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Public History
Museum Educator
Scheduled daily field trips for groups of up to 60 students and maintained the museum calendar of events. Served as primary contact for all phone and email inquiries.
- Led individualized educational and interactive tours for groups of students ages 8 to 18.
- Developed and taught additional education programming for various grade levels centered around a particular historical theme or event.
- Created PowerPoint presentations utilizing digital photo and film collections and organized museum mailing lists and attendance records using Excel.
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Anthropology
Anthropology
Museum Educator
Created, presented, organized and managed programs for school students, teachers, homeschoolers, and adult learners on various maritime topics including the USS Monitor.
- Taught programs to students, both live and via interactive video conferencing.
- Organized and managed many special community programs including author visits, book releases, festivals, and exhibit openings.
- Established the first successful homeschooling program in the area. Integrated monthly programs for homeschoolers throughout the calendar year. The launch of the program drew 600 people from throughout Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.
- Revitalized the lifelong learning program for adult learners, increasing attendance by 500%.
- Planned and organized teacher open houses to the museum and USS Monitor Center.
- Created a successful summer program for families and teachers on the USS Monitor.
- Designed a program where families take a sea bag throughout the USS Monitor center in order to learn more and interact with the center.
- Created take home chests for homeschooling and other groups to learn about the USS Monitor and other maritime topics.
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Liberal Arts And Sciences
Art History
Education
Museum Educator
Delivered museum's educational and learning programs to primary and secondary school students, as well as college students and adults.
- Taught individuals how to communicate effectively with one another regarding works of art.
- Provided opportunities for students to become more involved with art and museums.
- Delivered full class and small group instruction.
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Theater
Theater
Museum Educator
Interacted with children and adults in all areas of a hands-on children's museum, teaching lessons in theater, movement, art, storytelling, and science.
- Taught homeschool, camp and artist-in-residency workshops.
- Trained in volunteer management while assisting with teenage volunteer program.
- Wrote and developed short theatrical scripts for educational supplement.
- Designed and taught outreach performance training over the course of a year to a high school Science Troupe, including movement, diction, team-building, and improvisation.
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Studio Art
Museum Educator
Led and assisted various educational programs for school-aged children that focus on the Industrial Age and history of Baltimore City
- Led tours through the museum for school groups and for the public
- Collaborated with the Public Programs Coordinator to improve upon and create a new badge opportunity for the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, which is now part of our current scouts program.
- Assisted with the installation of our "Baltimore Shops" exhibition
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Human Services
Education
Director of Education / Museum Educator
Maintained the museum's first Arts and Science school and public programs
- Conducted interactive tours and hands-on workshops to an average daily attendance of 40 students grades 2-7
- Established and maintained partnerships with community boards, groups and schools
- Spearheaded all marketing and promotional efforts to increase visibility and revenue
- Customized public program pamphlets, school mailings, scheduled tours, largest enrollment and scheduled tours of 2003-2005
- Coordinated and facilitated teacher workshops series
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Art History
Elementary Education
Museum Educator
Interpreted museum collections and district history for school groups (pre-K-12) and the public.
- Created school programs and workshops based on district history and museum exhibits.
- Adapted school and public programs for special needs children and visitors.
- Supervised and guided family and school group visits to the museum's children's center.
- Created and implemented programs and activities for special events.
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Art History
History Of Art
American Art History
Museum Educator
Coordinated academic programs including well-attended lecture series and symposia; administered faculty development seminars for college professors
- Collaborated and liaised with neighboring universities, adult education centers, and senior citizen facilities to plan stimulating, well-received events, tours, and classes
- Redesigned volunteer/docent program including creating a best practices docent manual; recruited, trained, mentored, and evaluated up to 40 docents
- Managed budget, program publicity, and program evaluations
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Art History & Education
Museum Educator for School Teacher & Family Programs
- Managed all of school tours, outreach, family programs, and multi-visit partnerships centered on Visual Thinking, a Socratic object-focused approach that empowered visitors to make meaningful connections. Increased annual school participation by 45%.
- Trained adult docent corp. (40-50) to effectively tour quarterly art exhibitions.
- Selected to participate in Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) Museum Assessment Program, an institution-wide strategic initiative leading to accreditation.
- Responsible for all education-related grants (writing, reporting, cultivating, etc.)
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Advertising Design And Child Psychology
Visual Arts
Art Education K-12
Museum Educator and Outreach Art Educator
Provided direct support to the Manager of School and Public Programs and the Director of Education and Exhibits, as needed, while closely working with children, parents, volunteers, and other staff members of this non-profit organization in a responsible, enthusiastic, and positive way.
