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 > >========================================================= Important >Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message >should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message >should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).