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In the second episode of The Preservation Technology Podcast, Kevin Ammons interviews Charlie Pepper who directs the Historic Landscape Preservation and Maintenance program at the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.

A fast, easy and low-cost approach for high school instructors, preservation trade practitioners and preservation organizations to introduce preservation trades in technical high schools.

The concept for a Preservation Arts High school is an outgrowth of the 1993 symposium sponsored by the WMF that identified the need to develop a model program for sustainable urban preservation.

The purpose of the survey was to determine how the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training might facilitate the education of local public officials.

In 1996, the Morgan County Landmarks Society sponsored a graduate intern from the University of Georgia to research historic landscapes. Many resources were utilized to collect as much information as possible about heritage plants, garden sculpture, structures, and garden club activities.

“What’s happening in heritage education?” This is the question that this survey begins to answer.

The eighth annual Preservation in Your Community event was held July 31 at Lee H. Nelson Hall, Natchitoches, La.

On July 16, 2008, Christine Faith hosted a TEL Event entitled Heritage Education at Risk: Why We Must Engage Formal Education Systems, which is now available as a streaming video on the NCPTT web site.

Why We Must Engage Formal Education Systems TelNPS Video.

Agriculture has been an integral part of the development and growth of the United States. Because agriculture was so important, the development of the agrarian unit was also of the utmost importance.

Christine Faith of NCPTT will host a Tel-Net course on the role of National Park Service interpretation in Heritage Education on July 16, 2008, at 1 p.m., EDT.

One of the biggest problems facing historic preservation currently is the dearth of qualified tradespeople to restore and maintain the nation’s historic buildings. As a result, NCPTT has been working with partners to develop and implement a framework for facilitating traditional trades training in high schools.

NCPTT’s Andy Ferrell and Christine Faith recently participated in a Preservation Trades High School Curriculum Summit.

The Southeast Archeological Center and Hamline University used funds provided by NCPTT to host a four-day workshop in November called “Heritage Values: The Past in Contemporary Society.”

NCPTT is now advertising its 2008 summer internship opportunities in architecture and engineering, archeology and collections, heritage education, historic landscapes and materials conservation.

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The NCPTT Heritage Education Program entered into an agreement with educational curriculum consultants and educational technology specialists to enhance the NCPTT Heritage Education curriculum.

The Michigan Historic Preservation Network and the Heritage Education Program at NCPTT have developed a formal working relationship to create Vocational Preservation Trades curriculum for high school students.

The NCPTT Heritage Education Program is developing a Digital Traveling Trunk for teachers to use in the classroom setting and on field trips.

Christine Faith conducted a thorough program audit of the Teacher-to-Ranger-to-Teacher program at Big Thicket National Preserve.

Graveyards can be excellent resources for studying art, language, social and family history, cultural landscapes, and even the natural sciences.