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Alyse Leonard posted a reply on Re: Best Practices for Managing School Group Be...
Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Said: Thanks so much for making this thread! We bring our groups into our group entrance where we orient them as well as hand out maps with chaperone guides on the back to the chaperones. We also maintain a 5:1 ratio and we communicate to our...
Katherine Patterson-Paronto posted a reply on Re: Digital Membership Cards
Sunday, Jun 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Said: We use digital memberships exclusively. We also don't do paper tickets. We just opened in December, which allows us to bypass the discontent around having done it before. We have not had any major issues or complaints. People are used t...
Jessie Janik posted a reply on Re: Best Practices for Managing School Group Be...
Thursday, Jun 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Said: Hi! We are super interested in this topic also! We've been working on this topic for about a year at DuPage Children's Museum. We are working on creating lanyards for chaperones that will both help our staff identify who is a chaperone ...
Annie Gordon posted a reply on Re: Best Practices for Managing School Group Be...
Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Said: Hi! We have recently made many adjustments to how we are communicating internally about field trips and how to best streamline info for teachers and chaperones. I would love to hear more about the ideas you have for the session...
Lisa Garrison posted a reply on Re: Best Practices for Managing School Group Be...
Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Said: We have reworked our field trip procedures after carefully auditing them for about 6 months. We have been really pleased with the changes as they have made entering the museum, joining groups with chaperones, behaviors, lunches, a...
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