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A. RATIONALE
- Conservation personnel include: conservators, conservation
administrators, conservation educators, conservation scientists,
conservation technicians, collections care specialists, and students of
conservation.
- Participation in educational activities by conservation professionals
with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences enriches the field. Such
participation provides access to knowledge gained through practical
experience as well as formal training.
- Mutual agreement is desirable to ensure that both parties have the same
goals and expectations.
B. MINIMUM ACCEPTED PRACTICE
- Conservation professionals must restrict their educational activities to
areas in which they have appropriate knowledge, ability, time and
facilities.
- In academic settings, objectives and obligations are established and
mutually agreed upon through curricula, syllabi, and course outlines. When
education is undertaken in a one to one situation, as in an apprenticeship,
both parties must define and agree upon goals and expectations.
- Conservation professionals must avoid the exploitation of a one to one
educational situation as a means of obtaining inexpensive labor.
C. RECOMMENDED PRACTICE
- In one to one situations, both parties are encouraged to put their
agreements in writing.
Approved by the AIC Board May 30, 2001. |
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