We have one engaging residential week planned: June 14-19, 2026. Participants will learn the history of the Heart Mountain Wyoming incarceration site. The workshop ends on Friday afternoon. Participants are welcome and encouraged to explore the other sites of interest in the area to get a full picture of the history, geography, and culture of the region. Cody is only 50 miles from the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The Interpretive Center is 80 miles south of Chief Plenty Coups State Park in Montana, an easy driving stop from the airport in Billings, Montana.
Stipend, Tenure, and Conditions of Award
Teachers selected to participate will receive a $2,000 stipend to help defray transportation, meals, and lodging costs at the end of the workshop session. Stipends are taxable.
Project applicants who accept an offer to participant are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. If a participant is obliged through special circumstances to depart before the end of the program, it shall be the recipient institution’s responsibility to see that only a pro rata share of the stipend is received or that the appropriate pro rata share of the stipend is returned if the participant has already received the full stipend.
Important note about the environment:
Please also note that the workshop organizers would like applicants to be aware that in order to fully experience the environment, there is some amount of walking on site and the weather will be hot and dry. Evenings are often cool, so some kind of layered clothing is a good idea to bring.
During and at the end of the workshop, participants will be asked to provide an assessment of their workshop experience, especially in terms of its value to their personal and professional development. These confidential online evaluations will become a part of the project’s grant file. Completion of the evaluation is a requirement of the stipend.
Credits and Professional Development
Participants who would like to opt for university credit can earn credits from the University of Wyoming.
Participants will receive 30 Professional Development hours for completing the workshop. A certificate showing the PD hours earned will be awarded to participants at the end of the workshop.
The Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation educator workshop has been made possible in part by a major grant from the Walk Family Foundation.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the Walk Family Foundation.