The academic year runs from September to August, and summer is a time for the School Programs team to reflect on, evaluate, and improve what we do during 60-minute gallery tours with K-12 groups for the coming year. Throughout the year, we send an online survey to every school group that visits the museum for one of these tours, and ask a range of questions to find out more about the teachers and students we serve.
While we are in the midst crunching the numbers now, I wanted to share some of the raw data from the 2010-2011 school year. This is a small sample of what we asked; notice which subject areas and outreach strategies are driving the majority of school group visits.
What would you want to find out from K-12 groups on next year’s post-tour online survey?
| Q2. How would you describe your school? | |
| Public School | 70.0% |
| Private School | 26.0% |
| Other organization | 4.0% |
| Q3. What is the grade level of your students? (Check all that apply.) | |
| Grades K-2 (Lower Elementary) | 28.6% |
| Grades 3-5 (Upper Elementary) | 34.7% |
| Grades 6-8 (Middle School) | 26.5% |
| Grades 9-12 (High School) | 34.7% |
| Q4. What subject areas were the focus for this class trip? (Check all that apply.) | |
| Visual Art | 62.2% |
| English Language Arts | 8.9% |
| Social Studies | 51.1% |
| Religious Studies | 17.8% |
| Enrichment / After School | 13.3% |
| Q5. Does your class include students with special needs? | |
| Yes | 58.3% |
| No | 41.7% |
| Q17. How did you learn about the Rubin Museum of Art’s education programs? (Check all that apply.) | |
| museum brochure | 5.6% |
| direct mailing | 8.3% |
| personal visit to museum | 47.2% |
| 5.6% | |
| conference or fair | 5.6% |
| magazine or newspaper | 2.8% |
| word of mouth | 33.3% |
| the museum’s website (www.rmanyc.org) | 16.7% |
| Educator Open House | 19.4% |
| A flyer or notice at school | 2.8% |