MMFA Docent Volunteers
MMFA Docent Volunteers
  • Mission Statement and Announcements
  • HOME STUDIO ACTIVITIES
  • DOCENT FAVORITES
  • DOCENT PROGRAM
    • EXHIBITIONS and ADULT PROGRAMS >
      • EXHIBITIONS, Current
      • EXHIBITIONS, Upcoming
      • SCULPTURE GARDEN >
        • SCUPTURE GARDEN ARCHIVE
      • ADULT PROGRAMS >
        • Ekphrasis: A Monthly Book Club about Art
        • Films
        • Lectures and Gallery Talks
        • Short Course
    • DOCENT COUNCIL >
      • Docent Council Archive
    • DOCENT HANDBOOK
    • DOCENT ROSTER 2019-20 >
      • DOCENT EMERITUS
    • DOCENT TRAINING SUMMER 2020
    • TRAINING RECAPS
    • DOCENT APPLICATION
    • DOCENT PHOTOS >
      • THE DOCENT WALL
      • DOCENT EMERITUS PHOTOS
      • FIELD TRIPS
      • DOCENT PRESENTATION PICS 2016
    • DOCENT EXHIBITION AND MORE >
      • DOCENT EXHIBITION 2016 >
        • JOURNEY THROUGH THE COLLECTION PHOTOS
      • DOCENT EXHIBITION/FAMILY FUN DAY
  • MPS Tours, Archives
    • Becoming Alabama Curriculum Guide
    • MPS KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM 2020 >
      • KINDERGARTEN MOVE WITH ME
      • Gallery Stop Stations 2020
    • KINDERGARTEN ARCHIVES >
      • ART OF BAKING AUDIO LINK
      • CAKEWALK STATIONS
      • CAKEWALK SCRIPT IDEAS
    • FIFTH GRADE TOUR LESSON PLANS >
      • MPS AMERICAN SCENE 5TH GRADE TOUR >
        • TOUR OVERVIEW
        • TOUR STRUCTURE
        • TOUR CATEGORIES
        • OUTREACH
        • CURRICULUM GUIDE
        • STUDIO
        • ARTWORKS
        • CONTENT STANDARDS
        • VOCABULARY
  • BLOG
  • RESOURCES
    • VIDEOS
    • TOURING STRATEGIES
    • GENERAL BACKGROUND
    • EXHIBITION BACKGROUND
  • ARCHIVES, VARIOUS
    • Welcome Angie Dodson
    • DOCENT GRADUATION 2017
    • DOCENT TRAINING ARCHIVES >
      • 2017-18 Training Materials >
        • August 13, 2018 >
          • MoMA Interactive: What is a Print?
          • FRANK STELLA PRINTS
        • August 28, 2017 >
          • MPS 5 Addendum Group 1
        • Early American Portraits and 19th Century Still Life
        • October 30, 2017 >
          • 19th Century Genre Painting and Realism
        • November 6, 2017 >
          • Uncommon Territory
        • November 13, 2017 >
          • VTS Video
        • November 6 and 13 Recap
      • NEW DOCENT PRESENTATIONS 2017
      • 2016 First Docent Training Pics
    • GRADUATION 2015
    • RIVER REGION VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
    • SUMMER ENRICHMENT 2017
    • EXHIBITION IMAGES, ARCHIVED
    • EXHIBITION ARCHIVES >
      • PRESENT EXHIBITIONS
      • 1917-2017: A Century of U.S. Airpower from the Air Force Art Collection
      • Beth Lipman Label Copy
      • Beth Lipman
      • Dinner Bell
      • Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective
      • Hans Grohs and the Dance of Death
      • Lynn Saville
      • Nature, Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Gordon Brodfueher Collection
      • Pairs and Partners >
        • Pairs and Partners
      • Photorealism
      • Rodin: Realism, Fragments, and Abstraction
      • Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts
      • Taking it to the Streets
      • Women's Work
    • OLLI, ARCHIVES
    • SHORT COURSE ARCHIVES >
      • DOCENT SHORT COURSE, Spring 2015
  • TOUR PHOTOS
    • MONTGOMERY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
  • Docent Personal Event Page
    • BOCQUIN BABY SHOWER
    • Wanica Means in Baptist Commercial
    • Murphy Smith Wedding Reception
  • OLLI Course Schedule