- Proficiently organized and conducted museum tours to on-going school fieldtrips while professionally greeted and assisted visitors and patrons in a friendly manner.
- Coordinated and implemented educational community outreach programs, drop-in art workshop activities, exhibition openings, and other special events.
- Managed museum exhibit youth volunteers assigned to me daily.
- Responsibilities also included: cleaning, organizing, and replenishing museum floor supplies, storage areas, and stockroom; exhibit refurbishment; and performing opening and closing museum procedures on a regular basis.
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Interdisciplinary Studies
Elementary Education
Museum Educator
- Recruited, trained, and supervised all volunteers for the [company name] Education Department.
- Created and trained veteran staff in hands-on inquiry based teaching methods, positive communication, and quality customer service techniques to help staff better serve visitors.
- Trained evaluated and helped remediation of new staff in daily museum operations and programming.
- Created, evaluated efficacy, and presented one historical and two science-based educational programs for on-site and outreach school groups.
- Wrote and edited the educational programs brochure to help promote museum offerings to prospective school and informal group visitors to the museums.
- Trained 150 Norfolk public school teachers in hands-on inquiry based learning techniques.
- Helped evaluate and recruit new part-time and full-time museum education applicants.
- Presented historical and science-based educational programs for students ranging in grades from preschool to middle school with a 95% teacher evaluated "excellent" rating.
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African American Studies
Public Administration
Museum Educator
Facilitated learning in the Museum's hands-on exhibits and programs.
- Developed and conducted curriculum resource workshops.
- Conducted on-going evaluation and assessment of the program.
- Documented program process and outcomes on an on-going basis.
- Provided administrative support through the use of established procurement and acquisition procedures to include preparing purchase orders, tracking progress of pending actions, following up with vendors, maintaining inventory, and ordering of office supplies.
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Commercial Photography, Art History, And Multimedia
Informal Learning Environments
Museum Educator & Program Developer
Developed traveling History & Inventors Kit (part of graduate thesis project)
- Developed project concept and content and selected media and content (videos, scripts, pictures) and artifacts
- Researched, wrote and edited educational content, lesson plans and teacher resource guide
- Taught and observed educational programs at Museum and at schools across the Cape (history, art, science)
- Contributed to traveling exhibition programs, set up displays, wrote support materials and lessons
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Environmental Studies
Museum Educator Assistant
During this temporary extension of my senior internship, I worked with Youth Program teenagers and museum professionals to design and build several exhibits, displayed within the museum
- Mentored high school teenagers and encouraged them to pursue STEM careers ("Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics")
- Created several maps for use by the museum's youth programs
- Supervised teenagers in the museum's Teen Docent program and members of Youth Programs for the summer session
- Worked with museum staff to design scientific experiments, trips and other after school activities for high school students.
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English
Interdisciplinary Studies
Docent Coordinator and Museum Educator
Management and training of Docents who served as tour guides, provided information on the museum and conducted education programs for local school districts.
- Supervised, scheduled and recruited Docents based on a formal interview, extensive training process.
- Developed and implemented educator led programs, community days and youth programs
- Researched, designed and organized after-school enrichment programs for the "Connected for Success Program" for children determined to be "at risk"
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History
History
Museum Educator
Delivered high quality educational programs, activities and materials that are consistent with the mission of the Virginia Air & Space Center, are integrated with curricula of school systems in the service area, and utilize an interdisciplinary approach and an interactive or hands-on format.
- Delivered programs for adult educational needs, such as teacher in-service and workshops.
- Reported to the Director of Education or assigned Education Program Manager.
- Deliver programs in partnership with colleges and universities, and/or national laboratories, to public and private schools, and other museums for all age levels, handicapped, at risk, and/or gifted and talented.
- Attended all necessary training and practice sessions as deemed necessary by the Director of Education.
