Talk to the folks:

at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum about their summer design 
institute program for teachers, A City of Neighborhoods 
[www.ndm.si.edu and www.cityofneighborhoods.org];

at the Municipal Art Society about their summer program for middle & 
high school students, Investigating Where We Live [originally 
developed by the National Building Museum] [www.mas.org and 
www.mas.org/projects/iwwl.cfm]

at City Parks Foundation, which offers teacher training in 
conjunction with their environmental education program for students 
grades 1 to 4, Seeds to Trees [www.cityparksfoundation.org].

Good luck.

Patricia Ann McDermott
Museum Consulting
119 University Ave.
Metuchen, NJ  08840
732-632-8246



>I am with a small historic preservation organization in New York 
>City. Recently my education committee brought up the idea of having 
>a teacher's workshop in teaching historic preservation. The 
>committee sees a workshop as a way to involve teachers more in our 
>formal education program as well as a way to provide teachers the 
>tools to teach about historic preservation.
>
>So, any advice from those of you who have organized teacher 
>workshops, especially in New York City, would be appreciated.
>
>More specifically, I am wondering:
>
>Does an organization need to have any special credentials to do 
>this? We do have a charter by the New York State Department of 
>Education. We are not a vendor for New York City schools.
>
>Do most organizations offer credit for thier workshops, or not? Does 
>not offering credit lower the numbers of teachers who get involved?
>
>What fee do you normally charge?
>
>What types of materials are most teachers looking to bring home with 
>them from workshops?
>
>Where do your participants come from? Advertising? Previous 
>relationship through formal education program?
>
>Please feel free to offer advice on anything I haven't brought up. I 
>am rather new to this and would like to hear from those a bit more 
>seasoned.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>Best,
>
>Sheryl Woodruff
>
>Director of Operations, The Greenwich Village Society for Historic 
>Preservation
>
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