Professional Development
 Advanced
Program: Museum Field Trip

Level: Advanced
Materials:
• Permission slips
• Transportation service
• Museum map
• Registration, if this is a trip for members
• Resources for students, if giving pre-trip classroom lessons
• Insurance notification
• Agenda or program for the trip
• Assessment tool, if using one for students

How to:
1. Request information from local museum (i.e. art, history, etc.) to coordinate the event.
2. Partner with local school administrators and classroom teacher(s) for the field trip.
3. Determine day’s order of events.
4. Develop committee for event, including members and parents, if appropriate;
5. Send and retrieve all permission slips.
6. Contact transportation services (i.e., school bus system) to coordinate travel and times.
7. Assign members and/or parents as helpers/monitors.
8. Provide lessons about the museum artifacts;
9. Complete the field trip.
10. Ensure students complete the assessment tool.
11. Send thank-you cards to everyone who assisted, including school administrator for cohosting event.

Add a twist:
• Quiz students on museum facts throughout the field trip.
• Ask students to give presentations before or during the museum tour.