Gallery Educator

University of Tulsa•Tulsa, OK

About The Position

As Gilcrease Museum prepares for reopening, Gallery Educators develop and facilitate educational programs supporting school visits, camps, and other museum initiatives. As frontline educators, 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, they serve as the 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 is preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitate inquiry-based gallery tours, object-based learning experiences, reflective discussions, hands-on artmaking activities, 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 educational 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 related to museum collections and exhibitions.
Contribute to creating, implementing, and improving 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 program-ready.
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.
Serve as an ambassador for Gilcrease Museum.
Perform other duties as assigned.