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About the school
The Local Preservation School is a community-based project with opportunities for people from all backgrounds to take part.
Tools for teaching
Our resources can be reused and adapted for workshops, trainings, and courses. Please explore our collection and or share your own educational resources.
Free and open education
Open educational resources are teaching and learning materials that are free and online for everyone: teachers, students, and independent learners.
Recent Posts
What did we learn building the Local Preservation School?
We are glad to share the summary report we put together for the National Park Service to mark the end of the grant fnding for our Local Preservation School p...
Help us make the Local Preservation School more useful by sharing your feedback on our resources
Please share your thoughts on our new resource directory and featured educational resources created by local preservation advocates and the National Park Ser...
Join our next workshop in Washington, D.C. on December 9
We want to learn how local preservationists can build more inclusive programs, advocacy campaigns, and organizations and how we can teach those skills to vol...
Local Preservation School workshops in New York City and Philadelphia this fall!
We need your help in shaping the Local Preservation School. Please join us for one of our two upcoming workshops: September 9 in New York City and October 7 ...
Maps, directories, and new preservation study groups
What have we been working on?
How to write a grant application in four days—we’re showing you how we do it!
A couple weeks ago, I came across the NCPTT (National Center for Preservation Technology and Training) 2016 Media Grants. Thanks to Heritage Documentation Pr...
How to create open educational resources with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
Over the past few months, we have been learning how to a use a handful of new tools to create open educational resources and publish them online. GitHub, Jek...
What is the Local Preservation School?
The Local Preservation School is free resource to teach people how to save and sustain historic places — and we want you to be part of it. Sign up for our ne...