Gallery Educator

Gallery Educator
 

Position Overview and Why This Role Matters
 

As Gilcrease Museum prepares for reopening, Gallery Educators will develop and facilitate
educational programs that support school visits, camps, and other museum initiatives. As
frontline educators, they create meaningful learning experiences that connect visitors with
Gilcrease Museum’s collections, exhibitions, stories, and communities. Reporting to the
Manager of School and Family Programs, they serve as the primary facilitators of
educational experiences across the museum.

What You’ll Do

• Educational Program Facilitation
  • Facilitate inquiry-based gallery tours, object-based learning experiences, reflective
    discussions, hands-on artmaking activities, and other educational experiences for
    school, youth, family, and public audiences
  • Lead and support educational programs, camps, and community engagement
    activities independently or in collaboration with others
  • Adapt experiences to meet the needs of diverse audiences while fostering
    meaningful connections between visitors, collections, and exhibitions through
    conversation, creativity, and active learning
• Educational Program Development
  • Develop and refine tours, educational activities, lesson plans, curriculum
    resources, and interpretive materials connected to museum collections and
    exhibitions
  • Contribute to the creation, implementation, and ongoing improvement of school,
    youth, family, camp, and public programs
  • Pilot new educational initiatives and incorporate audience feedback into program
    design
• Program Operations
  • Prepare, maintain, and inventory educational materials, supplies, and program
    equipment
  • Support program logistics, participant supervision, safety procedures, setup and
    cleanup, and camp operations, including extended care and participant transitions
  • Ensure educational spaces and resources are organized and program ready
• Assessment, Collaboration, and Professional Practice
  • Participate in planning, training, evaluation, and professional development activities
  • Collect participation data and feedback and provide recommendations to
    strengthen educational initiatives
  • Collaborate with museum staff, volunteers, interns, teaching artists, educators, and
    community partners to advance the museum’s educational mission and serve as an
    ambassador for Gilcrease Museum
  • Perform other duties as assigned
     

Required Qualifications
 

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Strong facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to
    engage diverse audiences
  • Ability to adapt educational experiences to meet the needs of learners of dierent
    ages, backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles
  • Demonstrated initiative, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in
    educational or public-facing setting
• Equivalent Education and Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in education, art, history, humanities or a related field; or an
    equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
  • Experience teaching, facilitating, or working with children, youth, families, or public
    audiences in educational, museum, cultural, community, or informal learning
    environments preferred
• Physical Requirements
  • Ability to communicate effectively in classroom, gallery, and public program
    settings
  • Ability to stand, walk, and move throughout museum and campus spaces for
    extended periods while facilitating tours, programs, and activities
  • Ability to lift, carry, set up, and transport educational materials, supplies, and
    equipment weighing up to 25 pounds