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5 Field Trip Problems and How to Prevent Them

by BrainNinjasWP

Field trips can be a great way to enhance student learning and for many students it is their only chance to see and do things in the community. While they are so valuable, field trips can come with some challenges when it comes to getting volunteers to help with the supervision. Come read about five common problems on field trips and how to deal with them proactively.

Field trips can be so much fun when they run smoothly. However, there can also be those field trips where you want to pull your hair out or vow never to do it again. We’ve gone on hundreds of field trips over our careers. Some of these trips are cherished memories of special classes. Others are permanent scars and trauma (ok, that might be pushing it). Come learn from our mistakes so you can avoid these field trip problems.

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Filed Under: Classroom Tips Tagged With: Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Classroom Management Strategies, communicating with parents, communication with parents, field trip, parent-teacher communication, parents, volunteers in the classroom

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