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Charles,
Our facility has about 50,000 school group visitors annually, with anywhere
from 300-900 per day during the school year. Keeping chaperones engaged and
attentive to students' behavior is sometimes a challenge, and spring/end of
the school year tends to be our busiest school field trip season,
accompanied by high energy levels (and sometimes more rambunctious behavior)
on the part of students.
We have guidelines for behavior and adult-to-student ratios, which we
communicate to teachers when they make their reservations; you'll find our
guidelines on our website:
http://chabotspace.org/VSC/teacher/schoolvisit/procedures.asp
Regards,
Tamara
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Tamara Schwarz, Exhibitions Manager
Chabot Space & Science Center
10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619
p: 510.336.7349
f: 510.336.7491
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> From: charles eldermire <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:50:42 -0400
> To: ISEN-ASTC-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Expectations for visiting groups?
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> Hello-
>
> Due to the relatively small size of our visitors area, we ask that
> visiting groups of students/teachers schedule their visit in advance
> so that we can have an optimal number of groups on any given day,
> along with mandating a chaperone/student ratio. This seemed to work
> fine, and groups did a good job of self-policing behavior until
> recently, when we've had a rash of lackadaisical chaperones/extremely
> rambunctious kids. My question is: does your institution provide a
> set of guidelines or expectations to visiting groups before they visit
> to try and have an accountable baseline to hold them to once they
> arrive? If so, what are your guidelines or expectations?
>
> We're considering drafting something that focuses on personal
> responsibility and behaving in a way that doesn't interfere with the
> ability of other visitors to enjoy our institution, but I wondered
> whether other folks had encountered a similar situation. Thanks in
> advance for the suggestions!
>
>
> charles.
>
>
>
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> Charles Eldermire
> Public Education Outreach Associate
> Manager, Sapsucker Woods & Johnson Visitors' Center
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> (607) 254-1131
> (607) 254-2111 [fax]
> <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/>
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