Welcome to the 2006 Northeastern Teachers' Tour Homepage
August 9 - 12 based in Saranac Lake, New York
Schedule
Lodging and Transportation
Tour participants will be lodged at The Hotel Saranac.
- Teachers can arrive at the Albany, NY (ALB) or the Saranac Lake, NY (SLK) Airports
- Transportation will be provided to Hotel Saranac from either of these airports; teachers are asked to submit a transportation information sheet and then we make the shuttle arrangements.
- For those flying into Albany:
- Arrival flights need to be in Albany no later than 12:30pm on Wednesday, August 9th
- Return flights need to be departing no earlier than 3:00pm on Saturday, August 12th
- For those of you flying into Saranac Lake:
- Arrival flights need to be in no later than 3:30pm on Wednesday, August 9th
- Return flights need to be departing no earlier than 1:00pm on Saturday August 12th
- All Tour participants need to arrive at the hotel no later than 3:30pm on Wednesday to check-in, register with us, and be ready for orientation starting at 4:00pm.
- Please remember that any hotel or transportation expenses incurred prior to Wednesday or after Saturday afternoon are the responsibility of you and your sponsor.
Registration and Orientation
Upon arriving to The Hotel Saranac on Wednesday, participants can first check into their hotel rooms, and then stop by the ballroom, one floor up from the main level, to receive tour registration packets and to meet the Foundation's staff.
The Tour officially begins with orientation in the ballroom at 5:00pm for all participants. You'll receive an overview of the tour from the Foundation's Product-Market Development Manager, Ramona Arechiga, and get an opportunity to meet hosts and fellow participants.
Following orientation, Tour participants will enjoy dinner, sponsored by the Northeastern Retail Lumber Association.
Saturday Morning Wrap-Up and Evaluations
The Tour concludes on Saturday, usually around 10am, following a wrap-up presentation and written and oral evaluations. Within a few weeks, all Teachers' Tour graduates receive a Certificate of Participation and an interactive CD scrapbook containing images from their trip, as well as contact information for everyone they met on Tour, and much, much more. In addition, Teachers' Tour graduates are eligible to receive continuing education credits from their schools and may apply for one undergraduate or graduate level credit from the University of Idaho.
Some Resources for Tour Participants
- Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce
- Lake Placid Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Adirondack Chamber of Commerce
- Northeastern Retail Lumber Association
- Empire State Forest Products Association
- Adirondack Park Agency
- Paul Smith's College
- Adirondack Ecological Center/SUNY-ESF
· Huntington Wildlife Forest - Ward Lumber
- International Paper
· Special Places - Finch Pruyn
- Holbrook Lumber
- Hancock Lumber
- Olympic Ski Jump
Questions?
Call our office at (503) 579-6762 or send an e-mail to office@forestinfo.org.
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