"A Partnership for the 21st Century: The Fort Frederica Archaeology Education Workshop" Noelle Conrad (NPS), John Jameson (NPS), and Christine Van Voorhies (Georgia DNR)

An innovative and unique archeology education program has been established at Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, Georgia. This award-winning program is a model for the establishment of interagency and local partnerships. It helps to accomplish the goals set by the Secretary of Interior in his statement for a national strategy in Federal archaeology that emphasize public education and participation as well as interagency information exchange. Another major outcome of the Secretary's strategy has been the creation and coordination of the National Park Service's Archeology-Interpretation Shared Competency Curriculum, where archaeologists, interpreters, and educators are trained together in the skills and abilities (shared competencies) needed to carry out a successful interpretation program. Using the newly developed Shared Competency Curriculum, Fort Frederica Historical Archaeology Education Workshops, offered since 1995 to Glynn County teachers as part of the Archaeology Education Program, are being expanded as career development opportunities for both NPS and Georgia state employees.