Attend an Arkansas History Workshop for Continuing Education Credit!

Roads Less Traveled: Rural Gems Along the Journey

Join the Department of Arkansas Heritage this summer as we explore the enduring rural heritage. Each Arkansas history workshop will provide an overview of the county and town, one or more tours of locally significant places and information specific to the workshop location.

All workshops are approved by the Arkansas Department of Education.

Each Arkansas history workshop will provide six hours of continuing education credit, with two hours of instruction in the history of Arkansas. Verification of attendance will be provided as follows:

• Participant will receive a certificate of attendance and an ADE form
• Each cooperative and school district will be sent a verification report
• Attendance rosters will be added into a database maintained by the Department of Arkansas Heritage

We recommend you seek approval from your principal and/or superintendent for use as professional development.

Dates	Location	Address	Time	Max. # of Participants
5-15-10	Life on the Mississippi	Delta Cultural Center 141 Cherry Street Helena	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	45
6-10-10	Sunken Lands Tour	Rivercrest High School 1700 W. State Highway 14 Wilson	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	45
6-15-10	Ducks, Rice and Germans on the Prairie	Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie 921 East 4th Street Stuttgart	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	45
6-23-10 TBD	Murals, Marshes and Muleriders	Postponed. Date and time TBD Magnolia Room Reynolds Center Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM TBD	45
7-8-10	Up on the Mountain Event Full	Winthrop Rockefeller Institute #1 Rockefeller Drive Petit Jean Mountain Morrilton	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	45
7-22-10	Dams, Fish and Photography Event Full	Lindsey Trout Resort 350 Rainbow Loop Heber Springs	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	45
7-27-10	Scots, Film, and Explorers	Old Independence County Museum 380 South 9th Street Batesville	9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	45

All workshops are free of charge and open to any educator in the state.

Reservations are required. You will need to enroll at www.arkansasheritage.org

Participants will be responsible for all transportation needs to and from workshops. Please note the some of the workshops will have multiple locations during the day. Participants will need to use their own transportation to visit each site. These workshops include: Stuttgart, Petit Jean, Heber Springs and Batesville.

This year we have added bus tours to some of our sessions. We will provide transportation to all venues during the day for workshops in Helena, Sunken Lands, and Magnolia.

All workshops will include a walking tour. Comfortable shoes and casual clothing are highly recommended.

Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided. Participants will be responsible for lunch. Depending on the location of some workshops and the timeframe of the schedule, a sack lunch is highly recommended.

All of our workshops will benefit teachers of social studies, gifted studies, special needs and ESL. Some of the workshops will be of use to instructors of language arts, science, art and consumer science as well as music facilitators.

Each workshop is designed for 45 participants. When space becomes available, we will offer a waiting list and contact potential candidates of available space.

You are invited to attend more than one workshop. There are seven distinctive workshops, each focusing on the rural heritage of the area.

Registration process:

1. If necessary, request approval for use as professional development from the appropriate administrator.
2. Once approval has been granted- visit www.arkansasheritage.org and locate the workshop button.
3. Follow the prompts to register your choice or choices for summer workshops.
4. You will receive an e-mail notification of acceptance to the address you provide on the form.
5. Approximately two weeks before the workshop, you will receive an email reminder notification. This message will have information specific to your learning experience. If at that time you must cancel, you will be asked to respond by e-mail so others on the waiting list may be notified and added to the workshop roster. If you must cancel before that time, please contact tammie@arkansasheritage.org.

For additional registration information, please contact Tammie Dillon at (501) 324-9346 or e-mail tammie@arkansasheritage.org.