Education Specialist - Museum jobs in Buffalo, NY

ABLE Summer Learning is a K-12 youth and education-focused seasonal AmeriCorps program operated by The Service Collaborative. We are recruiting for a STEM Facilitator position at the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum. The STEM facilitator role whose primary responsibility is to provide informative, engaging, and fun learning experiences that will inspire youth in History, STEM, and Literacy. The STEM Facilitator will be responsible for working with the education department to design educational summer programs both virtually and on the museum campus in our children's gallery during the summer (Wednesdays-Sundays (flexible)).

The ABLE member will work collaboratively with the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum Education Department, specifically the Education Coordinator, to implement, design, and evaluate STEM & Reading programs for youth K - 12. The STEM Facilitator will work primarily within the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum's Children's Gallery and online with the museum's Carrousel Courier Jr. Blog. The STEM Facilitator is tasked with:

• Conducting STEM Activities Conducting First Friday Storytime
• Posting Weekly STEM / Craft / Literacy activities on the Carrousel Courier Jr.
• Blog with the Education Coordinator
• Documenting Youth Engagement in the Museum

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess experience working with children in formal or informal settings
• Background in education or STEM
• Ability to work independently and as part of a small team
• Classroom management experience
• Self driven
• Friendly demeanor with museum guests
• Able to adjust instructional language to meet various ages and developmental needs

The STEM Facilitator will report directly to the Outreach Coordinator. Should there be any concern with doing so, the STEM Facilitator will report to Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum Executive Director.

This position is full time Monday-Friday for 9 weeks, to achieve a 300-hour-minimum term of service beginning in mid-late June. Must be available on weekends.

Members receive the following benefits:

• Five pays of $843.66 before taxes
• AmeriCorps Education Award of $1,374.60 upon successful completion of service term
• Meaningful experience working with K-12 students
• Opportunity to develop leadership and team-based skills
• Uniform items

If interested, please complete our program application here: https://forms.gle/Ke5L99WkyCbNsmX78

About the museum: ​The Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, operated by the Carousel Society of the Niagara Frontier, is a premier national historic site and community resource for family recreation and learning that fosters an appreciation for the unique heritage of the carousel and related industries in the Niagara Region. Through educational, cultural, and recreational programming, visitors will experience the places, people, stories and artifacts associated with the production of carousels, band organs and amusement devices.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary

Pay: $421.83 per week

Benefits:

• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• North Tonawanda, NY 14120: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in North Tonawanda, NY 14120