Professional Development Educator

Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Oversee, from ideation to evaluation, the suite of virtual, in-person, and off-site professional development offerings from the Field Museum. This includes but is not limited to drop-in opportunities and sustained Professional Learning Communities such as:

Field Ambassadors
School Partnerships
Educator In-services
Pre-service teacher education
Adult learning
Other PD programs throughout the department
2. Build and maintain relationships with teachers, school leaders, and partner organizations:

Build new relationships with target school communities and partner organizations.
Serve as liaison to schools, partner organizations, and universities.
Cultivate strong relationships with and maintain regular correspondence with teachers, schools, and district administrators.
3. Support evaluation plan and maintain program records:

Record and keep track of participation data and professional learning documentation for the Illinois State Board of Education.
Develop meaningful and actionable program evaluations.
Support evaluation plan implementation through administering and assessing participant feedback, data analysis, and ongoing program refinement.
4. Develop and curate Pre-K-12th grade educational resources to support teachers:

Develop educational resources for educator to use in support of professional development.
Develop and edit curriculum for Harris Learning Collection materials including Harris toolkits, experience boxes, and exhibit cases.
Develop educational resources for learning resources.
Contribute to program reporting efforts including grant reports and proposals as needed.
5. Market professional development opportunities at the Museum through engagement with local education communities:

Help write and curate information for the monthly educator newsletter.
Add to and edit the email marketing list using mailchimp.
Market field trip opportunities and other Field Museum programs for educators at professional development.
Promote professional development opportunities through networking and tabling at local teacher conferences, science nights, partner school programs, and other Education and Public Programs events.
6. Foster ongoing internal collaborations across departments and external collaborations with schools and community partners in support of professional development:

Participate in internal committee meetings geared towards strengthening strategic plans, creating, editing, and supporting learning frameworks.
Develop and maintain relationships and collaborate with scientists and collections staff to support professional development.
Programming connected to anthropology exhibitions and collections also requires building and maintaining relationships with people and organizations outside of the museum connected to that work.
7. School Partnerships:

Aide with the implementation of Pre-K-12th grade student learning experiences within the context of school partnerships, including tailored field trips to the museum and engagement with museum collections and research within the classroom as needed.
8. Virtual Programming and adult learning:

Develop and implement virtual programming such as professional development, learning resources, and digital curricula.
Support existing virtual programs such as AANHPI and Field Museum, virtual professional development, Virtual Sue, Dino, DiNOT, and other virtual programs as assigned.
Maintain virtual sites such as Google Classroom for educators.
9. Support adult learning opportunities:

Develop and implement adult learning opportunities for parents, pre-service teachers, and other professionals.
Maintain relationships with local university partners including the CITE program at Loyola University Chicago.
10. Contribute to Field Museum and Learning Center’s broader understanding of Pre-K-12th grade education trends and audience needs:

Engage in professional learning to stay abreast of current research and the ever-changing education landscape.
Participate in professional learning communities.
11. Availability to work weekends and evenings:

Most professional development programs will be scheduled in the evenings and/or weekends to accommodate teacher’s schedules.
This position requires working 1-2 evening days a month as well as 1-2 weekend days a month.
12. Assist with general Education and Public Programs needs as recognized and assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant fields of education, science, social science, or other related fields.
3-5 years successfully teaching and developing curriculum for Pre-K-12th grade preferred.
1-3 years of successfully developing and implementing adult learning experiences is preferred.
Knowledge of formal and informal learning theory and best practices in student and adult learning required
Knowledge and demonstrated ability of learning standards (NGSS, C3 Framework, Common Core, Social Justice Frameworks) required.
Experience developing and implementing successful adult professional learning experiences both in-person and remotely.
Enjoys working on a team to collaboratively develop program ideas both remotely and in person.
Proficiency in Spanish preferred.
Must be available to work in person on evenings and weekends (approximately 2 evenings and 2 weekend days a month)
Must have access to a car and be willing to travel to schools across Chicago.
Strong commitment to Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion as well as Social Justice standards and principles.
Well-organized, detail-oriented, independently motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.