Posted: 8/18/2007
Level: Senior
Type: Permanent
Job categories: Development, Education

Jewish Museum seeks innovative professional w. museum experience. Responsibilities include docents, educational programs, curricula for exhibits, teacher workshops, collaborations with schools. Strong communication, administrative & MAC skills.

1. Docents
   • Recruit and train docents annually and prior to each temporary exhibit
   • Create educational training and curriculum material for each temporary exhibit
   • Maintain supply of and update docent manuals
   • Cultivation, supervision, continuous evaluation and development of docent team
   • Write and distribute monthly volunteer newsletter
   • Work with admissions director on the docent schedule
   • Maintain ongoing relationship with chairperson
   • Manage volunteer acknowledgement award ceremony -- end of fiscal year calculate docent hours for awards and certificates
   • Serve as liaison among docents, public and Museum staff, as needed
2. Education: Develop and execute the following:
   A. Students (Jewish and Non-Jewish)
   • Conceptualize and develop curriculum and interpretative material related to exhibits (temporary and permanent) for students K-12
   • Spearhead the distribution of curriculum materials tri-county and statewide
   • As needed, serve as on-site lead educator for school groups
   • Grow and manage schools tour programs
   • Cultivate and garner established relationships with Jewish schools, camps, youth groups
   • Maintain solid relationships with members of Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County administrations and school boards; as well as statewide Social Studies Coordinators
   • Interface with Museum Educator from Miami-Dade County who comes on Wednesdays
   • Partnership outreach to institutions for academic and cultural relationships for the purpose of joint programs, building a base of knowledge and exchange infrastructure
   B. Educators/Adults
   • Coordinate, conceive, manage and develop arts integrated, exhibit based, professional development workshops for educators
   • Manage the proposal and follow up process for all approved professional development workshops in conjunction with county public school systems
   • Understand educational philosophies, benchmarks, standards for proposals and grants
   • Cultivate and invite adult groups appropriate to the Museum’s mission and exhibits
3. Public Programs: Develop and execute the following:
   • appropriate public programs for each temporary exhibit
   • appropriate programs for specific issues relevant to the Museum’s mission
   • annual Events:
     - Glass Ceiling Awards – work with committee
4. Outreach
   • Coordinate all educational outreach statewide for Annual Florida Jewish History Month each January and for Jewish American Heritage Month each May
   • Maintain and sustain statewide program and contact with regional educational representatives
   • Conceptualize and develop new programs as needed
5. Administrative
   • Provide Executive Director with Monthly Board Report for each department
   • Submit quarterly articles for TILES newsletter
   • Maintain contact database of schools in South Florida
   • Develop and monitor annual budget for education department
   • Collaborate in the development of grant proposals, provide appropriate exhibit based program plans for education, as needed
   • Seek funding sources for students’ buses & programs
6. General
   • Represent Museum at conferences, meetings and symposiums that will positively impact on the Museum’s programming
   • Do whatever is necessary/cooperate with and assist other staff to help the Museum further its mission
   • Provide Computer Technicians with all website updates for education related information

Send resume w. letter stating how your experience can help growth of Museum to: Exec. Director, Jewish Museum of FL, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139-6965, fax 305-672-5933, or .