During the academic year, Partners participants will receive a comprehensive package of programs for students on-site at the Museum and in the classroom. Transportation subsidies are available to support travel to the Museum by Partners' classes. At the conclusion of the two-year Partnership program, Partners may submit their work for inclusion on the Museum's website. A juried selection process will make selected units available to educators everywhere. Successful participants are eligible for graduate credits through St. Michael's College.
Partners develop and implement an interdisciplinary unit of study.
Projects should be standards-based, include a culminating activity with assessment tools, and incorporate a Shelburne Museum field study component. Partners are asked to document students' use of Shelburne Museum programs and resources as a component of project evaluation. Partners are asked to activities to promote the Partners in the Classroom program in their communities. Listed below are the criteria Museum staff will use in selecting participants for the 2001-2002 program. Applicants can be Vermont teachers, or teams of teachers, of K-12 students.