What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intern - Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute position at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation?
Who We Are
Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation.
Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, The Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library.
Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.
About The Position
Serves as support for the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute program. Assists with planning, implementation, logistical support, and completion of weekly onsite teacher development programs.
Essential Functions:
40 per week mid-May through mid-August
Required Education and Experience:
Required: College student with a concentration in history or education.
Qualifications:
Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation.
Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, The Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library.
Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.
About The Position
Serves as support for the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute program. Assists with planning, implementation, logistical support, and completion of weekly onsite teacher development programs.
Essential Functions:
- Assists in organizing, managing, transporting, and caring for Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute educational materials, equipment, and supplies.
- Assists Colonial Williamsburg staff in moving teachers to/from various interpretive sessions and programs.
- Assists staff with instructional sessions including teaching selected content/activities during Teacher Institute sessions.
- Assists with research for developing new educational materials for teachers.
- Assists with primary logistics as assigned: lodging assignments/confirmations, meal arrangements/confirmations, airport transportation arrangements/confirmations, or weekly staff and participant schedule creation.
- Reconfirms presenter schedules, classroom space, meals, hotel and transportation reservations, and admission tickets.
- Assists with orientating teachers to the physical layout of the Historic Area and the Teacher Institute program.
40 per week mid-May through mid-August
Required Education and Experience:
Required: College student with a concentration in history or education.
Qualifications:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Prior experience in teaching or historical study and work.
- Availability to meet variable program schedules (8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m., holidays and weekends included).
- Must be able to transport up to 50 pounds (such as educational materials, equipment, and supplies).
