Position Title: Assistant Museum Educator

Department: Education

Reports to: Managing Museum Educator for Academic Programs

Salary Grade: P4

Employee Classification: Exempt Full-Time

General Description:

The Assistant Museum Educator plans, facilates, and implements a Museum-wide Internship

Program for college and graduate level students. He/she oversees the Internship application

process, including review of candidates, placement across museum departments, fullfillment

of interns’ responsibilities within each department, structured training programs for teaching

in the museum galleries, along with museum seminars and panel discussions with educators,

curators, conservators and other members of the professional staff. Working with the Mananging

Museum Educator for Academic Programs, the Assistant Museum Educator contributes to

the strategic development and implementation of the Academic Programs division, including

assisting with fellowship programs and professional staff exchanges, as needed. The Assistant

Educator is expected to demonstrate leadership within the department and to contribute to the

field of museum education. Additionaly, he/she works with other Educators in the Department

to advertise, intrerview, select and train graduate students in museum education through the

Teaching Corps program. The Assistant Museum Educator also works collaboratively with a

wide range of professional staff internally across the department and the museum, including

the Development Office, Counsel’s Office, Communications, Human Resources, and Visitor

Services.

The Assistant Museum Educator teaches regularly across the department to all audiences. He/she

helps develop and implement programing for special exhibitions and the permanent collections.

He/she develops strategies for expanding the college and graduate level student audience for

program participation. He/she also conducts evaluations of the college and graduate internship

program, along with other programs under his/her purview to ensure they are meeting audience

needs.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

• Actively contribute new research and practice-based knowledge to the museum education

field, serving as a resource for students and peers.

• Plan, develop and implement summer paid, long-term, and semester based internship

programs for college and graduate students.

• Oversee intern application process, candidate review, selection and placement

• Oversee interns’ work including training, auditing and coordinating public teaching by the

interns.

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Position Profile (continued)

• Work with other Educators to organize, interview/select and train graduate students in the

Teaching Corps internship program.

• Develop marketing strategies for promoting and diversifying the internship program.

• Oversee program budgets; evaluate programs and prepare donor reports.

• Teach audiences of all ages and abilities in all program areas.

• Work collaboratively with a wide range of professional staff across the department and

museum

• Develop and implement programming for the permanent collection and special exhibitions.

• Other related duties

Requirements and Qualifications:

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 5 years experience working in museums

• Demonstrated excellence teaching with original works of art in a gallery setting for a variety

of audiences, including adults, and training others in gallery based teaching practices.

• Evidence of collaborative skills and experience leading teams through complex projects.

• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to multitask.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated capacity to effectively and professionally

communicate with different constituencies, verbally and in writing.

• Excellent communicator and ability to effectively maintain dozens of key relationships

within diverse museum departments.

• Demonstrated leadership skills to supervise and mentor interns.

Knowledge and Education:

• Masters degree in art history, museum education, or related fields

• Demonstrated knowledge of current theories and practices pertaining to adult learning,

gallery-based teaching and other forms of museum education and informal learning.

• Understanidng of the potential of digital learning and social media tools for adult audiences

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, experience with database systems, including Access

and Excel and solid computer skills required.

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