Museum Educator

• Location 401 S MAIN ST,Rockford, IL, ,United States
• Base Pay $19.24 - $24.04 / Hour
• Job Category Full Time, Discovery Center Museum
• Employee Type Seasonal

Discovery Center Museumis seeking an engaging and enthusiastic

Museum Educator to develop and deliver high-quality educational programs for diverse audiences. Theideal candidate will demonstrate excellent teaching and communication skills, creativity, and astrong understanding ofinformal, museum-based learning.

Schedule:

Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. This positionrequiresfrequent weekend workfor museum eventsand occasional eveninghours.

Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois is dedicated to hands-on learning in the arts and sciences through more than 300 exciting exhibits spread over two floors and an award winning outdoor Discovery Park. We serve children, parents, and educators from the Rockford region and beyond through both Museum visits and outreach programs.

The museum Educator works collaboratively with the Education Department to plan, develop, and facilitate engaging educational experiences both at the museum and throughout the community.

• Program Development and Facilitation
  • Plan, develop, and implement educational programs including:
  • Summer camps
  • Activities for museum overnights, including completing administrative support
  • Responsible for content development and execution for museum events
  • Mobile maker activities
  • STEM laboratory activities, live planetarium shows and science demonstrations
  • Family and intergenerational classes
  • In museum educational programming
  • Provide outreach program support facilitating education programs at schools and representing Discovery Center at community events

• Prepare, set up, and clean up classrooms and program spaces.
• Maintain educational materials and supplies, ensuring they are organized, functional, and ready for use.
• Monitor inventory and order supplies as needed.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to create cohesive, engaging visitor experiences.
• Collaborate with staff across departments to support museum initiatives and educational programming.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Education Director.

Bachelor's degree in Education, Science, or a related field

• Experience working with children in an educational setting, camps, community programs, or cultural institutions
• Enthusiastic, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on, public-facing environment
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and to fostering a workplace of belonging
• Strong written/oral communication, organizational, and time management skills
  Work independently as well as collaboratively within a team setting

This position requires the ability to stand, walk, kneel, bend, occasionally lift from floor to waist, and occasionally reach above shoulder height to access supplies.

Must be able to push, pull andlift up to 40 lbs.

Must also be able to maintain friendly and courteous interactions with museum staff and visitors in a moderately noisy environment.

Discovery Center considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and holidays.

Discovery Center is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunity without unlawful regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge from military service, order of protection status, genetic information status, pregnancy, childbirth (or medical or common…