2-YEAR GRANT FUNDED
The Senior Educator, School Readiness Resources & Programs (Sr. Educator SRRP), is a member of the Child Development team. This team is responsible for developing and delivering quality, fun, developmentally meaningful educational experiences for the Museum’s youngest constituents (birth to five) and the adults in their lives—including visitors and others outside of the Museum (educators, caregivers, families) who use our resources. The Senior Educator will report to the Senior Director of Child Development and will assist in developing and redesigning resources for children, families, and educators in being ready to support children entering school. Resources may include activities or curricula, programs, workshops, exhibit components, or other resources to be used by families and educators inside and outside the Museum. All resources will reflect the goals and philosophies documented in Boston Children’s Museum’s Learning Framework, which emphasizes play and exploration in service of learning.
The Senior Educator will help to shape the Museum’s current and future approaches to school readiness, building strong working relationships with internal colleagues, networking, and working with related community and early education organizations. The Senior Educator will also support school readiness efforts within the Museum, including the Countdown to Kindergarten exhibit and other relevant spaces to support key school readiness skills. This could include developing new programs and activities to support exhibit content and periodically participating on exhibit teams to develop new exhibit components.
Applicants should have strong experience working with early learners, an understanding of the kindergarten classroom experience, foundational skills for young children, and the early learning landscape across the state. The Senior Educator should have the ability to share knowledge regarding school readiness skills and approaches with other colleagues within the Museum (including Visitor Experience Ambassadors, other Educators, and Senior Staff in the Museum), and may be asked to represent the Museum by sharing their expertise with external partners.
- Lead the Museum’s work in school readiness, which may include leading defined projects or grants, and organizing timelines, deliverables, and partners.
- Model development and lead engaging, educational, fun, and interactive school readiness programs and experiences for children, adult caregivers, and educators, for use in the Museum, in schools, in community settings, in homes, and in all areas in which our educational resources are used.
- Lead brainstorms around experience development projects, model implementation of learning experience framework objectives and goals in resource development, and actively develop and disseminate school readiness resources and experiences.
- Guide iterative testing of activities, including scheduling testing sessions within the Museum and in educational settings outside of the Museum, participating in observations of activities; incorporating feedback from colleagues, observations, teachers, students, and evaluation professionals
- Share content, pedagogy, and programmatic development expertise with colleagues; including to mentor Visitor Experience Ambassadors, Educators, and any other staff delivering educational activities and programming that will benefit from drawing on the Senior Educator’s area of expertise.
- Serve as a resource for senior Museum staff, external partners, and networks in school readiness, drawing on specialized content knowledge to represent the Museum.
- Build our network outside of the Museum in support of a given content or specialty area, communicate frequently with and maintain contacts with relevant stakeholders in order to understand needs and support Museum offerings.
- Other duties as assigned.
- College degree with an area of study in child development or early education field preferred, or equivalent; 2 - 4 years of relevant work experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in early education settings (preschool, kindergarten, museum, or other similar early education organization) with demonstrated understanding of the transition to school).
- In addition to English, fluency in a second language is required
- Experience with children ages 0 – 5 and an understanding of children’s emotional, intellectual, and social development.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with diverse, intergenerational audiences, in an energetic, friendly, outgoing, and professional manner.
- Experience developing and implementing educational experiences, including public programs and activities, and mentoring colleagues in doing so.
- Experience coordinating large-scale public events or programs.
- Experience with and ability to network and forge collaborations with community partners.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills. Comfortable presenting to large groups.
- Excellent organizational skills.
Physical Demands: Frequently stand/walk, sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, and use a telephone. Occasionally kneel/crawl, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, and grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 21-40 pounds.
Work Environment: Normal office environment with varying exposure to office equipment (i.e. printer, fax, shredder, phone, and desktop computer). The Office space and Museum exhibits can be fast-paced environment and often noisy during peak seasons. Sometimes a crowded environment with the public and with young children.
Other Factors: Work is performed routinely within the Museum setting, but on occasion may require work performed outside. Flexibility to occasionally accommodate weekends, school vacations, and holidays as required.
(Benefits eligibility is based on regular weekly hours per week)
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Up to 12 Sick days
- Mass Earn Sick Time
- Up to 10 Vacation days
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Qualified Transportation Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Short- Term & Long-Term Disability
- American Alliance Museum Access
- New England Museum Association Access
- Free Admission to 100+ Museums
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OUR MISSION
Boston Children’s Museum engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning.
OUR VISION
Boston Children’s Museum is a welcoming, imaginative, child-centered learning environment that supports diverse families in nurturing their children’s creativity and curiosity. We promote the healthy development of all children so they will fulfil their potential and contribute to our collective well-being and future prosperity.
OUR VALUES
Creativity. Respect. Excellence. Accountability. Thoughtfulness. Equity.
Boston Children’s Museum is a curious, experimental, and creative learning organization. We have a child and family centered focus, welcoming and respecting all Museum audiences. We collaborate and show mutual respect and support for our colleagues. We recognize that each person has equal, intrinsic worth and deserves to be treated with dignity. We are a culture that innovates, changes, and pushes boundaries to keep the museum relevant. We are responsible to each other and strive to keep our commitments to our colleagues. We have a commitment to high ethical standards. We recognize the importance of work-life balance, respecting the importance of personal growth and family. We have an ongoing commitment to fairness in all aspects of the Museum and we embrace alternative ways of thinking.
