This year we need a special volunteer ‘Miracles of the Marsh’ docent tour coordinator to help with the tours! This volunteer is responsible for making sure the supplies (binoculars, seating pads, etc.) are ready at the stations and that the docents stay on track during their sessions. Basically, it’s coordinating the docents and groups between the topic stations in a timely and smooth process.

This position is NOT giving the tours, so you don’t have to know anything about the information taught on the tours like animals or history.

The on-site tours are structured in a way that reinforces what the students learned during the video presentation and workbooks. There are 3 main topics they learn about, and the kids are broken up into groups when they get off the bus. Once they are halfway through the tour, each group rotates through each topic station led by a dedicated docent (see photo above). As you can tell, the docents really get into it! To keep the fieldtrip on time, each station session is timed to ensure each group gets to visit each topic before heading back to the bus.