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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                        Sept. 12, 2008

Educator Seminar to Be Held

 in Cooperstown in November

-- Workshop Presented By Baseball Hall of Fame And Westfield State College--

(COOPERSTOWN, NY) – The Baseball Hall of Fame and Westfield State College will team up in November for a workshop designed to show teachers how to link baseball and education.

“Using Baseball As A Vehicle For Education” is the title of a Professional Development Course that will feature an after-school video conference session at 4 p.m. on Nov. 6 at Westfield State College in Westfield, Mass., and a one-day, on-location workshop Nov. 7 at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

A follow-up assignment will be required of all participants to show how they could implement this workshop in their discipline. This assignment is due no later than Jan. 1. Upon completion of this three-part workshop, participants will be awarded 10 PDPs by Westfield State College

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has developed 16 standards-based units that cover nearly every area of education: Women’s History, Character Education, Mathematics, Geography, Economics, U.S. History, Industrial Technology, Fine Arts, Communication Arts, Labor History, Special Abilities, Science, Leadership, Cultural Diversity, Civil Rights and Popular Culture. By combining baseball and educational lessons in the classroom, educators can achieve a learning connection with their students.

The cost for the workshop is $100, which includes all materials, admission fees and transportation to and from the Baseball Hall of Fame on Nov. 7. The workshop is limited to 50 educators.

For more information, contact Larry Moore, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Educational Advisory Board and an Educational Ambassador for the Hall of Fame, at lmgymfest@aol.com.