Open Position: Education Outreach Coordinator/Presenter
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Exempt: Part-time 15-30 hours
This position involves development and enhancement of educational programs that relate to the NC Essential Standards and STEM education, providing material handouts, family programming, scheduling, and providing tours and presentations at the Museum of Coastal Carolina and Ingram Planetarium to school groups and general public groups.
Requirements
- A bachelors in an education related field a must with preference in history, physics, astronomy or other related science; two years related teaching experience or equivalent combination
- Ability to develop curriculum and lesson plans tied to NC and SC essential standards
- Ability to understand state education curriculum requirements and implement plans to match specific grade levels and targeted audiences
- Ability to develop and present workshops and a variety of subject matter presentations
- Experience in working with children and/or families in a formal or informal educational setting
- Comfortable speaking in front of large groups
- Flexible work schedule including evening and weekend hours at both the museum and planetarium as needed
- Work 15-20 hours a week with optional hourly increase during summer tourist season — i.e. Memorial Day to Labor Day — not to exceed 30 hours
Essential Job Functions
- Develop, coordinate, and implement educational programs at the museum and planetarium
- Develop, coordinate, and implement family programming at the museum and planetarium
- Assist with providing educational and family programming in timely manner for rack card deadlines
- Produce and update education handouts that correlate with NC and SC public school essential standards with emphasis on the NC Standards including STEM and STEAM
- Assist with coordination of school group visitation practices and procedures — i.e. registration, confirmations, pre- and post-visit materials, evaluations and reporting
- Assist with scheduling coverage for school group visitation
- Assist with development, distribution, and updating of the Education Services for Teacher and Students brochure
- Advise staff, docents and volunteers about field trips, family programming, and education standards and goals
- Assist with training programs for staff, docents, and volunteers for museum exhibits, educational field trips, and family programming
- Assist in the development of exhibit language content
- Assist with coordination of Family Day at the museum
- Assist with coordination of special events as needed (Pi Day, World Ocean Day, etc.)
- Assist with timely reporting as needed for grants or scholarships in regards to educational programs/attendees
- Provide updated educational information to public relations for website on presenters and personal presentations
- Train to present Planetarium Dome Shows, Star Shows and Laser Shows as a back up presenter using HD System
- Travel in relationship to educational outreach, programs, expos, presentations or special events
- Develop all programming in PPT or presenter-friendly presentation format
- Provide educational outreach, i.e. speaking to school groups, attending expos and other general public groups
- Assist with providing visitation to disadvantaged student groups with designated scholarship funds
- Assist with oversight of summer interns
Non-essential Job Duties
- Manage daily floor operations at the museum or planetarium facilities as staff-on-duty (SOD) as needed – main office located at planetarium
- Work cohesively with education coordinator to cover all scheduled programs at the museum and planetarium
- Work cohesively with other museum and planetarium staff providing input and information in a timely manner
- Willing to develop ongoing relationship with area educators and school administrators
Other Skills/Abilities
- Assist with Foundation special events
- Train and assist in point-of-sale and daily reporting
- Assist as needed in opening and closing the facilities
- Assist volunteer coordinator in identifying and recruiting volunteers
- Work cohesively with board members of the Foundation
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as requested to meet ongoing needs of the organization.
