Administrative Procedure 261
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TRAVEL OUTSIDE WESTERN CANADA AND INTERNATIONAL Background The District is committed to ensure that each of its students is provided with an education program consistent with the requirements of the Alberta School Act, RSA 2000, c S-3, s 45. Student travel is not included in any basic education program required under the School Act, but student travel may, nonetheless, enhance the basic education programs required under the School Act. The District supports student travel only if it has a primary curriculum focus that is directly connected to the Alberta Education Programs of Studies. The District views each trip as an exceptional and unique privilege for each student, District employee, and volunteer who attends the trip. Each trip, whether it is to another country or simply to a Canadian province or territory outside British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, carries certain unique risks and administrative challenges. The District will support a trip outside Western Canada or to an international location only if it is planned and approved in accordance with this Administrative Procedure. Definitions For the purposes of this Administrative Procedure: “Business Services” means the Manager, Business Services; “chaperone” means a District employee or volunteer who attends a trip to assist the Trip Leader to supervise students during the trip; “District” means the Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1; “Instructional Services” means the Director, Instructional Services–Secondary; “International” means any country outside Canada and includes the USA; “Outside Western Canada” means all of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut; “parent” includes guardian;
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“Principal” means the school principal who is primarily responsible for supervising the Trip Leader during the planning of a trip and also means the acting school principal during a trip if the school principal attends the trip; “trip” means a trip Outside Western Canada or to any International location; “Trip Administrator” means the principal, vice principal, or assistant principal who attends the trip and is primarily responsible for supervising students and the Trip Leader during the trip; “Trip Leader” means the teacher who is primarily responsible for planning the trip and supervising students and chaperones during the trip; “volunteer” means any non-District employee and can include an individual whose name appears on the District’s guest teacher roster; and “writing” includes electronic mail. Procedures 1. Approval requirements for all trips 1.1.
This
Administrative Procedure applies to each trip to a location Outside Western Canada or to an International location. trip must be approved by an Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services, all in accordance with this Administrative Procedure.
1.2.
Each
1.3.
Only
1.4.
the Chief Superintendent may approve a trip that does not comply with a requirement in this Administrative Procedure.
The
Chief Superintendent may approve a trip that does not comply with a requirement in this Administrative Procedure only in exceptional cases and only if such approval is reasonable in all the circumstances.
2. Educational and curriculum requirements for all trips 2.1.
Each
trip must have a primary curriculum focus that is directly connected to the Alberta Education Programs of Studies.
2.2. No trip may have travel or tourism as the primary focus of the trip. 2.3.
Each
trip must be based primarily on specific educational goals that have sufficient educational value to justify the loss of instructional time during the trip, the administrative time and effort required to plan the trip, and the financial costs of the trip.
2.4.
No
trip may be based primarily on educational goals that can be achieved in a regular school setting.
3. Timing and frequency requirements for all trips 3.1. Only Senior High School students in Grades 10, 11, or 12 may attend a trip.
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3.2.
Junior
High School French Immersion students in Grade 9 may attend a French-language trip to the province of Quebec.
3.3. No student may attend more than two trips per school year. 3.4. No school may plan more than two trips per school year. 3.5.
No
Junior High School may plan more than one French-language trip to the province of Quebec for French Immersion students in Grade 9 per school year.
3.6.
A
school may plan a trip that will occur during the summer months when the school is closed, but for the purpose of calculating the maximum permitted frequency of trips, such a trip counts as one trip for students and one trip for the school during the school year that starts immediately after those summer months.
3.7. Each trip must make maximum use of weekends and regular school holidays. 3.8.
No
student may miss more than a total of four regular full school days because of a trip.
3.9.
Each
student who misses more than one regular full school day because of a trip must, with the support and guidance of his or her teachers and in accordance with Administrative Procedure 364 (Homework), plan to make up all the regular school work the student will miss because of the trip.
3.10.
No District employee may miss any required teacher professional development day or parent-teacher interview because of a trip.
3.11.
No District school may plan a trip together with a non-District school.
3.12.
Two or more District schools may plan a trip together only if the students from each school are supervised on the trip by chaperones from the students’ respective school communities.
