Erica Scripture, MAEEE class of 2025, is an accomplished educator who has earned significant recognition in her field. She is currently a teacher at Statesboro High School, which is a part of Bulloch County Schools. She shared the opportunities that MAEEE has provided for her and what makes this program unique.
What exciting news or accomplishments have you been a part of?
I was recently named 2025 Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year!
Why is this news valuable to your colleagues or educators considering the MAEE program?
Being a part of the MAEEE program really helped me to connect with a lot of people who are either economics educators or in economic education-adjacent professions around the country. I have been exposed to so many amazing opportunities (including being named the 2025 Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year by the GCEE) because of this program. I was also given the opportunity to travel to Finland in April with the GCEE and other economics education professionals.
What did you learn through your MAEEE experience that you wouldn’t have learned anywhere else?
The MAEEE program is so unique in how it is offered – there isn’t another program that allows teachers to immerse themselves with other educators for four weeks in the summer. I not only learned a ton of content (which helped tremendously with teaching my AP level economics courses), but it also gave me the opportunity to share ideas with economic educators – which tends to be a bit difficult as most PD type offerings are usually geared more towards math/reading, or if it’s social studies based tends to be focused more on history courses.
Describe an important connection you have made through your graduate program.
During the MAEEE program, I have met so many amazing economic educators. I love that I can send out a quick text or email asking for resources or ideas, and I immediately get responses.
What other opportunities has the MAEEE degree provided you?
I have the opportunity to network with other economic educators around the country – which is something that I didn’t have before. I also think this program is part of the reason why I was named the 2025 Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year – making those connections and getting my name out there more than it would have been.
The MAEEE graduate program helped me become…
…a teacher that is more open-minded and willing to try new things that I may have been hesitant to do so before.
If you were to describe your classmates in one word, what would that be and why?
Phenomenal – my cohort was always ready and willing to help, whether that be with our daily homework cram sessions, cooking our “Sunday Suppers” in the dorm, giving ideas and suggestions for classroom activities, or even just having someone to talk to.
What piece(s) of advice would you give to current MAEEE students or prospective applicants?
Do it! This is an amazing and once in a lifetime opportunity, and it is completely worth it! You will NEVER get an opportunity like this again. While it may seem really intimidating to uproot yourself and live in Delaware for four weeks two summers in a row, what you learn and the connections you make will stay with you forever. It may be scary to leave your family or go to a new place where you know NOBODY, but the growth you will experience as an economics educator will be so worth it. The program is hard, but worth it. But also brush up on basic algebra and math if you haven’t taken a math course in a few years.