AASLH Onsite Workshop: Creating Programs for Teachers and Students

Event Details

The American Association of State and Local History (AASLH) will lead a 2 workshop at the Bullock Texas State History Museum. Through a combination of presentations, discussion, hands-on activities, and take-home materials, this workshop addresses the elements of museum education and programming needed to create engaging, educational, and successful educational programming for students and teachers. Learn how to craft on site and outreach programming that is meaningful to the education community. This workshop was formerly called “Connecting Your Collections to Teachers and Students.”

Who Should Attend This Workshop

This workshop is ideally suited for staff (first-time museum educators, directors, tour guides or volunteer managers and mid-career professionals), museum studies students, or dedicated volunteers working in all types of museums who are given the responsibility of education and public programming.

Topics include:

• Learning Theory
• Onsite Programming
• Outreach Programming
• Working with Educators
• Advocating for Education at Your Organization

MATERIALS: Workshop materials will be provided upon registration and in-person at the event.

COST: $230 AASLH members/$345 nonmembers

Instructor

Megan Wood is the Director of Museum and Library Services at the Ohio History Connection. Megan has over a decade of experience in museums and public history. She has a MA in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and a BA in Public History from Western Michigan University.

 

For more details and to register: https://aaslh.org/event/teachersstudents2019june/

Questions? Email Education@TheStoryofTexas.com