'The Art of Teaching Business with Denise Leigh' is a podcast for Business Education, CTE, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Finance teachers who want practical ideas they can use in their classroom. After 28 years of teaching high school Business Education, Denise shares classroom-tested strategies, engaging lesson ideas, technology and AI tips, and real talk about teaching today’s students. Whether you’re a brand-new teacher or a seasoned pro, you’ll find ideas to make teaching easier, more engaging, and a little more fun.
Episode 36 of The Art of Teaching Business podcast!
Are you looking for a way to get students off their screens and back to using pen and paper? In this episode, I’m sharing some of the tips I learned from using interactive notebooks in my own business classroom for years. I’ll talk about how I organized notebooks, handled supplies, used bell ringers, kept teacher copies handy, and why my students’ notebooks never left my classroom. I’ll also share a few simple tricks—like attaching a pen, color coding classes, and doing all the cutting at once—that can make interactive notebooks much easier to manage all year long.
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6 Mar 2026
35. Teaching Stocks & Investments Through a Student-Run Fund
Episode 35 The Art of Teaching Business podcast!
In this episode of The Art of Teaching Business, I sit down with Jenny Miller at State College Area High School to explore one of the most impressive investing programs I’ve ever seen. Her students manage a real investment portfolio with REAL MONEY through the Little Lion Fund, gaining true fiduciary responsibility and hands-on financial experience. From sector managers and analysts to accountants and marketing leaders, students operate like a professional investment firm. We discuss how this passion project navigated legal hurdles, built community partnerships, and created powerful experiential learning. This episode is a masterclass in authentic financial education. Kudos to you Mrs. Miller and your fine students!
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Visit my website at http://www.business-ed.com (http://www.business-ed.com/) for 15+ FREE resources to help you save time lesson planning.
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28 Feb 2026
34. From Classroom to Commerce: School-Based Enterprise Success Story
Episode 34 of The Art of Teaching Business podcast!
In this episode of The Art of Teaching Business, I take you inside the Roar Store at State College Area High School to spotlight a truly stellar school-based enterprise. I sit down with Mrs. Bridget Ciolkosz and her student managers to explore how their program blends retail operations, food service, branding, and experiential learning. From student-designed apparel and in-house food production to a state-of-the-art Spirit Box vending machine and community pickup lockers, this store models real-world business education in action. You’ll hear how collaboration, compliance, technology, and student leadership come together to create a dynamic, revenue-generating learning lab.
If you liked this episode, throw me a like and leave a comment!
Visit my website at http://www.business-ed.com (http://www.business-ed.com) for 15 FREE resources to help you save time lesson planning.
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
-Denise Leigh
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