4. Trip leadership and student supervision requirements for all trips 4.1.
Only a Trip Leader, a Trip Administrator, chaperones, and students may attend a trip.
4.2. One teacher must act as the Trip Leader for the entire duration of a trip. 4.3.
The Trip Leader must have significant first-hand knowledge of all the trip locations from recent previous personal experience, and if he or she does not, then he or she must plan for an appropriate experienced and qualified individual to act as a guide during the trip.
4.4.
One principal, vice principal, or assistant principal must act as the Trip Administrator for the entire duration of a trip.
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4.5.
The Trip Administrator must not act as the Trip Leader at any time during a trip unless the Trip Leader cannot continue to act as the Trip Leader during the trip because of illness, injury, or an emergent event or circumstance.
4.6.
Both the Trip Leader and the Trip Administrator must, depending on the circumstances, attend either an initial or refresher Student Travel Risk Management Training Session offered by Business Services sometime during the two calendar years immediately before the first day of a trip.
4.7.
No individual whose name appears on the District’s guest teacher roster may act as the Trip Leader or the Trip Administrator during a trip.
4.8.
An individual whose name appears on the District’s guest teacher roster may volunteer as a chaperone during a trip.
4.9.
For the purposes of the collective agreement that governs the employment of guest teachers, no District employee may authorize a volunteer chaperone whose name appears on the District’s guest teacher roster to stop volunteering as a chaperone during a trip and instead to start serving as a guest teacher during the trip, irrespective of the particular circumstances of the trip.
4.10.
No volunteer who is younger than 25 years of age as at the first day of a trip may act as a chaperone on a trip.
4.11.
No individual who is the spouse or an immediate family member of the Trip Leader, the Trip Administrator, or a chaperone may attend the trip or act as the Trip Leader, the Trip Administrator, or a chaperone during the trip.
4.12.
If a volunteer who will act as a chaperone on a trip has not already provided a clear Calgary Police Information Check, including the Vulnerable Sector Check, to the school at some time during the three calendar years immediately before the first day of the trip, then the volunteer must provide those clear checks to the school no later than two months before the start of the trip.
4.13.
Each trip must have a minimum supervisor to student ratio of: 1:10 for students in Grades 10, 11, and 12.
4.14.
Each trip must have a minimum supervisor to student ratio of 1:8 for French Immersion students in Grade 9.
4.15.
Only the Trip Leader, the Trip Administrator, and the chaperones qualify as supervisors when calculating the required minimum supervisor to student ratio for a trip.
4.16.
The Principal must decide whether the minimum supervisor to student ratio must be increased because of a trip’s unique circumstances (e.g., a trip that includes locations with large crowds) or because of a student’s unique needs (e.g., a physical or mental disability).
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4.17.
The Principal or the Trip Leader may exclude any student from attending a trip if the exclusion is reasonable and justifiable in the circumstances.
4.18.
Neither the Principal nor the Trip Leader may exclude a student from attending the trip if the only reason for the exclusion is because the student requires an increased supervisor to student ratio for the trip arising out of a protected ground under the Alberta Human Rights Act, RSA 2000, c A-25.5.
4.19.
Each trip attended by both male and female students must have a minimum of one male and one female supervisor.
4.20.
Each trip attended by only male students must have a minimum of one male supervisor, and each trip attended by only female students must have a minimum of one female supervisor.
4.21.
No District employee or volunteer may lodge in the same room as a student during a trip.
4.22.
Each trip must include one additional reserved room in each accommodation for each night during the trip that is set aside only to be used by students, District employees, or volunteers in the event of illness, injury, or an emergent event or circumstance.
4.23.
No trip may include any unsupervised or “free” time for any student.
4.24.
No trip may include any “free” time for any District employee or volunteer.
5. Activity and conduct requirements for all trips 5.1.
No
5.2.
No
5.3.
A
5.4.
