What are the responsibilities and job description for the Museum Educator position at South Street Seaport Museum?
South Street Seaport Museum seeks experienced, enthusiastic educators to teach programs on board our docked vessels, in our galleries, on walking tours through Lower Manhattan.
South Street Seaport Museum, located in the heart of the historic seaport district in New York City, preserves and interprets the history of New York as a great port city. Founded in 1967, the Museum houses an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts, a maritime reference library, exhibition galleries and education spaces, working 19th-century print shops, and an active fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of “Where New York Begins.” seaportmuseum.org
Job Summary
As a South Street Seaport Museum educator, you will bring to K-12 and college students, teachers, and educators from around the city and around the world a sense of the Seaport’s history and the Harbor’s continued importance as an ecosystem and as an economic waterway. You will engage with all kinds of learners of all backgrounds through inquiry-based, student-centered instruction, seeking to explore context and create connection in every way. You will communicate with visiting teachers and chaperones, your teammates, and other departments in a way that makes complex logistics look effortless and enhances the experience for all.
Educational programs for visiting schools last 90 minutes and include topics such as New Amsterdam history, life on board a tall ship, immigration, ocean liners, and estuary ecology.
Most of our programs are interdisciplinary in scope, with as much attention paid to how students are learning as to what they are learning. See our website seaportmuseum.org / learn, for more information.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Teaching programs to visiting school and camp groups as scheduled, including programs on
board our historic dockside vessels, in our galleries, and on walking tours.
background knowledge and experience, ethnicities and cultures, learning styles, and
educational and physical requirements.
activities in public spaces.
Professional Qualifications
Second language proficiency
Experience with Access / Disability / Special Needs audiences
Teacher certification
Early Childhood Experience
Experience teaching science and math
Theatrical experience
Personal Qualifications
least two additional weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. Applicants must be able to :
weather (foul weather gear will be provided) as long as it is deemed safe to do so by a
superior.
Compensation / Benefits
Part-time / hourly positions, flexible hours. No full-time positions available. This is a non-exempt position. Salary : $22 / hour
Note : Museum Educators are also encouraged to become Visitor Experience and Engagement
Associates, as well as Marine Educators, teaching programs aboard the historic schooner
Pioneer.
How to Apply
Email resume and cover letter with “MUSEUM EDUCATOR” in the subject line to :
educationjobs@seany.org. Applications without an attached cover letter will not be considered . No phone calls, please.
South Street Seaport Museum is an equal opportunity employer. Non-traditional applicants and / or those with suitable alternatives to the above criteria are encouraged to apply. The Seaport Museum strongly encourages applications from members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums; we seek to foster a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff as diverse as New York City and our audience.
Salary : $22
