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Meeting Your Institutional Mission With Program Animals
- October 27-November 1, Wheeling, WV
- $575 for AZA Individual Members and $675 for Non-members [join AZA]
Types of credit available
None available at this time.
Please Note:
Checks sent for course payment will be cashed immediately upon receipt as per standard business practices. Cashing your check does not indicate that you have been accepted into a course. You will receive an acceptance letter or waitlist letter once acceptance decisions are made. If you have any questions about your acceptance status, please email us at .
Registration
Until October 27, 2008, preference for admission will be given to applicants who are AZA individual members. After October 27, applications will be processed in the order received.
Download the Registration Form (in PDF). Please note that you can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to type your responses directly into this form, print, and return by mail or fax. You may also print the form, write in your information and return by mail or fax. Each course has a registration form specific for that course.
Travel and Accommodations
For information on travel and lodging, please see the Professional Training in Wheeling page.
Objective
To expose students to the range of opportunities for program animal use and provide students with the knowledge to effectively develop and manage formalized programs utilizing animal ambassadors. By focusing on a range of methods, rather than teaching a single "recommended" approach, students will be better prepared to develop an approach that fits their institution's mission and philosophy.
Target Audience
Program animal managers and coordinators; education department curators that utilize program animals; program animal and interpretive keepers; museum professionals
Course Instructors
Jack Grisham
National Zoological Park
Randy Junge
St. Louis Zoo
Steve Martin
National Encounters, Inc.
Alice Seyfried
St. Louis Zoo
Tarren Wagener
Fort Worth Zoo
Roger Yerke
formerly Oregon Zoo
Course Topics
- Philosophy of program animal use
- Opportunities for program animal use
- Developing an institutional program animal policy
- Local, state and federal regulations and guidelines
- Program animal collection planning
- Education messaging, interpretation and evaluation
- Human health and safety
- Animal health and nutrition
- Welfare
- Animal enrichment and training
- Staff training
- Formal program management
Sample Course Schedule
(this will change for 2008)
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