Arts Integration Educator at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Job Title: Educator
Job Status: Full-time
Details:
The Intrepid Museum seeks a Full Time Arts Integration Educator versed in the integration of the arts, particularly performing arts, into traditional content areas. As a part of the Lifelong Learning Team, position will work primarily on the development, delivery and evaluation of arts-integrated experiences and programming for children and adults at the Museum, virtually and at offsite locations. The Arts Integration Educator will collaborate with colleagues within the Education Department as well as professional staff in curatorial, development, and museum services departments on programs, events and Museum logistics.
As part of the wider Education team, secondary responsibilities of this position include delivering general onsite or virtual programs for K-12 groups, adults, seniors, libraries, and community centers as well as Access programs for children and adults with disabilities.
This position requires creativity, energy, empathy, outstanding organization, strong presentation skills, the ability to function in a truly unique shared/collaborative workspace with a large and diverse staff embodying a variety of working styles, and a passion for creating and performing arts-rich work.
Specific projects assigned to this position in the immediate are:
- Outreach for, delivery and evaluation of the NEH funded Crossing the Line program, a 10-session research, writing and performance residency program for teens (concluding in September 2022).
- Developing and delivering age appropriate arts-based experiences and performances aimed at museum-goers of varying ages, nationalities and abilities, for both live and virtual audiences which incorporate both history-rich Museum exhibitions and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) elements.
- Coordinating with the head of Access Initiatives to advise on recruitment and training of contract teaching artists related to their programming for older adults with dementia and their caregivers.
- Writing clear program outlines and providing coaching to wider Education Department staff to assist with arts-integrated program delivery as needed.
- Accurate record keeping of all required data points essential for reflection and reporting.
- Representing the Museum at teacher events, fairs, conferences, and community events.
- Supporting the programming needs of the Education Department as described above.
Other Duties As Required By Management.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of a Bachelors of Arts or Sciences with either Education/training in History, Arts Education or Theater. A minimum 2-3 years of creating/delivering arts-rich education experiences in school, camp, museum or other educational setting. Demonstrably strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects. Ability and willingness to travel to offsite program locations within NYC as needed. Ability to work both independently and in an energetic and collaborative environment. Ability to flex hours to work weekends, holidays, and evenings as necessary. Strong interpersonal and communication skills with knowledge of Microsoft and Google tools. Bilingual or multilingual a plus.
Intrepid realizes that it is rare an applicant meets 100% of the qualifications for a given role. If much of this job description describes you, then we encouraged you to apply.
Intrepid Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to the goal of building a culturally diverse staff and strongly encourages applications from minority candidates.
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