No
5.5.
trip may include any travel whatsoever to or through any location for which the Government of Canada has issued a travel advisory with a risk level higher than “Exercise normal security precautions.” trip may include any Excluded Activity as described and listed in Section 9 (Identifying High Risk Activities) in the District Risk Management Manual. trip may include a Limited Activity as described and listed in Section 9 (Identifying High Risk Activities) in the District Risk Management Manual only if the trip complies with the requirements for the Limited Activity as described in the District Risk Management Manual. trip may include any activity that does not comply with the most recent versions of the Safety Guidelines for Physical Activity in Alberta Schools and the Safety Guidelines for Secondary Interschool Athletics in Alberta produced by the Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research.
No
student who was suspended or expelled at any time during the 12 months before the first day of a trip may attend a trip unless the Principal decides that it is reasonable in the circumstances for the student to attend the trip.
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5.6.
No
5.7.
All
5.8.
District employee who was disciplined at any time during the 18 months before the first day of a trip may attend a trip unless the Principal decides that it is reasonable in the circumstances for the District employee to attend the trip. trips must include a plan to attend Sunday Mass and Mass on all other Holy Days of Obligation. At all times during a trip, each student, parent, District employee, and volunteer must continue to follow the codes of conduct, manuals, handbooks, and Administrative Procedures that normally apply to students, parents, District employees, and volunteers, all as modified as required to apply to the trip, including in particular: 5.8.1.
the student code of conduct under section 12 of the School Act;
5.8.2.
the parent responsibilities under section 16.2 of the School Act;
5.8.3.
the District Risk Management Manual;
5.8.4.
this Administrative Procedure 261 (High School Student Travel Outside Western Canada and International);
5.8.5.
Administrative Procedure 350 (Student Conduct Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe Environment);
5.8.6.
Administrative Procedure 350 Appendix (Student Code of Conduct);
5.8.7.
Administrative Procedure School-Based Employees);
5.8.8.
Administrative Procedure 408 (Employee Conduct with Students);
5.8.9.
Administrative Procedure 409 (Employee Impairment, Substance Use, and Gambling); Note: will be posted September 2017
407
(Professional
Within
Appearance
a
of
5.8.10. Administrative Procedure 490 (Volunteers in Schools); 5.8.11. Administrative Procedure 562 (Staff/Volunteer Driver Qualification and Vehicles Authorized for Transporting Students Off-Site); and 5.8.12. the District Volunteer Handbook. 6. Financial requirements for all trips 6.1. The total cost of a trip must include: 6.1.1.
the basic transportation, accommodation, and meal costs associated with all the students, District employees, and volunteers who will attend the trip;
6.1.2.
the costs associated in any way with any guide who will attend the trip;
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6.1.3.
the costs to the District for any guest teacher who will serve as a guest teacher in the school during the trip because of the trip;
6.1.4.
the costs of one additional reserved room in each accommodation for each night during the trip that is set aside only to be used by students, District employees, or volunteers in the event of illness, injury, or an emergent event or circumstance; and
6.1.5.
the costs of mandatory travel insurance coverage purchased under the District’s Blanket Student Travel Insurance Policy for all the students, District employees, and volunteers who will attend the trip.
6.2.
A student’s parent must accept full responsibility for the payment of the proportion of the total cost of a trip that the District allocates to each student, which must be the total cost of the trip divided by the total number of students who will attend the trip.
6.3.
A
student’s parent must accept full responsibility for the risk of the possible loss of all payments already made for a trip, including all non-refundable deposits, in the event that at any time, the District, based on any reasonable ground, decides that the student may not attend the trip, cancels the trip, changes the student’s travel route during the trip, or requires the student to return home early from the trip.
6.4.
A student’s parent must accept full responsibility for the payment of all additional costs that may arise at any time because:
6.5.
6.6.
6.4.1.
the District, based on any reasonable ground, changes the student’s travel route during a trip or requires the student to return home early from a trip; or
6.4.2.
any official inside any country or at any border crossing, for any reason, whether reasonable or not, or for no reason, does not allow the student to continue to travel according to the original planned travel route for a trip, and as a result, the District, in compliance with the official’s directions and based on any other reasonable ground, changes the student’s travel route or requires the student to return home early.
