Environmental Education Outreach Program - Field Trips & Professional Development Questionaire Survey

Environmental Education Outreach Program - Field Trips & Professional Development Questionaire

1. FIELD TRIPS

33%

We are assessing current field trip opportunities that are availabe to schools/students/teachers in Clark County including to the Water Resources Education Center, Columbia Springs and more. We are interested in how field trips are set up, managed and in what ways we may be able to make it easier for you to bring students to our facilities in the future. Thank you for your participation.

1. How many FIELD TRIPS are you allowed to take annually?

How many FIELD TRIPS are you allowed to take annually? 0 (Zero)

1-2 (One or Two)

More than 2

2. How long can you take your students away from school?

How long can you take your students away from school? Must be within the normal school hours

May be longer than a regular school day

Can do an overnight trip

Depends on how far field trip location is from school

Comments:

3. Who pays the cost of bus transportation for FIELD TRIPS?

Who pays the cost of bus transportation for FIELD TRIPS? School

Parents

PTO or other organizations (raise funds)

Teachers (recieve grants or other funds(

Please use the space below for your comments:

4. Please tell us how we can make the bus/transportation logistics easier?

Please tell us how we can make the bus/transportation logistics easier?

5. What level of entrance fees, if any, would be tolerable to schools, teachers, and parents for a quality experience?

What level of entrance fees, if any, would be tolerable to schools, teachers, and parents for a quality experience? Free is the only option

Low cost ($1-5 dollars per student)

A bit more ($6-10 dollars per student)

We will find the funds ($11 and higher)

6. Who makes the decisions when it comes to arranging a field trip (please mark all that apply)?

Who makes the decisions when it comes to arranging a field trip (please mark all that apply)? Administration (District staff and principals)

Teachers

Parents

Other (please list below)

Details:

7. Please rank in order of importance the parameters that go into planning a field trip.

	Most Important	Important	Is considered	Not a major concern	N/A
Meets educational requirements	Please rank in order of importance the parameters that go into planning a field trip. Meets educational requirements Most Important	Important	Is considered	Not a major concern	N/A
Os a valuable experience for the students	Os a valuable experience for the students Most Important	Important	Is considered	Not a major concern	N/A
Location is not too far away	Location is not too far away Most Important	Important	Is considered	Not a major concern	N/A
The cost (including fees and transportation costs)	The cost (including fees and transportation costs) Most Important	Important	Is considered	Not a major concern	N/A
Is an experience that most of the students have not have before	Is an experience that most of the students have not have before Most Important	Important	Is considered	Not a major concern	N/A
Other (please describe below)	Other (please describe below) Most Important	Important	Is considered	Not a major concern	N/A

Other:

8. Must all field trips, classroom programs, professional development be directly linked to Washington State Standards in order for you/your students to participate?

Must all field trips, classroom programs, professional development be directly linked to Washington State Standards in order for you/your students to participate? YES

SOMETIMES (please explaing in the box below)

Explain:

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