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Art History
Museum Studies
Museum Educator
- Directed the Education Department of the museum
- Designed, implemented, and conducted public tours and K-12 school programs
- Supervised, trained, and scheduled a corps of 35 volunteers, docents, and college interns
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Studio Art / Graphic Design
Professional Studies / Museum Studies / Art History
Art And Culture
Museum Educator
- Presented Maryland state history through tours of museum exhibits and hands-on artifact-based workshops
- Collaborated with museum teachers and staff on presentation design
- Delivered onsite interactive tours to school groups
- Communicated effectively with students of varied ages and backgrounds
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Art Education
Creative Arts Therapy
Museum Educator
- Developed and facilitated art workshops for various age groups and abilities, using a variety of materials
- Led arts and crafts projects for children at Nassau County Department of Social Services
- Conducted art workshops for teens from United Way summer camp at Westbury Middle School
- Instructed "Diggin de Kooning" outdoor painting workshop
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Biological Sciences
Health And Rehabilitation Sciences
Biology, Physics, And European History
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Museum Educator
Children and teen educational programs teacher
- Developed activities, wrote lesson plans, and taught 5-day Urban Biodiversity summer camps
- Developed activities, wrote lesson plans, and taught 4-month Micromania homeschool classes
- Supervised museum assistant teachers, work study students, and volunteers
- Gave 30 minute long paleontology presentations to elementary school children
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Philosophy
English Education
English
Museum Educator
Teach school groups and professional development workshops using object-based inquiry and adapt lessons to meet needs of all grade levels and State standards for social studies
- Develop museum-related curriculum for K - 12 school programs
- Cofounded an historical fiction and non fiction book club for 9-12 year olds and their parents that features the authors and experts to enrich discussion
- Conduct teacher training workshops in the museum and in the schools regarding object and image-based inquiry strategies
- Research historical topics for teachers' lessons using museum archives
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Art Education
Museum Educator
Developed a new summer program for inner city youth
- Wrote and executed lesson/unit plans for community art projects
- Taught hands on K-8 art/sculpture studio classes
- Obtained working knowledge of museum as classroom
- Wrote new curriculum for summer sculpture program for ages 6-12
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Anthropology
Museum Educator
Educated school groups and museum visitors
- Assisted in exhibit design and construction
- Performed outreach and administrative support for off-site museum events
- Developed and delivered public programs, school programs, and day-camps
- Trained and supported teams volunteering at museum
- Worked continuously to sort, organize, store, and care for museum collection
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History
Physical And Online Records
Museum Educator
Educate visitors about 19th century culture and industry using authentic ephemera
- Interact with guests in first and third person interpretation of 19th century American history
- Lead tours and discussions of diverse historic buildings to children and adults
- Coordinate independently and with coworkers to develop, research, plan and host history
- Organize and present educational history programs for K-12 school groups
- Develop interactive and experiential learning programs for 5-8 grade school groups
- Oversee employee and volunteer training in multiple buildings
- Track and log building locks and keys and monitor building sign in sheets
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Art History
Museum Educator
- Wrote a variety of themed tours and associated prep-work.
- Guided 50+ students through 3-hour museum tours with participation in small performances and activities.
- Kept exhibits clean during free family nights as well as after-tour hours.
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Bachelor of Fine Arts
Museum Educator/movement and Sound
Use and apply VTS training (Visual Thinking Strategies) to curriculum to increase students critical thinking skills
- Applying the Inquiry Cycle/The Authoring Cycle to lesson plan and classroom agenda
- Creating projects that infuse visual arts with performing arts, as well as overseeing studio art sessions for students
- Teaching students from the ages of 3-16 years of age and writing lesson plans for each age group accordingly
- Creating dynamic ways to keep the students engaged and excited about discovering how classical works of art can influence performing arts.
- Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in how to use dance steps, and techniques to achieve desired effects.
- Go to public schools that are contracted for the A.I.R program and teach two hour sessions with varied grade levels
- Conceptualize and produce show/live performances for students selected to participate in the A.I.R Program
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Art History
Museum Educator
- Facilitate Art for Tots family program for children ages 2-4
- Co-teach partnership programs with Hudson Guild, a community organization in Chelsea, NY and with families of middle school students at MS172 in Floral Park, NY
- Guide public and scheduled tours as well as tours for groups with special needs including "touch tours" for visitors who are blind and partially sighted
- Lead tour themed art workshops for school groups
- Assist Art for Families programs in Japanese for children ages 5-11 by preparing art materials for class and aiding families with their projects
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Business Computer Programming
Health Information Technology
Music, Deans List
Museum Educator/farmers' Market Manager
Develop and facilitate civics programs for elementary through high school age students
- Proofread and edit marketing and program copy
- Create spreadsheets for use in statistical reporting and grant writing
- Design and install museum exhibits
- Serve as workshop facilitator and judge for History Day in Connecticut competitions
- Manage all aspects of running [company name] Farmers' Market and Holiday Shopping Fair
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High School Diploma
Criminal Justice
Museum Educator/member Services Representative
Teach day long and overnight aviation programs to school groups and boy/girl scouts
- Set up and delivery of education programs
- Responsible for the safety of youth staying overnight at the EAA AirAcademy Lodge
- Delivery of special education activities, i.e. Scouts, Family Flight Fest, Kids Days, Space Week
- Work in museum store answering questions and waiting on customers
- Provide information about EAA AirVenture
- Wide variety of aviation based knowledge, extensively about aircraft owned by EAA
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