Museum Educator, Living Classrooms Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Living Classrooms Foundation -
Baltimore, MD,
US
Museum Educator
Date Posted: 2024-06-15
Job description
JOB SUMMARY
TheMuseum Educator part-time is a position with the Museum's Interpretive andEducational staff. Part-time educators will occasionally work up to 40 hours aweek, but will average 29 hours or less/week over the whole year; There is noguaranteed minimum. Responsibilities are to perform historical interpretationin costume at all museum sites, outdoors and sometimes during inclementweather. Museum Educators are expected to perform all responsibilities, generaland specific listed below, as well as to learn and provide ALL shipboardpresentations, demonstrations, and activities. Educators are eligible to workall billets during normal day operations, overnight programs, off-site, andMuseum special events. Educators are also eligible for the intermediate, supervisoryrole of "Chief of the Watch," which is a program leader who manages theoperations over a specific Museum site or Program. Educators are directlyresponsible to the Museum Public Programs Coordinators.
ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Provide public presentations and programs on any of the museum's sites.Those sites are: The Sloop-of-War USS Constellation, the WWII submarine USSTorsk; the WWII cutter USCGC Taney; the light ship Chesapeake; and theSeven-foot Knoll Light House.
2. Demonstrate ongoing mastery of program subject matter, adhering to approvedcurricula, and continue developing further expertise on our subject area.
3. Execute all programs according to approved plans and schedules, and ensureall program elements are included.
4. Wear a historical costume, including hats, and to exhibit positive, friendlyinteraction and demeanor with visitors and guests.
5. Provide and maintain their own 20th Century Naval costume consisting of anystandard dark-wash, denim blue jeans, black shoes, and a light blue, cottonchambray shirt. Maintain HSB - provided 19th century naval costume and a dixiecup hat.
6. Monitor, provide for, and protect the safety of the vessels themselves andall visitors to them by knowing and following established safety policies.
7. Performing daily, routine duties and custodial maintenance at Museum sitesin accordance with museum directives and instruction.
Other Organizational Responsibilities:
1. Support museum efforts such as, "all-hands" activities including but notlimited to: 4th of July celebration; New Year's Eve celebration; "VictoryNight", and Pearl Harbor Day.
2. Museum Educators must be able to do all manner of physical activitiesassociated with boarding and departing the sites and opening and closing thesites.
3. Occasionally work catered events that will require working evening hours, aswell as overnight programs which may, rarely, require working through thenight. During overnight programs, educators will spend the night on the ship towhich assigned.
4. Post and operate any of the various visitor service desks in the museum.
5. Operate gift shop counter, register, and restocking procedures.
6. Be an effective co-worker who promotes, by personal example and leadership,a positive work ethic and good morale among ship's staff and volunteers.
7. Occasionally assist with preservation maintenance efforts includingship-moving, clearing snow, loading equipment, etc.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. As a "trainee" candidates must have completed the training and passedqualification for all active museum programs.
2. A Bachelor's degree in Education, Museum Science, History, or a relatedfield preferred, OR a minimum of 1 years of post-high school study in same orworking in education programming. (A higher degree may substitute for 1 year ofmuseum programming experience but does not necessarily increase qualification.)
3.must be available for weekend work shifts.
WORKENVIRONMENT
1. While on duty, employees must be able to wear the appropriate, clean, andserviceable historic costume, including hats.
2. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to talkwith and hear museum visitors. The employee often is required to stand; walk tovarious locations and maybe exposed to a variety of outdoor weather conditions.
3. The educator position will require occasional moderate lifting, pullinglines, operating shipboard equipment, traversing ladders, and navigating spaceswith low overheads.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level ofwork being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not tobe construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skillsrequired of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to performduties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Living Classrooms Foundation is An Equal Opportunity Employer
Minorities, Women, Handicapped Persons are encouraged to apply.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment withoutregard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap status, Vietnamera or disabled Veterans status.
Benefits:
$15.00- $17.00 /hr. Pay starts at $15.00/hr. Upon completion of their training, basepay increases to $17.00/hr. Museum Educators also receive an additional 10-20%pay bonus for overnight work and 10% additional pay when serving as a ChiefEducator. All educators are entitled to worker's compensation; paid birthday;paid day of jury duty; and life insurance. Upon reaching Full-time status,educators become eligible for all company insurance benefits, Paid Time Off(PTO), worker's compensation; paid birthday; health & dental insurance;life insurance, and paid day of jury duty.
