Education Assistant

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The Education volunteer is responsible for working with the Education team to implement enriching experiences through our educational programs and events for our rapidly growing children’s museum. Programs include, but are not limited to: cultural and nature-based events, field trip workshops, camps, scout programs, after school programs, mobile museum, outreach events, birthday parties, art studio workshops, and public programs. The Education Volunteer will report to Education Managers .

Responsibilities

• Daily public contact.

• Facilitate art, science, and cultural workshops programs, and events including preparation, set-up, and clean-up.

• Ability to modify programs in response to age and ability of participants as well as comments from visitors, performance reviews, and/or program evaluation.

• Supports and collaborates with Education staff and other departments to support the Museum mission and department initiatives as they relate to exhibits, program planning, outreach efforts, events, visitor engagement, and other educational activities.

• Model appropriate practices with young children and encourage learning through play. Encourage educational objectives throughout the museum experience.

Qualifications

• Has a passion and experience working with children ages 0-10.

• Must be able to function in a fast-paced, high-energy, team environment

• Familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other office programs.

• Must be highly organized with excellent written and verbal communication.

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred, but not required.