A student’s parent must accept full responsibility for the payment of all additional District employee or volunteer travel costs that may arise at any time because the District, based on any reasonable ground, requires a District employee or volunteer to accompany the student on a different travel route during a trip or an early return home from a trip. Each
District employee and volunteer must accept full responsibility for the payment of all additional costs that may arise at any time because: 6.6.1.
the District, based on any reasonable ground other than 6.5, changes the District employee’s or volunteer’s travel route during a
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trip or requires the District employee or volunteer to return home early from a trip; 6.6.2.
any official inside any country or at any border crossing, for any reason, whether reasonable or not, or for no reason, does not allow the District employee or volunteer to continue to travel according to the original planned travel route for a trip, and as a result, the District, in compliance with the official’s directions and based on any other reasonable ground, changes the District employee’s or volunteer’s travel route or requires the District employee or volunteer to return home early; or
6.6.3.
the District employee or volunteer decides, for any reason, to change his or her travel route during a trip or return home early from a trip.
6.7.
The Principal must make every reasonable effort to avoid calling upon guest teachers to serve as guest teachers in the school during a trip because of the trip.
6.8.
If a school opts to engage the services of a travel and tour operator for the trip, then the school may engage only the services of a travel and tour operator that the District has approved through a request for proposal (RFP) process and continues to approve.
6.9.
No
school may pay any costs associated with a trip or possible trip with funds from the school’s regular operating budget.
6.10.
A school may raise funds for a trip through fundraising activities in accordance with Administrative Procedure 520 (School Community Fundraising Activities).
6.11.
All students, parents, District employees, and volunteers must make all payments associated with a trip or possible trip, including all fundraising transactions, directly to the school and payable to the school.
6.12.
No student, parent, District employee, or volunteer may make any payment associated with a trip or possible trip directly to a tour operator, travel agent, or a transportation or accommodation provider.
6.13.
No student, parent, District employee, or volunteer may receive any present or future personal financial benefit because of a trip (e.g., a personal credit for discounted or free travel in the future).
6.14.
The Principal must approve all payments associated with a trip or possible trip, including all payments made to, by, or on behalf of the school or the District, and depending on the circumstances, either the Junior High School Administrative Secretary or the High School Business Manager must
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process all payments associated with the trip or possible trip in accordance with Administrative Procedure 514 (Signing Authority and Controls). 7. Summary of Trip Approval Steps 7.1. 7.2.
Trip Approval Step 1, which includes starting to complete the Principal Checklist, must be completed no later than 10 months before a trip. Approval Step 2, which includes the Application to Plan a Trip, must be completed no later than 8 months before a trip.
Trip
7.3.
Trip Approval Step 3, which includes the Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, must be completed no later than 6 months before a trip.
7.4.
Trip Approval Step 4, which includes the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, must be completed no later than 2 months before a trip.
7.5.
Trip Approval Step 5, which includes the Post-Trip Assessment, must be completed no later than 2 weeks after the trip.
8. Trip Approval Step 1 (must be completed no later than 10 months before a trip) 8.1. The Trip Leader must discuss the possible trip with the Principal. 8.2.
8.3.
8.4.
The Trip Leader must not discuss a possible trip with students, parents, or chaperones who may attend the trip until after the Trip Leader receives permission from the Principal to proceed to Step 3. The
Principal must start to complete and keep a copy of the Principal Checklist that is based on discussions with the Trip Leader about the possible trip. After
an initial completion of the Principal Checklist, the Principal must decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 2, and he or she must communicate that decision to the Trip Leader in writing.
8.5.
The Trip Leader must not proceed to Step 2 without the Principal’s permission.
8.6.
The Trip Leader must receive the Principal’s permission to proceed to Step 2 no later than 10 months before the possible trip.
8.7.
The Trip Leader must account for a reasonable amount of time for the Principal to decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 2.
8.8.
The Principal must continue to complete and keep a copy of the Principal Checklist during the remaining trip approval steps.
9. Trip Approval Step 2 (must be completed no later than 8 months before a trip)
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9.1.
After the Principal permits the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 2, the Trip Leader must complete the Application to Plan a Trip and submit it to the Principal, who must decide whether to submit it to the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services for approval.
9.2.
Both the Trip Leader and the Principal must sign the Application to Plan a Trip to acknowledge that they discussed the possible trip, the Principal completed the Principal Checklist, and the Principal supports the possible trip.
