This warm and responsive early-childhood Teaching Artist will co-teach lessons for our youngest Museum visitors: Stroller Tours, for babies ages 0–24 months and an adult companion; and Meet the Museum, a program for two- to three-year-olds with an adult companion. Lessons include interactive activities, touchables, song, movement, and in Meet the Museum, art-making and free play.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in visual arts, education/early childhood education, art history, or a related field
Minimum of one year’s experience working with toddler, early childhood, or family audiences in a classroom, studio, or museum environment
Gallery and studio teaching skills with experience with a variety of media
Comfortable collaborating as well as working independently on lesson development and delivery
Strong working knowledge of education theory and childhood developmental stages
Excellent group management, communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
Demonstrable commitment to our vision of art as a catalyst for a connected, civic, and empathetic world
Bilingual candidates encouraged
Responsibilities:
Stroller Tours:
Work in educator pairs to plan and teach a ninety-minute program for babies ages 0–24 months with an adult companion. Tours visit special exhibitions and new installations, and introduce adults to visiting the Museum with their child. Co-create age-appropriate touchable activities that enable adults and babies to explore together.
Co-teach the lesson, which includes:
Welcoming activities to enable families to meet and socialize with each other
Gallery visit that explores 3–4 stops, with information about the art and artists and touchable/interactive activities for families
Session-end program evaluation
Promote other Brooklyn Museum programs to the audience
Meet the Museum:
Work in educator pairs to plan a ninety-minute program for two- to three-year-olds with an adult companion. Lessons are inspired by introductory art ideas explored through the collections and exhibitions, art-making, and play, and include music, movement, and free choice activities as well as interactive exploration of art and making art.
Co-teach the lesson gallery and studio components, which include:
Welcoming activities that include a warm-up drawing or exploration activity and a musical hello
Gallery discussion with participants that is age appropriate and family friendly, focuses on Museum objects, and explores the goals of the lesson
Studio project linked to the gallery objects/tour theme
Free-choice learning-through-play activities
Studio prep and clean up
Session-end program evaluation
Promote other Brooklyn Museum programs to the audience
Meetings and Professional Development
Complete annual online training (Two hours)
Stroller Tours: Four hours/tour
Meet the Museum: Five hours/month for eight months: research, prep, and planning meetings
Start date: October 3, 2022
Department: Education
Reports to: Family and Community Programs Manager
Position type: Part-time
Union status: UAW Local 2110
FLSA status: Non-exempt
Salary: Teaching (includes setup and cleanup): $50/hour; Planning, research, prep: $40/hour
Schedule:
Stroller Tours: Wednesdays, 9 am–12 pm (December 7 and 14, 2022; April 19 and 26; May 31; June 7, 2023)
Meet the Museum: Wednesdays, 10 am–1 pm and 3:30–6 pm
Fall (six sessions): October 12–November 16, 2022
Winter (five sessions): January 11–February 8, 2023
Spring (six sessions): March 1–April 15, 2023
Meet the Museum’s May Days: Sundays, 10 am–1 pm and 2:30–5 pm (May 7, 14, and 21, 2023)
Application deadline: September 20, 2022
Apply online
If you have questions about our online application system, please get in touch with us at job.application.questions@brooklynmuseum.org.
If you have questions about our online application system, please get in touch with us at job.application.questions@brooklynmuseum.org.
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