DAVID A. DIETERLE, PhD serves as President for the Michigan Council on Economic Education (MCEE). He is also Adjunct Professor in the Economics and Finance Departments (principles and international) at Walsh College and a National Teaching Fellow of the Foundation for Teaching Economics (principles and environment). He recently completed a term as Temporary Assistant Professor in Teacher Education (Social Studies) at Central Michigan University.
David taught in Michigan Public Schools for eleven years. He has taught Economics at the graduate and undergraduate levels for Central Michigan, Edgewood College, Northern Illinois University (NIU), University of Cincinnati, and Walsh College.
He also served as president of Nebraska and Illinois state councils, and directed Centers for Economic Education at NIU, associate director at University of Cincinnati and Edgewood College (Madison, WI.), and currently directs the center at Walsh College.
David has consulted and advised state departments of education including Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Nebraska. Most recently he has advised and served as Economics content specialist for Michigan Department of Education’s Content Review Committees to develop Grade Level (K-8) and High School (9-12) Content/Course Expectations. He is currently content consultant for the Michigan Citizenship Curriculum Collaborative (MC3).
David has written for Social Education (June, 2009), Newspaper In Education (Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press), South-west Publishing (Economics Experiences, 1999), Economics for the Clergy, Foundation for Investor Education (Stock Market Game Teaching Guide) and others. David is currently writing for ABC-CLIO publishers.
He has consulted for many organizations and school districts throughout the nation, including Learning to Give (economics and philantropy), Junior Achievement (Nebraska and Illinois), and Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan. He was the powerpoint developer for James Gerber’s International Economics, 5th Edition, published by Pearson.
Internationally, David presented a paper to the Ministry of Education in Zambia for a national curriculum to include economic and entrepreneurship education in their national teacher preparation programs. He conducted teacher conferences in Zambia for four summers (2004-2007).
Most recently, Dr. Dieterle was a co-author of Social Studies In Our Nation’s High Schools: A National Random Survey of Social Studies Teachers’ Professional Opinions, Values, and Classroom Practices (A Vital Issues Session at the 2009 National Council for the Social Studies Conference).