9.3.
After
the Area Superintendent or Area Director receives the Application to Plan a Trip, he or she must consult with Business Services and Instructional Services, decide whether to approve the Application to Plan a Trip, and communicate his or her decision to the Principal in writing.
9.4.
If the Area Superintendent or Area Director approves the Application to Plan a Trip, then the Principal must decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 3, and he or she must communicate that decision to the Trip Leader in writing.
9.5.
The Trip Leader must not proceed to Step 3 without the Principal’s permission.
9.6.
The Trip Leader must receive the Principal’s permission to proceed to Step 3 no later than 8 months before the possible trip.
9.7.
The Trip Leader must account for a reasonable amount of time for the Area Superintendent or Area Director to approve the Application to Plan a Trip and for the Principal to decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 3.
10. Trip Approval Step 3 (must be completed no later than 6 months before a trip) 10.1.
After the Principal permits the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 3, the Trip Leader must discuss the possible trip with students to assess the level of student interest before the Trip Leader may discuss the possible trip with parents or possible chaperones.
10.2.
If the Trip Leader decides that sufficient student interest exists to justify the possible trip, then, if applicable, the Trip Leader and the Principal must finalize all the arrangements with the travel and tour operator that will provide travel services to the school for the possible trip.
10.3.
After Business Services and the Principal finalize all the arrangements, if any, with the travel and tour operator, the Trip Leader must organize and host an initial parent and student meeting that is based on the District’s standard Parent and Student Trip Presentation and explains the following topics about possible trips in detail: 10.3.1.
educational purpose and curriculum fit;
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10.3.2.
itinerary and location details (e.g., social, health, and political factors);
10.3.3.
travel and tour operator information, if any;
10.3.4.
costs and fundraising options, including all the ‘fine print’;
10.3.5.
passport and visa requirements;
10.3.6.
student conduct requirements and consequences, including during trip planning and the trip itself;
10.3.7.
risk management and emergency plans;
10.3.8.
parent requirements during trip planning and all financial risks parents must accept during trip planning and the trip itself;
10.3.9.
insurance coverage and requirements, including a detailed explanation about the District’s Blanket Student Travel Insurance Policy; and
10.3.10. all required parent and student forms if the trip is approved, including the: 10.3.10.1. Student Conduct Agreement; 10.3.10.2. Consent for Participation Acknowledgement Form;
and
Risk
10.3.10.3. Out of Country Permission to Travel Form; 10.3.10.4. Personal Health Information / Medical Treatment Authorization Form; and 10.3.10.5. all applicable travel and tour operator forms. 10.4.
Before a student may apply to attend a possible trip by submitting the Student Trip Application Form to the Trip Leader, the student and his or her parent must attend the initial parent and student meeting or a parent and student meeting that the Trip Leader hosts for parents and students who missed the initial parent and student meeting.
10.5.
After the Trip Leader hosts the initial parent and student meeting: 10.5.1.
the Principal and the Trip Leader must select the students who may attend the possible trip based on each student’s Student Trip Application Form;
10.5.2.
each student who the Principal and the Trip Leader selects to attend the possible trip must, together with his or her parent, complete the forms listed under 10.3.10. and submit them to the Trip Leader;
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10.5.3.
the students who the Principal and the Trip Leader selected to attend the possible trip and those students’ parents may start to make payments associated with the possible trip;
10.5.4.
the Principal and the Trip Leader must use the Chaperone Selection Criteria Rubric to assess and select the individuals who may act as chaperones on the possible trip based on each possible chaperone’s Chaperone Application Form; and
10.5.5.
the Trip Leader must complete the Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment and submit it to the Principal, who must decide whether to submit it to the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services for approval.
10.6.
Both the Trip Leader and the Principal must sign the Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment to acknowledge that they discussed it and the Principal continues to support the possible trip.
10.7.
After the Area Superintendent or Area Director receives the Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, he or she must consult with Business Services and Instructional Services, decide whether to approve the Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, and communicate his or her decision to the Principal in writing.
10.8.
If the Area Superintendent or Area Director approves the Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, then the Principal must decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 4, and he or she must communicate that decision to the Trip Leader in writing.
10.9.