  • Link Page
  • Mission Statement and Announcements
  • HOME STUDIO ACTIVITIES
  • DOCENT FAVORITES
  • DOCENT PROGRAM
    • EXHIBITIONS and ADULT PROGRAMS >
      • EXHIBITIONS, Current
      • EXHIBITIONS, Upcoming
      • SCULPTURE GARDEN >
        • SCUPTURE GARDEN ARCHIVE
      • ADULT PROGRAMS >
        • Ekphrasis: A Monthly Book Club about Art
        • Films
        • Lectures and Gallery Talks
        • Short Course
    • DOCENT COUNCIL >
      • Docent Council Archive
    • DOCENT HANDBOOK
    • DOCENT ROSTER 2019-20 >
      • DOCENT EMERITUS
    • DOCENT TRAINING SUMMER 2020
    • TRAINING RECAPS
    • DOCENT APPLICATION
    • DOCENT PHOTOS >
      • THE DOCENT WALL
      • DOCENT EMERITUS PHOTOS
      • FIELD TRIPS
      • DOCENT PRESENTATION PICS 2016
    • DOCENT EXHIBITION AND MORE >
      • DOCENT EXHIBITION 2016 >
        • JOURNEY THROUGH THE COLLECTION PHOTOS
      • DOCENT EXHIBITION/FAMILY FUN DAY
  • MPS Tours, Archives
    • Becoming Alabama Curriculum Guide
    • MPS KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM 2020 >
      • KINDERGARTEN MOVE WITH ME
      • Gallery Stop Stations 2020
    • KINDERGARTEN ARCHIVES >
      • ART OF BAKING AUDIO LINK
      • CAKEWALK STATIONS
      • CAKEWALK SCRIPT IDEAS
    • FIFTH GRADE TOUR LESSON PLANS >
      • MPS AMERICAN SCENE 5TH GRADE TOUR >
        • TOUR OVERVIEW
        • TOUR STRUCTURE
        • TOUR CATEGORIES
        • OUTREACH
        • CURRICULUM GUIDE
        • STUDIO
        • ARTWORKS
        • CONTENT STANDARDS
        • VOCABULARY
  • BLOG
  • RESOURCES
    • VIDEOS
    • TOURING STRATEGIES
    • GENERAL BACKGROUND
    • EXHIBITION BACKGROUND
  • ARCHIVES, VARIOUS
    • Welcome Angie Dodson
    • DOCENT GRADUATION 2017
    • DOCENT TRAINING ARCHIVES >
      • 2017-18 Training Materials >
        • August 13, 2018 >
          • MoMA Interactive: What is a Print?
          • FRANK STELLA PRINTS
        • August 28, 2017 >
          • MPS 5 Addendum Group 1
        • Early American Portraits and 19th Century Still Life
        • October 30, 2017 >
          • 19th Century Genre Painting and Realism
        • November 6, 2017 >
          • Uncommon Territory
        • November 13, 2017 >
          • VTS Video
        • November 6 and 13 Recap
      • NEW DOCENT PRESENTATIONS 2017
      • 2016 First Docent Training Pics
    • GRADUATION 2015
    • RIVER REGION VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
    • SUMMER ENRICHMENT 2017
    • EXHIBITION IMAGES, ARCHIVED
    • EXHIBITION ARCHIVES >
      • PRESENT EXHIBITIONS
      • 1917-2017: A Century of U.S. Airpower from the Air Force Art Collection
      • Beth Lipman Label Copy
      • Beth Lipman
      • Dinner Bell
      • Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective
      • Hans Grohs and the Dance of Death
      • Lynn Saville
      • Nature, Tradition and Innovation: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Gordon Brodfueher Collection
      • Pairs and Partners >
        • Pairs and Partners
      • Photorealism
      • Rodin: Realism, Fragments, and Abstraction
      • Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts
      • Taking it to the Streets
      • Women's Work
    • OLLI, ARCHIVES
    • SHORT COURSE ARCHIVES >
      • DOCENT SHORT COURSE, Spring 2015
  • TOUR PHOTOS
    • MONTGOMERY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
  • Docent Personal Event Page
    • BOCQUIN BABY SHOWER
    • Wanica Means in Baptist Commercial
    • Murphy Smith Wedding Reception
  • OLLI Course Schedule
  • Link Page

