1. Chesapeake Public Schools Field Trip Chaperone Guidelines and Orientation

2. AGENDA Welcome and Introduction Mission of Chesapeake Public Schools
CPS Field Trip Belief Statement (handout)
Guidelines for Field Trip Chaperones
Expectations, Responsibilities, and Duties of a Chaperone
Virginia’s Anti-Hazing Law
Superintendent’s Do’s and Don’ts

3. Goals of Orientation Program
To provide training for chaperones
To define field trip goals
To ensure that CPS regulations regarding student extracurricular activities are followed

4. CPS Mission Statement
Through the combined efforts of students, parents, community, and staff, our mission is to provide a quality education in a safe environment that will ensure that all students attain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to become lifelong learners and productive citizens.

5. Field Trip Belief Statements
All chaperones will receive this document during this orientation program

6. Guidelines for Field Trip Chaperones (Non-School Employees)
As a chaperone, you are working with students under the direction of a teacher/sponsor/coach

7. Expectations of a Chaperone
You must reflect the positive attitudes sought by the program and school system
You must be supportive of the teacher/sponsor/coach and decisions made by each
You must be aware of and strive to achieve the expectations of the teacher/sponsor/coach, the program, and the students

8. Expectations of a Chaperone
Good judgment and common sense must prevail
The safety of the student is the upmost importance at all times
If you doubt something, ask a question

9. Expectations of a Chaperone
Chaperones cannot engage in the following under any circumstances:
Use profanity during a field trip or in casual conversation with students/parents
Use verbal abuse, racial slurs or other derogatory comments at any time
Engage in relationships (other than as a supervising adult chaperone) with a student

10. Expectations of a Chaperone
Chaperones cannot engage in the following under any circumstances:
Socialize with students outside of the field trip time unless it is a parent chaperoned activity (a wall of separation must exist between chaperones and students concerning social gatherings)
Offer criticism in a destructive manner
Go directly against the objectives set forth by the teacher/sponsor/coach
Consume alcohol at any time during a field trip

11. Responsibilities of a Chaperone
Must be screened through the Sex-Offender Registry
Must meet with the teacher/sponsor/coach to ensure clear understanding of the field trip objectives
Must report to the teacher/sponsor/coach any incidents that may be in violation of Chesapeake Public Schools policies and regulations

12. Responsibilities of a Chaperone
All student activities must be supervised at all times
Male and female students may not fraternize in hotel rooms
Again, if you doubt something, ask a question before moving on!

13. Responsibilities of a Chaperone
Specific Duties:
Enforce rules established by the teacher/sponsor/coach
Supervise each activity closely
Provide proper guidance at all times
Warn of inherent risk

14. Responsibilities of a Chaperone
Specific Duties:
Assist in providing a safe physical environment
If an accident occurs, request help and evaluate the student for injury or incapacity
Assist with record keeping, if asked
Assist in the safe transportation of students

15. Virginia’s Anti-Hazing Law
As a chaperone, you must be knowledgeable of this law to prevent its occurrence:
It shall be unlawful to haze, or otherwise mistreat so as to cause bodily injury, to any student at a school, college, or university.

16. Virginia’s Anti-Hazing Law
Any person found guilty thereof shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, unless the injury would be such as to constitute a felony, and in that event the punishment shall be inflicted as is otherwise provided by law for the punishment of such felony.

17. Virginia’s Anti-Hazing Law
Any person receiving bodily injury by hazing or mistreatment shall have a right to sue, in civil court, the person(s) guilty thereof, whether adults or infants.

18. Definition of Hazing
Hazing occurs when an act is committed against a student or a student is coerced into committing an act that creates a substantial risk of harm to the student or to any third party in order for the student to be initiated into or affiliated with any school group, club, athletic team, grade level, activity or organization.

19. Examples of Hazing
Any activity involving an unreasonable risk of physical harm, including paddling, beating, whipping, branding, electric shock, sleep deprivation, exposure to weather, placement of harmful substances on the body and participation in physically dangerous activities.

20. Examples of Hazing
Any activity involving the consumption of alcohol, drugs, tobacco products, or any other food, liquid, or other substance that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of physical harm.

21. Examples of Hazing
Any activity that subjects a student to an extreme and unreasonable level of embarrassment, shame or humiliation or which creates a hostile, abusive, and intimidating environment for the student.
Activities involving any violation of federal, state or local law, or any violation of school district policies and regulations is hazing.

22. SUPERINTENDENT’S DO’S AND DON’TS
$ Handle money carefully
Communicate clearly with
Students
Parents
Teachers/Sponsor/Coach
Administration (Principal)
Community

23. SUPERINTENDENT’S DO’S AND DON’TS con’t.
Document discipline concerns
Be careful what you say to the media
Don’ts
Verbally abuse
Emotionally abuse
Physically abuse

24. Thanks for all you do!