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David,

Three years ago we went through an overhaul of our home school programs.
The year before we were doing our normal science demonstrations and giving
time in our museum - on average we would have 25-30 say they were coming and
5 would show up.  For perspective keep in mind that we are one of the
smaller science museums with a total attendance of 15,000 people all year.
Obviously that wasn't going to work for us so we created what we call
"enrichment" programs that are 90 minute long team building / problem
solving activities each month.  We added this feature to our online
registration and required that everyone sign up ahead of time.  In addition
we made the programs free to members - that way we guaranteed money up front
because the families would purchase a membership.

During our first program three years ago we brought in 125 home school
students and sold almost 40 memberships.  That trend has continued each
month for the last few years.  This year we are even looking better and will
probably need to expand onto other days.

I would be glad to fill you in on the programs if you are interested.

Thanks
Chad Johnson
Director of Education
The Edgerton Explorit Center
http://www.edgerton.org
1.877.694.4032

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From: "David McCullough" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 10:24 AM
Subject: How do you Home School?


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Greetings!
My name is David McCullough, currently the IPSE intern at The Franklin
Insitute.  We're evaluating and retooling our home school workshops,
and we wanted to get some feedback on how home school programs are going
at other museums.  If you have a free moment, please jot down some
responses to these questions, and e-mail them to [log in to unmask]
You're thoughts are greatly appreciated.  Many thanks!
David McCullough

1. What is the format you use for your home school workshops?

2. Do you consider state-wide education standards in the design of the
program?

3. Have home school parents taken any active role in the
development/implementation of your programs?

4. What avenues have you used to market to home school families? Do you
charge different rates for specialized home school programming relative
to regular admission and/or other group programming?

5. How would you describe how successful your home school program has
been?

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