Docent council, archives

Docent Council Members for 2017-2018:
Chariperson:  Mary Lil Owens
Co-Chair:  George Jacobsen
Docent at Large:   Gretchen Sippial
New Docent Representative:  CJ Robison
Weekend/Evening Representative:  Barbara DeMichels

Docent Council Members for 2016-2017:

Chariperson:  Paula Smith
Co-Chair:  Gloria Simons
Docent at Large:   Mary Lil Owens
New Docent Representative:  Meg Hall
Weekend/Evening Representative:  Barbara DeMichels


Docent Council Members for 2015-2016:
Chariperson:  Paula Murphy
Co-Chair:  Gloria Simons
Docent at Large:   Eleanor Lee
New Docent Representative:  Mary Lil Owens
Weekend/Evening Representative:  Barbara DeMichels


Docent Council Members for 2014-2015:
Chariperson:  Frances Durr
Co-Chair:  Pat Wanglie
Docent at Large:  Gloria Simons
New Docent Representative:  Eleanor Lee
Weekend/Evening Representative:  Barbara DeMichels


Docent Council Members for 2013-2014:    
Chariperson:  George Jacobsen
Co-Chair:  Pat Wanglie
Docent at Large:  Paula Branch
New Docent Representative:  Pamela Swan
Weekend/Evening Representative:  Barbara DeMichels

Docent Council members for 2012-2013: 
Chairperson: Beverly Bennett
Co-Chairperson: George Jacobsen
Docent at Large: Jiyeon Suh
New Docent Representative: Paula Murphy
Weekend/Evening Representative: Beverly Lipton

Council Member Descriptions
CHAIRMAN: 
  • Lead (4) Docent Council and (2) Docent Only meetings
  • Ensure that docent handouts are available in the docent lounge
  • Assist Co-chair with social duties and correspondence as necessary
  • Be available to mentor docents
  • Help clarify docent program policies
  • Act in a leadership role by encouraging positive feedback and boosting morale

CO-CHAIRMAN: 
  • Send cards (condolence, illness, etc.) and collect funds* 
  • Plan social activities and coordinate refreshments for weekday training sessions
          *please note, staff cannot receive these funds
  • Report on finances at Docent Council meeting
  • Lead meetings in the Chair’s absence
  • Assist Chair with handouts as necessary 
  • Be available to mentor docents
  • Help clarify docent program policies
  • Act in a leadership role by encouraging positive feedback and boosting morale

DOCENT AT LARGE: 
  • Prepare agendas and minutes for (4) Docent Council meetings
  • Take notes at (4) Docent Council and (2) Docent Only meetings
  • Prepare summaries of (2) Docent Only meetings
  • Assist Co-chair with social duties and correspondence as necessary
  • Be available to mentor docents
  • Help clarify docent program policies
  • Act in a leadership role by encouraging positive feedback and boosting morale

NEW DOCENT REPRESENTATIVE:
  • Welcome new docents into the group and staff team
  • Help new docents gather docent materials (handbook, etc.)
  • Encourage new docents to seek out a mentor
  • Report on new docent experience at Docent Council Meetings
  • Take notes at meetings in absence of Docent at Large
  • Be available to mentor docents
  • Help clarify docent program policies
  • Act in a leadership role by encouraging positive feedback and boosting morale

WEEKEND/EVENING DOCENT REPRESENTATIVE (1): 
  • Report on Weekend and Evening Docent experience at Docent Council meetings
  • Facilitate team atmosphere between evening and weekday programs
  • Be available to mentor docents
  • Help clarify docent program policies
  • Act in a leadership role by encouraging positive feedback and boosting morale
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