The program has also won awards from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Continuing Education Association, and the Kansas and Missouri Arts Commissions. A list of resources for teachers is included in this package. In establishing a built environment program, organizations should follow examples set by successful programs and adapt them to meet various local conditions and needs. Three examples of successful programs are highlighted below. The Massie Heritage Education Center in Savannah, Georgia, operates out of an old school that is maintained and operated by the local school district.
Students take field trips to the school to see exhibits and take walking tours.
A video program is available that tells about the activities of the center. As part of the Tampa, Florida, Teachers Teaching Teachers program, fourth graders tour historic Ybor City. Teachers must have participated in a training course before they are given the walking tour materials. Students receive their own walking tour notebooks to complete. Selected fourth-grade teachers receive training and then become trainers of teachers.