Museum of Science

Museum of Science

Education Fellow

Boston, MA · Full-time

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About the role

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Responsibilities

  • Develop and present programs that utilize the full suite of available media tools including video, immersive projections with LIDAR tracking, and AV theater effects.
  • Collaborate with others in the department to help maintain 1

Nice to have

  • Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in collaboration with a team
  • Content knowledge in a STEM field is preferred
  • Strong preference for bilingual or multilingual candidates.

Skills

  • Demonstrated communication skills (verbal/oratory and written)

Compensation

  • We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity.
  • We contribute our time and energy toward common goals

Benefits

  • Support the Museum as it moves towards its 2030 vision and attendance goals of 2M visitors annually.
  • Provide best in class educational experiences to guests in the Museum's exhibit halls, often teaching to audiences of 200+.
  • Teach in the Public Science Common - the world's premiere stage for science learning.
  • Teach various STEM programming regularly each week across all education channels.
  • Learn and help develop new programming across all education channels as needed (including 20-minute stage presentations, 1-minute video content and more).
  • 2 educational areas or critical resources, such as Teaching spaces and stages.
  • Occasionally work a flexible schedule, including some holidays, some evenings, and at various other times to accommodate serving guests during school vacations, evening programs, and other special projects and requests.

Company info

  • As science and technology increasingly shape our lives, the Museum of Science strives to equip and inspire everyone to use science for the global good while keeping up with the pace of change. Among the world's largest science centers and New England's most attended cultural institution, we engage nearly five million people a year - at Science Park and in museums around the world, in classrooms, and online.
  • The Museum's singular location connecting Boston and Cambridge puts us at the junction of some of the world's most influential academic institutions and industries, local and state government, schools, and the public. Trusted by each sector, we are ideally positioned to convene, inspire, and create meaningful experiences for all. Come join us on our mission to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone and living our vision for a world where science belongs to each of us for the good of all of us.
  • Why We Need You
  • The Education Fellow will deliver educational programming daily/weekly that exemplifies educational excellence and guest service to engage and excite our audience in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) content. The fellow will teach across the Museum's channels, including on stages, in galleries, and online through social media and prerecorded video. Through this year-long educational fellowship with the option to extend for a second year, they will learn about and experience science and education and their implementation in a museum to hone informal education skills while exploring career directions.
  • Support the Museum as it moves towards its 2030 vision and attendance goals of 2M visitors annually. Provide best in class educational experiences to guests in the Museum's exhibit halls, often teaching to audiences of 200+.
  • Teach in the Public Science Common - the world's premiere stage for science learning. Develop and present programs that utilize the full suite of available media tools including video, immersive projections with LIDAR tracking, and AV theater effects.
  • Deliver programming in specialized Museum environments such as the Engineering Design Workshop and the Planetarium, gaining experience presenting in immersive settings and handling live-animals while ensuring safe practices and engaging diverse audiences.
  • Learn to teach responsibly and safely using Museum resources, including scientific demonstration equipment in the Theater of Electricity, chemicals, live animals, biological materials, and Museum vehicles.
  • Travel offsite to visit schools or communities as needed.
  • Regularly work a weekend day on a Tuesday-Saturday schedule.

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