[NHCOLL-L:4645] Education in museums online course in January

[helen at collectioncare.org]

MS236: Education in Museums
Jan 4 to Jan 29, 2010
Price: $475.00               
Instructor: Karin Hostetter

Description:
The world of museum education is as varied as the
imagination. From school field trips to online blogs, from
2-year-olds to senior citizens, and from formal programs to
volunteering. In Education in Museums, survey the education
programs offered at your site. Determine what exhibits and
collections need better representation through education.
Develop a long-term plan of education program development
for your site that you can use to improve services to your
community.

Course Outline:
1. Types of Education Programs
2. Inventorying Your Museum
3. Goals of Education Programs
4. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Preschool
Children
5. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Elementary
Aged Children
6. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Middle and
High School Children
7. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Working
Adults
8. Characteristics of: Education Programs for Seniors
9. Programs for Schools - Speaking their language
10. Outreach
11. Online Education Programs
12. Thinking Outside the Box
13. Evaluation

Logistics:
Participants in Education in Museums work through sections
on their own. Materials and resources include online
literature, slide lectures and dialog between students and
the instructor through online forums.

Education in Museums runs four weeks. To reserve a spot in
the course, please pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have
trouble please contact Helen Alten at
helen at collectioncare.org

The Instructor:
Karin Hostetter is owner of Interpret This, a consulting
company specializing in interpretive writing, program
development and staff and volunteer training. A museum
educator at museums, zoos and nature centers for over 30
years, she was Curator of Education for the Heard Natural
Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary (McKinney, TX) and
the first paid volunteer coordinator at the Denver Zoo.
Among her award-winning education curricula are several
programs she developed for the education department at the
Denver Zoo over her 12 years on staff. Over the years, Ms.
Hostetter has been responsible for small animal exhibits
and animal care at both the Heard and the Denver Zoo. She
worked with wild animal rehabilitation and public education
animals, work that included training volunteer animal
handlers. Karin co-founded the Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and
Aquaria special interest section of the National
Association for Interpretation. Ms. Hostetter taught the
National Association for Interpretation's two-day volunteer
management course for volunteer coordinators and served on
their panel about volunteer programs. She authored a series
of articles for the National Association for
Interpretation's Legacy magazine, providing guidelines for
developing and maintaining a volunteer organization. She
has worked with volunteers for nearly 15 years. Ms.
Hostetter now consults with organizations on structuring
and improving volunteer programs. And she volunteers
herself. She also continues to teach in two museums,
preferring preschool and family programs.