The Trip Leader must not proceed to Step 4 without the Principal’s permission.
10.10. The Trip Leader must receive the Principal’s permission to proceed to Step 4 no later than 6 months before the possible trip. 10.11. The Trip Leader must account for a reasonable amount of time for the Area Superintendent or Area Director to approve the Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment and for the Principal to decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 4. 11. Trip Approval Step 4 (must be completed no later than 2 months before a trip) 11.1.
After the Principal permits the Trip Leader to proceed to Step 4, the Trip Leader must organize and host: 11.1.1.
a chaperone meeting that is based on the District’s standard Chaperone Trip Presentation about trips, immediately after which, each chaperone must sign the Chaperone Acknowledgement and Agreement; and
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11.1.2.
as many additional parent and student meetings as are required to ensure that all the students and parents understand all the important information about the possible trip.
11.2.
After the Trip Leader hosts the chaperone meeting and all required additional parent and student meetings, the Trip Leader must complete the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment and submit it to the Principal, who must decide whether to submit it to the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services for approval.
11.3.
Both the Trip Leader and the Principal must sign the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment to acknowledge that they discussed it and the Principal continues to support the possible trip.
11.4.
After the Area Superintendent or Area Director receives the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, he or she must consult with Business Services and Instructional Services, decide whether to approve the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, and communicate his or her decision to the Principal in writing.
11.5.
If the Area Superintendent or Area Director approves the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment, then the Principal must decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to lead the finalized trip, and the Principal must communicate that decision to the Trip Leader in writing.
11.6.
The Trip Leader must not proceed to lead a finalized trip without the Principal’s permission to do so.
11.7.
After the Trip Leader receives the Principal’s permission to lead the finalized trip, the Trip Leader must notify the students, parents, and chaperones that the trip has been approved and finalized.
11.8.
The Trip Leader must receive the Principal’s permission to lead the finalized trip no later than 2 months before the trip.
11.9.
The Trip Leader is primarily responsible to account for a reasonable amount of time for the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services to approve the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment and for the Principal to decide whether to permit the Trip Leader to lead the trip.
11.10. The Trip Leader and the Principal must contact the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services immediately if any information in the Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment changes at any time before or during the trip. 12. Trip Leader responsibilities during trip 12.1.
At all times during a trip, the Trip Leader must:
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12.2.
12.3.
12.4.
12.1.1.
conduct him or herself in a professional manner and respect and model the District’s Catholic values;
12.1.2.
comply with all the documents under 5.8 that apply to District employees;
12.1.3.
give regular and frequent directions to the chaperones and the students;
12.1.4.
supervise the chaperones and ensure that they supervise all the students at all times;
12.1.5.
supervise the students as may be required from time to time; and
12.1.6.
follow the approved Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment.
At all times during a trip, the Trip Leader must keep a District Trip Kit on his or her person, which must include: 12.2.1.
copies of all the documents under 5.8:
12.2.2.
a first aid kit that is appropriate for the risk level of the activities on the trip;
12.2.3.
Student, Employee, and Contractor/Volunteer/Parent/Visitor Accident/Illness/Injury Report and Incident Report Forms;
12.2.4.
a reliable means of communication that is appropriate for the location and that accounts for the possibility of limited or no mobile telephone service;
12.2.5.
contact information for all local emergency response authorities;
12.2.6.
parent and emergency contact information for all students on the trip; and
12.2.7.
emergency contact information (office, home, and mobile telephone) for the Principal, the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services.
If at any time during a trip, a student, a chaperone, or the Trip Administrator suffers a minor injury or illness, then the Trip Leader must: 12.3.1.
immediately coordinate the response to the injury or illness; and
12.3.2.
submit all original applicable report forms to Business Services no later than 24 hours after the trip.
If at any time during a trip, a student, a chaperone, or the Trip Administrator suffers a major injury or illness or an injury or illness that is neither clearly major nor minor, then the Trip Leader must:
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12.5.
