SCRAP Chaperone Guidelines

While the SCRAP educator leads the group and teaches about creative reuse, chaperones play a key role. Chaperones don't participate in making the craft, but instead help make the crafting possible.  

Chaperone responsibilities include: 

• Roaming the room to assist crafters 
• Aiding in classroom management 
• Helping youth create successful and enjoyable creative reuse crafting experiences 

Materials Management 

• Monitor for struggles with materials or tools, assisting when necessary 
• Ensure materials are respected and used appropriately:  
  • Caps on markers and glue sticks 
  • Maximize use, minimize waste 
  • Facilitate material clean-up and sharing 

Fostering Inclusion 

• Be attentive to students' emotional states
• Maintain a sensitive, kind, and supportive attitude towards all students
• Be aware of broader group dynamics and promote a positive atmosphere 

Safety Supervision 

• Scissors: Teach proper holding, cutting, and safe walking 
• Hot glue guns:  
  • If assigned to a station, fulfill gluing requests and monitor safety 
  • If students use them, ensure they:  
    • Place guns on landing pads when not in use. Wait for available guns 
    • While gluing small items (e.g. googly eyes), avoid burns by putting glue on to the larger of the two objects and drop the smaller object onto the glue dollop 

• Use as tools, not toys or weapons.
• Practice full-body awareness 
• Avoid passing near others' hands or faces 

Encouraging Creativity 

• Actively encourage open-ended creativity and imagination 
• Promote individuality and creative expression. Avoid imposing ideas on students' projects 
• Offer positive reinforcement for unique ideas 
• Ask open-ended questions to stimulate creative thinking 

Thank you!