The Museum of the City of New York is seeking applications for a Part-time Coordinator of the Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Doctoral History Education Fellowship.

The City Museum seeks applications from individuals with a Masters Degree in Education/Educational Leadership or Museum Education/Museum Leadership to plan, implement, and evaluate a Museum Education training program for three predoctoral History Education Fellows working in the Frederick A.O. Schwarz Children’s Center at the City Museum. While the Fellows will strengthen education programs using their expertise of content and research methodologies, the first part of their fourteen-month Fellowship will be a two-month training program to teach them techniques in museum education, pedagogy for working with students of all ages, teachers and families in a museum setting, curriculum and lesson planning for museum education programs, and the logistics of creating and implementing education programs in a museum setting.

The Coordinator will be responsible for creating sessions that teach best practices in museum education for children and adults, inviting guest speakers to teach the Fellows how to interact with specific audiences such as children with special needs, coordinating the Fellows’ observations of full-time Schwarz Center staff when they’re leading programs, and creating specific training experiences for the Fellows once their Museum project work has been defined.
After the two month training period, the Coordinator will be responsible for liaising with the graduate school faculty advisor and Museum staff to track and strengthen the development of the Fellows as they work on education assignments at the Museum—fieldtrips, afterschool programs and professional development. Weekly responsibilities include observations of the Fellows while they interact with Museum visitors, checking in with Schwarz Center Staff to discuss successes and challenges of the Fellows’ work, and engaging the Fellows in team meetings and professional development which may include lectures by guest speakers and/or visits to other museums to continue learning about best practices in museum settings. In addition to evaluating each Fellow’s individual growth, the Coordinator will be responsible for evaluating the Fellowship program as a whole by creating surveys for the Fellows, Staff, and audiences that the Fellow serves.

Fellows will begin in July 2015. The Coordinator must begin work in April 2015 to structure the training around the Fellows’ needs. Compensation is $38,000 for 30 hours a week for fifteen-seventeen months, with a possible year-long extension. Workdays must coincide with the Fellows’ work schedule.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

· Have a Masters Degree in Education, Educational Leadership, Museum Education, or Museum Leadership

· Have at least one strong example of leading a museum education training program for individuals new to the field of museum education

· Have experience teaching a diverse audience in a museum setting

· Be knowledgeable about best practices in museum education

· Have experience evaluating individuals and/or programs in a museum setting

· Be flexible

· Have a demonstrated commitment to collaborative work

Application Requirements

· Candidates must submit a cover letter explaining their eligibility with concrete examples to address each requirement.

· Cover letters and resumes should be sent to fkent@mcny.org– <mailto:fkent@mcny.org–> no calls please.

· Two references must be listed. One should be able to address your ability to successfully teach in a museum setting. The other should be able to discuss your ability to develop and evaluate a training program for individuals new to the field of museum education.

The Museum of the City of New York celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. The Museum serves the people of New York and visitors from around the world through exhibitions, school and public programs, publications, and collections. The Museum is riding an exciting wave of success. Attendance is at an all time high and the institution is in the midst of a revitalization of its mission and operations, which centers on the modernization and expansion of its historic building and the reinvigoration of its exhibitions and public programs.