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About the Role

The Morgan Library & Museum seeks a Bilingual Spanish/English Museum Educator to lead diverse programs for K-12 students, families, teens, and adults. This role involves onsite and occasional offsite programs, focusing on inquiry-based learning and engagement with the museum's collections.

Responsibilities

• Lead K–12 inquiry and discussion-based tours and workshops onsite at the Morgan in Spanish and English.
• Lead or assist with family programs, multigenerational events, teacher programs, adult programs, teen programs, and college programs on weekdays and weekends, in Spanish and English.
• Stay up to date on best practices in informal learning and museum teaching and incorporate strategies into tours at the Morgan.
• Prepare program supplies for tours and workshops.
• Attend paid trainings on new exhibition content, pedagogy, and teaching strategies throughout the year.
• Commit to supporting the Museum’s accessible and inclusive engagement goals.
• Lead a minimum of 24 K–12 school, family, teen, college, and teacher programs per year.

Requirements

• Fluency in the Spanish language is required.
• Experience in a museum or informal learning environment and proficiency using inquiry- and discussion-based engagement techniques with a range of audiences.
• A comprehensive understanding of current museum education theory and best practices.
• Knowledge of accessible programming and universal design for learning is preferred.
• Familiarity with the New York City Department of Education learning standards and curricula.
• A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to a four-year degree or a degree in education, museum studies, art history, history, or literature.
• Background in leading explorations of written material and emphasizing the relationship between text and image preferred.
• Experience leading art workshops, including drawing, painting, collage, and/or bookmaking.
• Ability to be mobile in public spaces for several hours at a time.
• Ability to set up and break down workshops and programs.

Skills

• Bilingual Spanish/English
• K-12 school programs
• Offsite programs
• Weekend family programs
• Multigenerational events
• Teen programs
• College programs
• Adult programs
• Inquiry-based learning
• Discussion-based learning
• Informal learning
• Museum teaching
• Accessible programming
• Universal design for learning
• Drawing
• Painting
• Collage
• Bookmaking

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Part-time
• Onsite
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Entry Level

Education Level

• Four-year degree or equivalent experience in education, museum studies, art history, history, or literature.

Salary/Compensations

• $110 an hour (Teaching Rate)
• $30 an hour (Training and planning rate)

Benefits

• Paid training

About the Company

• The Morgan Library & Museum is an institution dedicated to preserving and exhibiting literary, historical, and artistic materials.

Equal Opportunity

• The Morgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. The Morgan provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.