How do Pathfinder instructors keep track of students in the outdoors?
It is not difficult to keep track of students even when classroom walls do not contain them. Each group of students is supervised by at least one Pathfinder instructor with a maximum ratio of 1:20 students. An adult from the school/organization also accompanies the group. Students are often taught to count off so that all members look out for one another. Pathfinder staff and attending adults always have a complete roster of the students in their care. (This roster also contains pertinent medical information such as allergies.) Pathfinder students are taught the ground rules immediately after arrival. A primary rule is to stay with one’s group at all times, to ask permission to leave, and to go with a buddy when one is granted permission.
