Stephanie - 

    you should definitely check out the University of Louisville Arts &
Cultural Partnership Initiative.  They formalized existing relationships
with local institutions, and our museum has had great success with this
relationship.  

Jessica


-- 
Jessica Dawkins
Portland Museum
2308 Portland Avenue
Louisville, KY  40212
502.776.7678
502.776.9874 (fax)



On 2/20/09 7:34 AM, "Stephanie Dilk" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I am the Lead Educator at Minnetrista, a museum in Muncie, Indiana. Ball State
> University, a state school here, is within walking distance of our museum¹s
> campus. While we are entirely separate entities, we have a unique and
> fulfilling relationship with the university. Specifically, our museum¹s
> education team works on a variety of projects with the Teacher¹s College at
> the universityŠincluding providing volunteer opportunities for freshman,
> speaking with student teachers at the beginning of each semester, and holding
> teacher professional development workshops.
> 
> My department is currently analyzing what our relationship with the university
> is, how to strengthen and improve it, and also trying to determine what
> relationships we might actually be forming by extension of the existing
> relationship. (Example: I speak with El Ed seniors doing their student
> teaching, they then remember that and bring their class to the museum as part
> of the unit they develop. If they have a good experience they then make a trip
> to Minnetrista an annual event in their curriculum when they have a class of
> their own.)
> 
> So, I guess I have two questions I would like to pose to
> educators/interpreters/programmers in the field:
> 
> 1.    Does anyone out there have a similar relationship to a local university,
> and what do you do to further cultivate that relationship?
> 
> 2.    How can we make the relationships we have with other organizations, be
it 
> another museum or a university or even other local non-profit organization in
> the area, a core resource for branching out into the community as a whole?
> 
> I am greatly looking forward to your thoughts and ideas.
> Stephanie Dilk
> Lead Educator
> Minnetrista
> 
> Stephanie L. Dilk
> Education Manager
> Minnetrista
> 1200 N. Minnetrista Parkway
> Muncie, IN 47303
> (765) 213-3528
> www.minnetrista.net
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> 
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