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Mary Maher posted a new Topic

Monday, Feb 27, 2023 at 12:01 PM

What Are We Hearing from Teachers about What Students (and Teachers) Need from Field Trip Visits Today?

How can children’s museums create an optimal visit experience for todays’ kids? From teachers’ points of view, what makes visits go smoothly? How would they characterize post-pandemic students’ academic levels and emotional well-being? Have they observed any classroom/playground behaviors that are unusual, compared to the pre-pandemic environment? How are they handling them? Are they seeing any changes in how families support their kids’ learning or the schools in general? Do they ...

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Rachel Hamilton posted a reply on Re: Background checks for external presenters

Monday, Feb 27, 2023 at 11:00 AM

Said: We used to do this similarly, but once we added a preschool onsite, we moved to the Raptor system that you would find in most schools. We Raptor check everyone who comes in the door who is a lone adult or part of an adult-only gro...

Lauren Luneckas posted a reply on Re: Background checks for external presenters

Saturday, Feb 25, 2023 at 1:39 PM

Said: Hi Elizabeth - Like you, we background check all staff and volunteers. One-time visitors (storytime guest readers, one-day event sponsors, donors on a tour, workshop presenters, facilities short-term contractors/vendors, etc.) are not b...

Elizabeth Leahey posted a new Topic

Saturday, Feb 25, 2023 at 11:32 AM

Background checks for external presenters

Our museums is taking a moment to review our background check policies and procedures. (We are located in MA, where these are commonly referred to as CORI checks - Criminal Offender Record Information.) According to state law we conduct background checks on all employees and museum volunteers, but the question of outside presenters came up. We are trying to balance the proper amount of due-diligence, caution, and visitor safety, with details like, level of interaction with visitors, supe...

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Jessie Amos posted a new Topic

Friday, Feb 24, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Partnerships with local hotels

Hello all and greetings from South Carolina. As we look towards the summer season–when tourist traffic is higher for our museum–we are exploring the idea of doing a partnership with local hotels. Through this partnership, families would have the opportunity to purchase a package that would include a hotel room and admission to our museum at a discounted rate.

Have any of your museums created and implemented a similar program? If so, was it successful or not? What obstacles d...

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What Are We Hearing from Teachers about What Students (and Teachers) Need from Field Trip Visits Today?

Background checks for external presenters

Partnerships with local hotels