Hard to believe that we are already halfway through the year! The October calendar will open on Sunday, August 6th at 4:30. This is good time to sign up for tours and shifts if you are a little behind in fulfilling your requirements. Below are the requirements for each volunteer category.
Docent Requirements: 10 tours for active docents, 13 tour for docent trainees, 5 tours for sustaining. You must conduct 1 tour of each of your core tour certifications
Continuing Education: 1 continuing education event/activity (for 2015 docents and beyond ONLY)
VEV Requirements: 30 hours*
Education Guides: 15 Field trips
Service Hours
Service hours are contributions of time made to CAF by docents and VEVs in ways other than giving tours and regularly scheduled shifts. Service hours are combined with tour and shift hours to determine benefit levels. Service hours are different than continuing education activities. There is no requirement to contribute service hours.
Continuing Education
The requirement to complete one continuing education activity yearly applies only to the classes of 2015 and beyond. Docents from earlier classes, while encouraged to attend such events, are not required to do so, nor should they record their attendance.
The following activities qualify as Continuing Education:
● Take three tours for which you are not certified.
● Learn, certify, and give a new tour.
● Volunteer as a Docent Interpreter for Open House Chicago.
● Attend a docent enrichment event.
● Attend an event sponsored by the Education Committee.
Check out the link below for a quick tutorial on how to add these to volunteer history:
Service Hours and Continuing Ed Cheat Sheet
*VEVs-if you started volunteering this year, you have a full year from your training date to complete your requirements.
Questions? Contact Caroline at cd***@ar**********.org