Description:
The Betty Brinn Children’s Museum (BBCM) seeks an Educator to support existing, new and expanded programs offered at the Museum and out in the greater community with the goal of providing quality experiences for families and groups. This position will help develop, facilitate and deliver programs for both early learners and school aged children inside the museum in the Be A Maker Space (BAM) and outside the museum at community events, with our Wonder Wagon.
BAM is an ever changing exhibit and real workshop inside the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum. In this space we hope to inspire wonder of the world around us using experimentation, trial and error, real tools, materials and process. We build curiosity and play with hands-on activities during our facilitator lead sessions. Sessions vary from art making, taking things apart, large scale collaborative projects, music, technology and even games!
The Wonder Wagon is our mobile museum experience that brings our hands-on activities and collaborative projects into the community. The Wonder Wagon visits parks, community centers, schools, partner sites, special events and private functions.
- All BBCM staff, volunteers, and interns who work onsite are required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 by their hire date.
- Coordinate hands on programs offered in the Be A Maker Space, including open-making, facilitated programs/workshops for families, groups/field trips, and hands-on activities in connection with special events.
- Assist in booking, planning and promotion; field trips, Wonder Wagon events and performers for programming, special events and promotional days to enhance the visitor experience.
- Responsible for developing programing activities, reporting participation data, and for ensuring the completion of participant surveys and the collection of other data as requested.
- Collaborate with the Education team to evaluate and develop new and enhanced family and group programs throughout the Museum that reflect current trends in education as well as state and national standards for early learners and school-aged children.
- Design and test new programming concepts to expand the museum’s educational reach (e.g., summer camps, paid workshops).
- Communicate with families, schools and educational institutes to build partnerships and future programming in and outside the museum.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Degree in Early Childhood, Fine Arts, Non-profit Management, Event Programming or Community-related services preferred.
- At least two years of related formal or informal experience and/or training in a setting that demonstrates the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to perform the above tasks; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to work with children ages birth to 10 years old.
- A strong commitment to the mission of BBCM.
- Facilitator and co-learning mindset with strong classroom management experience to facilitate group sizes ranging from one-on-one to groups of 30+ individuals. Desire and ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
- Energetic and enthusiastic attitude when interacting with guests.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with Google and database management software.
- Keen attention to detail with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects at once.
- Ability to work weekends and evenings for special events and programming.