning in the classroom to the real world.

   

Financial Professionals

  Interested in helping Colorado students learn more about investing and personal financial literacy? Do you have some time to volunteer over 12 weeks? Or 1 hour for a presentation to a class? Sign up to volunteer for the Stock Market Experience.

Request a Mentor or Presenter

Volunteer Sign-Up

Mentor:

  Paired with a teacher and class
Engage with teams of 3-5 students
Lessons available for mentors and teachers.
Flexible scheduling – meet virtually or in-person, a few times/semester or as often as 1 time/week for the 10-week trading session.
 

Presenter:

  Meets with a class 1 time to provide an overview of how the markets work and how to approach investing
 

Volunteers are not intended as stock pickers
Sessions last approximately 10 weeks.
Trading is open September 11 - November 17, 2023.

“The mentor program has been an invaluable resource for both my students and me. My mentors have brought new insights and perspectives to the stock market experience and to investing in general. Each year I learn alongside my students, gaining more confidence in my ability to teach financial literacy.” – Sam Irving, Golden HS

If you have questions, please contact
the program director at sme@econlitco.org or 303-752-2323

request a mentor or presenter

Colorado Teachers

Financial Professionals

Mentor:

Presenter:

Economic Literacy Colorado, a dba of Colorado Council for Economic Education, merged with Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc. on Sept. 1, 2024