Cultural Connections Program Announcement

Program Announcement

Peer Reviews: Taking the Torture out of Docent Evaluation
Wednesday, April 9, 2:30 - 5:00 PM
Asian Art Museum
Please RSVP to dclearwaters@gmail.com or (415) 581-3661

This nuts-and-bolts program will provide steps for introducing a peer review program to your docent program, and will include break out discussions with docent leaders from the Asian Art Museum and SFMoMA, among others, who have instituted and evaluated such programs.

Readings/Resources:

Sample Materials for Museum Docents, Guides and Interpreters on http://www.museum-ed.org/joomla/content/blogcategory/21/45/

"Tour Evaluations - Taking a Collaborative Approach to Following Up," Roca Harding, Marlyse Kennedy, & Lois Raphling. Docent Educator, (Volume 10, Number 2) Winter 2000-01 http://www.museum-ed.org/joomla/content/view/16/45/

Program

2:00 - 2:30	Check-in
2:30 - 3:00	Introductions and Overview of Best Practices of Docent Evaluation
3:00 - 4:00	Break-out conversations
4:00 - 4:30	Group Discussion
4:30 - 5:00	Networking
Program Fee	Free for Cultural Connections members $10 for non-members Please RSVP for this program to dclearwaters@gmail.com or (415) 581-3661
Inquiries	Email info@cultural-connections.org
Location	Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin St San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 581-3500 (general information)
Directions and parking	See http://www.asianart.org/gettingthere.htm for transportation, directions, and parking information.

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Check back for details on our next program scheduled for June 2008.