Description:
The Dot Experience at APH (the Dot), involves a complete reimagining of our former museum and factory tour on our 165-year-old campus in a facility that will open in 2025. The Senior Museum Educator position fills a key role working with The Dot staff and across APH departments to design and implement education programming for a wide range of target audiences within the museum and local community and through national and global channels.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and implement a suite of educational programs, services, and activities to engage and inform Dot Experience visitors, community organizations, and online audiences.
- Identify potential target audiences for educational programming and creative ways to ensure the objectives of the Dot Experience at APH match the needs of visitors across a range of subject areas.
- Design offerings that are free as well as fee-based programming to grow earned revenue.
- Serve on a team developing permanent and temporary exhibits exploring specific historical and contemporary themes.
- Prepare curricula and support material for delivery to targeted audiences (i.e., families, schools, scouts, community groups, adults, senior citizens, blindness field), and train staff and volunteers to assist in presenting programming.
- Prepare and update plans and schedules for all education programs conducted through the Dot Experience including classes, camps, lectures, performances, and special events, ensuring cultural appropriateness and disability accessibility.
- Prepare resources in various formats, including online content.
- Develop content for and oversee the Dot Experience website and social media sites.
- Develop and cultivate strong partnerships, both locally and nationally, to enhance APH as a premiere provider of education related to blindness and disability history and experience.
- Provide coaching and feedback to staff and model best practices in education to improve the effectiveness of programs, presentations, and special events.
- Serve as internal champion and visionary leader regarding cultural and museum education to ensure high levels of integration among departments including marketing, promotion, and social media.
- Create and conduct general and theme-based tours and work with visitor services to develop and deliver tour guide training.
- Remain current with curriculum developments, ensuring that education programs are relevant to the goals of APH and the Dot Experience.
- Develop and coordinate the circulation of loan kits that facilitate access to our collections.
- Support and demonstrate a commitment to accessibility, belonging, inclusion, diversity, and equity in interactions with people of all ages and cultural backgrounds with special emphasis on people with disabilities.