12.4.1.
immediately coordinate the response to the injury or illness;
12.4.2.
immediately inform the Principal, who must immediately inform the Area Superintendent or Area Director and Business Services, and in the case of a District employee who suffers an illness or injury, the Trip Leader must also immediately inform the Superintendent of Human Resources;
12.4.3.
submit copies of all applicable report forms directly to Business Services by electronic mail or facsimile no later than 24 hours after the injury or the start of the illness; and
12.4.4.
submit all original applicable report forms, copies of all applicable forms signed before the trip, and copies of all relevant trip planning documents to Business Services no later than 24 hours after the trip.
If at any time during a trip, a student or chaperone contravenes any applicable code of conduct, manual, handbook, or Administrative Procedure, then the Trip Leader must immediately inform the Trip Administrator and follow the Trip Administrator’s direction about any disciplinary response.
13. Trip Administrator responsibilities during trip 13.1.
At all times during a trip, the Trip Administrator must: 13.1.1.
conduct him or herself in a professional manner and respect and model the District’s Catholic values;
13.1.2.
comply with all the documents under 5.8 that apply to District employees;
13.1.3.
act as a chaperone;
13.1.4.
supervise the Trip Leader;
13.1.5.
act as the Trip Leader if the Trip Leader cannot continue to do so because of illness, injury, or any emergent event or circumstance that requires the Trip Administrator to act as the Trip Leader; and
13.1.6.
decide and administer the disciplinary response to any contravention of any applicable code of conduct, manual, handbook, or Administrative Procedure after consulting with the Area Superintendent or Area Director.
14. Principal responsibilities during trip 14.1.
At all times during a trip, the Principal must be available to communicate with the Trip Leader, the Trip Administrator, the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, Instructional Services, and parents about any
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injury, illness, disciplinary response, or emergent event or circumstance that occurs during the trip. 15. Chaperone responsibilities during trip 15.1.
At all times during a trip, each chaperone must: 15.1.1.
conduct him or herself in a professional manner and respect and model the District’s Catholic values;
15.1.2.
comply with all the documents under 5.8 that apply to District employees and volunteers irrespective of whether the chaperone is a District employee or volunteer;
15.1.3.
report to the Trip Leader frequently; and
15.1.4.
supervise students diligently and in accordance with directions received from the Trip Leader.
16. Student responsibilities during trip 16.1.
At all times during a trip, each student must: 16.1.1.
conduct him or herself as an exemplary student and an ambassador of the District, Calgary, and Canada;
16.1.2.
behave in accordance the District’s Catholic values; and
16.1.3.
comply with all the documents under 5.8 that apply to students.
17. Trip Approval Step 5 (must be completed no later than 2 weeks after a trip) 17.1.
The Trip Leader and the Principal must complete and submit the Post-Trip Assessment to the Area Superintendent or Area Director, Business Services, and Instructional Services no later than 2 weeks after the trip.
17.2.
Both the Trip Leader and the Principal must sign the Post-Trip Assessment to acknowledge that they discussed it and the Principal agrees with the Trip Leader’s assessment of the trip.
17.3.
The Principal must retain all documents connected in any way to the trip in a single file for at least the remainder of the current school year and the next two school years.
Approval Date:
May 9, 2017
References:
School Act, RSA 2000, c S-3 Alberta Human Rights Act, RSA 2000, c A-25.5 Alberta Education Programs of Study Alberta Education Guide to Education ECS to Grade 12 Safety Guidelines for Physical Activity in Alberta Schools Safety Guidelines for Secondary Interschool Athletics in Alberta Risk Management Manual
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Volunteer Handbook Resources:
Step 1 Form – Principal Checklist Step 2 Form – Application to Plan a Trip Step 3 Form – Preliminary Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment Step 4 Form – Final Trip Plan and Risk and Curriculum Fit Assessment Step 5 Form – Post-Trip Assessment Parent and Student Trip Presentation Exemplar Parent and Student Trip Presentation Sign-off Form Chaperone Trip Presentation Student Trip Application Form Student Conduct Agreement Consent for Participation and Risk Acknowledgement Form Out of Country Permission to Travel Form Personal Health Information / Medical Treatment Authorization Form Student Travel Insurance Policy Chaperone Application Form Chaperone Selection Criteria Rubric Chaperone Acknowledgement and Agreement Approved Travel and Tour Operators
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