General Plan of Administration for the Educational Division

The purpose of this General Plan of Administration for the Educational Division of the National Park Service is to codify principles of organization and operation and to state, as briefly as possible, the administrative plan to be followed in the operation of the various units of the Educational Division. The plan is based upon actual organization and operation in the field, as exemplified by the most thoroughly developed park units, and has been recorded in order to form a basis for continuance of administration of these units and for the efficient organization and operation of new units. Having been thoroughly studied and approved by the Director, the procedure as outlined will hereafter be followed in the field; any necessary changes will be submitted to the Director for approval, through the Headquarters of the Educational Division. Sufficient latitude has been allowed for individual park educational officers to exercise their own personal initiative in carrying out individual park programs. The present general plan is supplemented by an individual "Plan of Administration of the Educational Activities" for each park. The latter plans are prepared by the Park Naturalist and Chief Naturalist working in cooperation. After being concurred by the Superintendent, they are submitted by the Chief Naturalist to the Director for approval, after which they will be carried out in the field as are the technical plans of other Park Service divisions.