(a) In each city youth program, the standard ratio of participants to leaders will be 20 to 1.
(b) Each participant will be assigned a program employee who is responsible for the participant and who is aware of the participant's habits, interests, and special needs, as identified by the participant's parent during registration for a youth program.
(a) A program employee shall implement discipline and guidance in a consistent manner based on the best interests of program participants.
(b) No corporal punishment or treatment may be used. A program employee may use brief, supervised separation of a participant from the group, if necessary.
(c) As necessary, program employees shall provide discipline reports to the parents of participants. A parent will be asked to sign a participant’s discipline report to indicate that the parent has been advised about a specific problem or incident.
(d) An excessive number of discipline reports or discipline reports of a severe nature, as described in the program manual, may result in a participant being suspended from a program.
(a) A program employee shall attempt to provide activities for each group according to the participants’ ages, interests, and abilities. The activities must be appropriate to each participant’s health, safety, and well-being. The activities also must be flexible and promote each participant’s emotional, social, and mental growth.
(b) A program employee shall attempt to provide that indoor and outdoor time periods include:
(1) alternating active and passive activities;
(2) opportunity for individual and group activities; and
(3) outdoor time each day, as the weather permits.
(c) A program employee shall be attentive and considerate of the participants’ safety on field trips and during any transportation provided by the program. A program employee must have a written list of all participants in each group and shall check the roll frequently.
(d) During trips, each program employee who supervises participants shall maintain immediate access to the emergency medical forms and emergency contact information for each participant. First aid supplies and a guide to first aid and emergency care must be readily available to each program employee on every field trip. (Ord. Nos. 23159; 23534; 23907; 24281; 24611; 24943; 25269; 25628; 25998; 26376; 26800; 27222; 27565; 27911; 28217; 28670; 29036; 30106; 30650)
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