How to Plan a School Field Trip

Educational field trips can be a wonderful experience for both teacher and student, but a poorly planned trip creates chaos. When planning a trip it is important to remember that most children if left to their own devices could end up in trouble.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Decide on an objective for the field trip. What do you want students to learn or accomplish while they are on the field trip? Select a destination. Contact the location to ensure field trips are welcome.

2. Determine what students will do once they are there, how many chaperons you will need, how you will get to your destination, how much the trip will cost and which students will be allowed to participate.

3. Submit paperwork to school/ district administration outlining why you feel a field trip is necessary. Be persuasive as possible. Fill out and submit all field trip request forms.

4. Find parent chaperons. Inform the place of your destination: arrival time and coordinate activities and meals.

5. Arrange transportation to and from the location. Plan activities to occupy children's time and attention.

6. Pass out permission slips that your school or district provides. Collect permission slips at least two days before the field trip.

7. Hand out a list of required items, and remind children of what is acceptable behavior for the field trip. Go over the outline of the field trip with students. Allow the students to ask questions.

Tips & Warnings

• The more chaperons, the better.
• Choose chaperons carefully. Only invite parents that you know are capable of maintaining order among the students.

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