TheMuseum Educator part-time is a position with the Museum's Interpretive andEducational staff. Part-time educators will occasionally work up to 40 hours aweek, but will average 29 hours or less/week over the whole year; There is noguaranteed minimum. Responsibilities are to perform historical interpretationin costume at all museum sites, outdoors and sometimes during inclementweather. Museum Educators are expected to perform all responsibilities, generaland specific listed below, as well as to learn and provide ALL shipboardpresentations, demonstrations, and activities. Educators are eligible to workall billets during normal day operations, overnight programs, off-site, andMuseum special events. Educators are also eligible for the intermediate, supervisoryrole of "Chief of the Watch," which is a program leader who manages theoperations over a specific Museum site or Program. Educators are directlyresponsible to the Museum Public Programs Coordinators.
ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Provide public presentations and programs on any of the museum's sites.Those sites are: The Sloop-of-War USS Constellation, the WWII submarine USSTorsk; the WWII cutter USCGC Taney; the light ship Chesapeake; and theSeven-foot Knoll Light House.
2. Demonstrate ongoing mastery of program subject matter, adhering to approvedcurricula, and continue developing further expertise on our subject area.
3. Execute all programs according to approved plans and schedules, and ensureall program elements are included.
4. Wear a historical costume, including hats, and to exhibit positive, friendlyinteraction and demeanor with visitors and guests.
5. Provide and maintain their own 20th Century Naval costume consisting of anystandard dark-wash, denim blue jeans, black shoes, and a light blue, cottonchambray shirt. Maintain HSB - provided 19th century naval costume and a dixiecup hat.
6. Monitor, provide for, and protect the safety of the vessels themselves andall visitors to them by knowing and following established safety policies.
7. Performing daily, routine duties and custodial maintenance at Museum sitesin accordance with museum directives and instruction.
Other Organizational Responsibilities:
1. Support museum efforts such as, "all-hands" activities including but notlimited to: 4th of July celebration; New Year's Eve celebration; "VictoryNight", and Pearl Harbor Day.
2. Museum Educators must be able to do all manner of physical activitiesassociated with boarding and departing the sites and opening and closing thesites.
3. Occasionally work catered events that will require working evening hours, aswell as overnight programs which may, rarely, require working through thenight. During overnight programs, educators will spend the night on the ship towhich assigned.
4. Post and operate any of the various visitor service desks in the museum.
5. Operate gift shop counter, register, and restocking procedures.
6. Be an effective co-worker who promotes, by personal example and leadership,a positive work ethic and good morale among ship's staff and volunteers.
7. Occasionally assist with preservation maintenance efforts includingship-moving, clearing snow, loading equipment, etc.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. As a "trainee" candidates must have completed the training and passedqualification for all active museum programs.
2. A Bachelor's degree in Education, Museum Science, History, or a relatedfield preferred, OR a minimum of 1 years of post-high school study in same orworking in education programming. (A higher degree may substitute for 1 year ofmuseum programming experience but does not necessarily increase qualification.)
3.must be available for weekend work shifts.
WORKENVIRONMENT
1. While on duty, employees must be able to wear the appropriate, clean, andserviceable historic costume, including hats.
2. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to talkwith and hear museum visitors. The employee often is required to stand; walk tovarious locations and maybe exposed to a variety of outdoor weather conditions.
3. The educator position will require occasional moderate lifting, pullinglines, operating shipboard equipment, traversing ladders, and navigating spaceswith low overheads.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level ofwork being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not tobe construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skillsrequired of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to performduties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Living Classrooms Foundation is An Equal Opportunity Employer
Minorities, Women, Handicapped Persons are encouraged to apply.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment withoutregard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap status, Vietnamera or disabled Veterans status.
Benefits:
$15.00- $17.00 /hr. Pay starts at $15.00/hr. Upon completion of their training, basepay increases to $17.00/hr. Museum Educators also receive an additional 10-20%pay bonus for overnight work and 10% additional pay when serving as a ChiefEducator. All educators are entitled to worker's compensation; paid birthday;paid day of jury duty; and life insurance. Upon reaching Full-time status,educators become eligible for all company insurance benefits, Paid Time Off(PTO), worker's compensation; paid birthday; health & dental insurance;life insurance, and paid day of jury duty.