Corcoran Docent training

Today I met Linda in the Education Department to do observation on the Corcoran docent training program.
I had the pleasure of watching the Corocoran Docents perform their final test in front of their peers before passing their training. Docents met in the main building and where allowed fifteen minutes to cover three rooms in the gallery. Even though they where covering the same material it was fascinating to see how each of them has there own style and managed not to reiterate any facts. The main galleries where closed so there where no people and things being worked on which was a little disruptive and I hoe not to nerve racking to the docents but from what i was able to observe things went smoothly and I have no doubt that they will receive a pass! It was nice to see how supportive the teem was of each other and how they all were working together for the benefit of the team as a whole.
The Gallery is filled with objects and it is the docents job to make them come alive and coming to the training program made me realize that it is only through each unique educators ability that the context and information is conveyed. I look forward to next week where we will go on a tour of the malls Vietnamese memorial for a field trip