Museum & OASD Working Together to Serve your Students
This spring, the Oshkosh Public Museum distributed over $5,000 in free teacher resources throughout the Oshkosh Area School District. The initiative was coordinated by OASD Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator Tanya Schmidt, who is employed part time by OPM as our Education Assistant. “One of the most amazing things about being able to work with the OPM and the OASD at the same time is connecting the classrooms to the rich resources available. Especially with the new curriculum standards – OPM has been a wealth of information and photographs for K-12 when they learn about the community they live in,” said Tanya.
With Tanya’s expertise and connectedness throughout the OASD, OPM books and resources were given free of charge to teachers in elementary schools throughout the district and both high schools. Teachers eagerly took advantage: “Thank you for offering these books to our classrooms!” said one elementary school teacher. In total, OPM distributed nearly 600 books this spring alone.
Likewise, OPM Inquiry Kits launched this spring. Tanya celebrates their early success, “In grades 3-5 the Inquiry Kits bring history to their hands, makes their learning tangible, and unforgettable.” This spring, 75 third, fourth, and fifth graders had Inquiry Kits in their classrooms throughout the OASD. Inquiry Kits were developed by Museum Staff and Tanya Schmidt, and made possible by a generous grant from the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation.
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