Professional Development

Instructor Workshop

Interdisciplinary workshops combine instruction, activities, field sessions, curriculum development workshops, and curriculum review focus groups. Washington State clock hours are usually available. Unless otherwise noted, register for all workshops using the Registration Form (currently being redesigned). Fax the completed form or "cut and paste" the text from the completed form into this e-mail. For more information contact the Education Program Manager. 206-220-4240

Workshops will occur at our facility in downtown Seattle. Our site is easily accessed by Sounder Trains, and Metro buses. The park has no public parking. Parking in nearby private lots usually runs about $12 to $22 per day.

We must have at least 15 registered teachers to hold a workshop. Registration deadline will be 30 days before the workshop is scheduled to occur, unless otherwise noted. All workshops are free.

 

2011 Workshop Schedule and Descriptions

TBA September 2012

Workshop for Instructors about the Klondike Gold Rush and it's Effects. (4th - 8th grades) Saturday five hour workshop. Instructors will learn about the Klondike Gold Rush and its legacy on Seattle, Washington State, and Canada. This workshop will also expose instructors to various resources provided to learn about the gold rush in your classroom or how to participate in one of the park's ranger-led activities.

 

 

Teacher - Ranger- Teacher Program

Why have Teachers in Parks?

National parks enrich the lives of many in this nation. They provide access to the powerful ideas, values, and meanings associated with the remarkable cultural, natural, and recreational heritage of the United States. The National Park Service (NPS) strives to provide opportunities for all Americans to connect to their national heritage through the national parks.

The Teacher to Ranger to Teacher (TRT) Program offers a solution, by linking National Park units with teachers from Title 1 (30% of students on free or reduced cost lunch) school districts. Teachers form a link between school children and National Parks.

What would I do?

Under TRT, selected teachers spend the summer working as uniformed park rangers. You will perform various duties including developing and presenting interpretive programs, staffing the visitor center desk, developing curriculum-based materials for the park, or taking on special projects.

Then, during the following school year, you will bring the parks into the classroom by developing and presenting curriculum-based lesson plans that draw on your summer's experience. In April, during National Park Week, Teacher Rangers wear their NPS uniforms to school, discuss their summer as a park ranger, and engage students and other teachers in activities that relate to America's national parks.

This is made possible through an Inter-governmental Personnel Act Agreement (IPA) between the public school district and the National Park Service. The Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program began in 2003 and in 2007 became a national program. During the summer of 2010, parks nationwide had over 100 Teacher Rangers learning about their national heritage and serving National Park Service visitors.

Here at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park we are hoping to start a TRT in the Summer of 2013. Please let us know if you are interested in getting more details as they become available.

If, after you have read both TRT webpages thoroughly, you still have questions please call Tim Karle at 206-220-4240.