Gallery Educator

The University of Tulsa • Tulsa, OK

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About The Position

As Gilcrease Museum prepares for reopening, Gallery Educators develop and facilitate educational programs supporting school visits, camps, and other museum initiatives. They create meaningful learning experiences that connect visitors with the museum’s collections, exhibitions, stories, and communities. Reporting to the Manager of School and Family Programs, Gallery Educators serve as primary facilitators of educational experiences across the museum.

Requirements

• Strong facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences.
• Ability to adapt educational experiences to learners of different ages, backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles.
• Demonstrated initiative, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in an educational or public-facing setting.
• Bachelor’s degree in education, art, history, humanities, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively in classroom, gallery, and public program settings.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move throughout museum and campus spaces for extended periods while facilitating tours, programs, and activities.
• Ability to lift, carry, set up, and transport educational materials, supplies, and equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Experience teaching, facilitating, or working with children, youth, families, or public audiences in educational, museum, cultural, community, or informal learning environments.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate inquiry-based gallery tours, object-based learning, reflective discussions, hands-on artmaking, and other educational experiences for school, youth, family, and public audiences.
• Lead and support educational programs, camps, and community engagement activities independently or in collaboration with others.
• Adapt learning experiences for diverse audiences and foster connections between visitors, collections, and exhibitions through conversation, creativity, and active learning.
• Develop and refine tours, educational activities, lesson plans, curriculum resources, and interpretive materials connected to museum collections and exhibitions.
• Contribute to the creation, implementation, and ongoing improvement of school, youth, family, camp, and public programs.
• Pilot new educational initiatives and incorporate audience feedback into program design.
• Prepare, maintain, and inventory educational materials, supplies, and program equipment.
• Support program logistics, participant supervision, safety procedures, setup and cleanup, and camp operations, including extended care and participant transitions.
• Keep educational spaces and resources organized and ready for programs.
• Participate in planning, training, evaluation, and professional development activities.
• Collect participation data and feedback and provide recommendations to strengthen educational initiatives.
• Collaborate with museum staff, volunteers, interns, teaching artists, educators, and community partners to advance the museum’s educational mission and serve as an ambassador for Gilcrease Museum.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time