Hands on History Instructor

Salary : $19.58 - $22.52 Hourly

Location : Golden, CO

Job Type : Seasonal

Job Number : 2025-00019

Department : Parks and Recreation

Opening Date : 01 / 31 / 2025

Closing Date : Continuous

FLSA : Non-Exempt

Under the direction of the Student & Family Programs Coordinator, performs, assists and leads a series of 8 week-long sessions for the Golden History Museum & Park's Summer Camp program. The program runs Monday through Friday, from June 2 - August 1, 2025, with required training May 28 - 30, 2025. Summer camp staff are on break from the week of June 30 to July 4, 2025. This is a 40 hours / week summer position, 8 : 30 a.m. to 4 : 30 p.m., Monday through Friday, for the duration of the camp season. Camp staff work with campers ages six to eight or nine to twelve.

JOB SUMMARY

• Performs a variety of program duties including interpretation and instruction of lesson plans. Leads daily programming for groups of participants between the ages of 6-8 and 9-12.
• Attends training to learn weekly lesson plans and follows daily schedule for all camp sessions.
• Adapts programming for each session depending on group dynamic, while maintaining the integrity of lesson plans provided.
• Works with a co-instructor to supervise a group of 15-20 children and volunteers during each week-long session.
• Follows and enforces all department and camp policies, rules and procedures while maintaining a friendly and professional attitude.
• Provides a safe, creative and fun environment for participants. Promotes and encourages children to have fun while learning in a high energy atmosphere.
• Keeps daily roster of camp participants, and ensures safety of participants on-site, and during off-site field trips.
• Collaborates with other Hands-on History Instructors to schedule assignments and fulfill all duties and responsibilities of the program.
• Regularly communicates with Education Assistant and Student & Family Programs Coordinator to provide quality programming.
• Performs daily clean-up and maintains cleanliness of education spaces. Organize materials, tracks inventory of supplies and provide feedback on the purchasing of supplies and equipment, when needed, to ensure preparedness for each session.
• Assists in moving equipment and supplies.
• Responsible for security of historic buildings at the Golden History Park. This includes opening procedures and securing buildings when not in use or when group is off-site.
• Immediately reports all incidents, injuries, and / or unsafe conditions to the Student & Family Programs Coordinator.
• Exercises appropriate decision making, especially if Student & Family Programs Coordinator is not available for advice.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides oversight for assigned program volunteers.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

High School Diploma or general education diploma (GED) with prior experience teaching in a group or planned curriculum to children (day camp, sports camp, school, etc.). Museum or history teaching environment preferred. College degree / enrollment in education, history, museum studies or a related field preferred. Must possess excellent organizational, conflict management, and communication skills. Prior experience dealing with children of diverse populations, skills, and abilities.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid driver's license and good driving record.

Adult and Child CPR certification and First Aid required prior to date of hire.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required.

EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

High School Diploma or general education diploma (GED) with prior experience teaching in a group or planned curriculum to children (day camp, sports camp, school, etc.). Museum or history teaching environment preferred. College degree / enrollment in education, history, museum studies or a related field preferred. Must possess excellent organizational, conflict management, and communication skills. Prior experience dealing with children of diverse populations, skills, and abilities.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. Excellent customer service, conflict resolution, and interpersonal skills. Excellent verbal communication skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Must be able to make independent decisions with minimal supervision.

MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT DIRECTLY USED

Historic costumes, reproductions of various historic tools, wood burning stove, garden tools, etc. Use of general office equipment, walkie talkie, flip camera / video.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of the position, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; reach with their hands, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. Must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 lbs. Duties require moderate movement and physical effort.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and / or humid conditions, chickens, vacant bee hives, and vegetable garden. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

City of Golden is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Part-Time and Seasonal employees may be eligible for some benefits as they relate to the position and department in which they work.

Part-Time and Seasonal employees are also eligible to accrue 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked.

For more detailed information please refer to the section of our website.

Do you have a high school diploma or general education diploma (GED)?

Do you have prior experience teaching in a group or planning curriculum for children such as day camp, sports camp, school, etc.?

The hiring rate for this position is $19.58 - $22.52 per hour. Are you comfortable with this range of pay?

Required training will be conducted on May 28 - 30, 2025. Are you available to attend training on these dates?

Hands-on History camp runs for 8 weeks : June 2 - 6, June 9 - 13, June 16 - 20, June 23 - 27, July 7 - 11, July 14 - 18, July 21 - 25, and July 28 - August 1. The schedule requires open availability Monday through Friday each of these weeks. Camp is on break and staff are off from June 30 through July 4, 2025. Do you have any conflicts during these weeks that we should be aware of?

Do you have an Adult and Child CPR and First Aid certification? If not, are you willing to complete the training before your first day of work?

Are you willing to complete other online trainings as assigned prior to the start of camp?

While performing the duties of this job, you may be exposed to outside weather conditions including summer heat, wet and / or humid conditions, and summer storms. Are you comfortable working in these conditions?

This position works with and around animals and vegetation, such as chickens, bee hives, and a vegetable garden. Are you comfortable working in these conditions?

Do you have experience teaching in a museum, history, or education environment?

Do you have a college degree in, or are you enrolled in, an education, history, museum studies or related field?

Please describe your level of skill using an iPad or Mac computer and film editing software, specifically iMovie.a. Beginner b. Intermediate c. Advancedd. No experience

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