Pecos Teacher Training Camps

Location
Pecos Teacher Training Camps are conducted primarily on the SHUMLA campus and surrounding points of interest; however, workshops provided by the SHUMLA School may also be conducted at other locations across the state.

Duration
The duration of most Teacher Training Camps is flexible and can be designed to meet the needs of your group; however the typical program extends over three days and two nights.

Instructors
Instructors include educators, archeologists, botanists, biologists, geologists, astronomers, artists, and historians, as well as experts in a wide range of other areas, such as Native American lifeways and adventure challenge activities.

Activities
Some of the locations visited in these programs require hiking into and out of rock shelters located in the walls of canyons. Click here to see the range of trails leading to some of these sites. Not all trails that might be used are shown.

The Pecos Teacher Training Camp activities vary depending upon the duration and location of the program and the needs of the group. The SHUMLA School is currently offering the following 3-day Pecos Teacher Training Camp for staff development credit:

Investigating and Evaluating Environmental Issues of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Valley
This case study was developed by the Center for Instruction, Staff Development, and Evaluation, in Carbondale, Illinois. The workshop is designed to help prepare middle and secondary school teachers to be able to guide students in conducting autonomous Rio Grande issue investigations, and to help teachers provide opportunities for students to develop ownership and empowerment needed to actually take positive citizenship action regarding their issue investigations.

Each day, following workshop instruction, teachers will engage in a wide variety of activities, including:

• Hiking through the canyons and canoeing the Pecos River or Rio Grande
• Visiting 4,000 year old archeological sites containing some of the finest rock paintings in the world
• Learning how to make baskets, stone tools, and paint from locally available resources
• Learning about the plants used for food and medicine in prehistory
• Evening lectures on Texas history and prehistory
• Campfire songs and some of the best star-gazing in Texas

Cost
The SHUMLA School is actively engaged in fundraising activities to help underwrite the cost of Pecos Teacher Training Camps. If you or your school is interested in applying for Pecos Teacher Training Camp scholarships, please contact SHUMLA School at 432-292-4848 or info@shumla.org.

Registration
Contact Craig Hensley at chensley@shumla.org or call the SHUMLA offices at 432-292-4848.