Museum Educator

The Frick Museums and Art of Pittsburgh•Pittsburgh, PA

3d•$15•Onsite

About The Position

As members of the Learning and Visitor Experience department, museum educators are responsible for facilitating high-quality, engaging, youth-centered educational experiences for students and families in the Frick Pittsburgh’s three museums, greenhouse, and grounds, as well as offsite through outreach programming. This is a United Steelworkers represented position. Must have a commitment to fostering a workplace culture of equity and inclusion. Reports to: Manager of Youth & Family Programs Hours: Day and evening work required, including occasional weekends and holidays. Status: This is a non-exempt, part-time, on-call position. Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. as needed. Monday training sessions and meetings (including pre- employment) required. Must be available to work a minimum of four programs per month. Occasional evening and weekend hours are required. No minimum number of hours offered. Hourly Rate: $15.30/hr. Process: Candidates are initially hired as educator trainees. Pending completion of the training course and performance evaluation, trainees will then become Frick employees as part of the education corps.

Requirements

Committed to fostering a workplace of inclusion and belonging
Possess a flexible teaching style and a demonstrated ability to teach children of varying ages, abilities, learning styles, and backgrounds.
Strong problem-solving abilities and the ability to adapt to changing situations in real time
Engaging speaker with enthusiasm, energy, flexibility and adaptability who enjoys working collaboratively
Professional, reliable, punctual and willing to work a flexible schedule. Although scheduling is flexible, ideal candidates should be looking for consistent, year-round work and must provide a minimum amount of availability per month.
Strong interest in art and history with a desire to share that interest with young visitors
Ability to address sensitive subject matter and potentially challenging interactions with empathy
Ability to operate with little direct supervision to create exceptional, youth-centered educational experiences
Act 33/34 clearance
Clearance of a criminal background check and FBI fingerprinting
Successful candidates must commit to learning a large amount of information in a relatively short time and possess the initiative to complete large portions of training on their own.
Educator trainees will train for one museum at a time and must successfully complete the current museum training before starting the next.
Trainees will be paid for all in-person training meetings and for 5-10 hours per week of self-directed training time for a maximum of 6 weeks, per museum training.
Candidates that meet all training requirements will be required to lead a sample tour (referred to as a clearing tour) for management and will be evaluated on their skills.
Museum educators must complete a clearing tour for all three museums.
Trainees who are unable to complete any of the three clearing tours to the satisfaction of management after two (2) attempts will be dismissed from the educator position and will no longer be employees of The Frick Pittsburgh.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working in the education field, either in formal education spaces or informally in museums, is a plus

Responsibilities

Facilitate hands-on, inquiry-based programs for youth audiences in the three museums, greenhouse and grounds at The Frick Pittsburgh.
Attend and complete museum educator trainings for all three museums: The Frick Art Museum (FAM), Clayton and the Car & Carriage Museum (CCM).
Lead accurate, interactive, inquiry-based, age-appropriate tours of each museum for school, scout, camp, family, and community groups alongside other museum educators.
Individualize each program, as instructed by the Manager of Youth and Family Programs and as dictated by school curriculum, teacher request, and/or student needs and abilities
Learn the format and content of new tours and workshops as they are developed.
Attend all on-going training sessions and meetings to keep current on content information, teaching techniques, theories of education and any other topics related to the collections
Arrive at least 30 minutes prior to each teaching session to prepare for the program and discuss that day’s format and content with the L&VE staff and other Frick educators
Greet and welcome visiting groups as they arrive according to established guidelines
Stay at least 30 minutes after the conclusion of the program to discuss any significant events in that particular program and to clean up as needed
Represent the Frick Pittsburgh at community outreach events and programs at partner organization sites within the Pittsburgh area
Work assigned duties for special events, such as admission check-in, visitor greeting, and activity tables
Other duties as assigned by management.