Post-Baccalaureate Fellow in PreK-12 Museum Education 11-month Term Appointment
Post-Baccalaureate Fellow in PreK-12 Museum Education 11-month Term Appointment
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Job Description
Join our education department as the PostBaccalaureate Fellowship in PreK12 Museum Education at The Johnson Museum of Art! This position is an elevenmonth term appointment to the Museums education department for the academic year 202526 with a start date midAugust 2025. The Fellow reports to the Manager ofSchool and Family Programs and theDirector of Education and will join an education team of seven professional staff and approximately 30 student interns. The Fellow will work with all museum departments including collections management curatorial editorial development administration and visitor services as well as with Cornell faculty and graduate students as needed.
The Opportunity
As a PostBaccalaureate Fellow in PreK12 Museum Education you will:
- Have an opportunity to immerse yourself in experimental new approaches to preK12 teaching collaborations in Ithaca and across the Southern Tier; family and afterschool program engagement; and objectbased curriculum development for elementary middle and high school students both inperson and via digital and webbased resources.
- Respond sensitivelyto the curricular needs of educators in rural and urban school districts.
- Be a key partner as museum staff collaborate with select faculty and students to update and reimagine our preK12 units dedicated to global arts and cultures in the Museums collections.
- Design materials that build connections with the New York State Common Core Learning Standards and may incorporate elements of studio practice.
- Contribute to the Museums PreK12 education web portal to house virtual materials and engage younger audiences teachers and parents in new ways.
- Have opportunity to contribute to grant application narratives and acquire qualitative research skills; a single or coauthored conference paper on an aspect of museum education is a desired output.
Core hours for this position are Monday through Friday 9:00AM5:00PM with hours flexed for occasional weekend and evening events.
What We Need
To be successful in this role you should have:
- A cover letter and resume outlining your interest and how your experience and goals align with the potential for mutual success in the role are required for consideration.
- Completed a Bachelors degree with up to two years of experience.
- Open to all areas of study but a deep interest in the humanities and global arts is vital.
- Experience with or eagerness to acquire experience with working with schoolage children in formal or informal settings e.g. as a camp counselor teachers aide or museum educator etc.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills as this position involves regular communication with several internal and external parties to the university.
- Superb organization skills including the ability to follow protocols multitask and prioritize responsibilities.
- Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity equity access inclusion and wellbeing.
If you have all those things great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have but its ok if you dont.
- Experience working in art studios.
- Facility with or eagerness to acquire aptitude with Word Press and Adobe Creative Suite including video creation/editing programs and Photoshop.
- Valid Drivers License.
Rewards and Benefits
Cornell receives national recognition as an awardwinning workplace for our health wellbeing sustainability and diversity initiatives.
- Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options generous retirement contributions access to wellness programs and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits Working at Cornell.
- Our leave provisions include health and personal leave three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving and the day after and an end of the year winter break from December 25January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off Working at Cornell
- Cornells impressive educational benefits include tuitionfree Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program tuition aid for external education and Cornell Childrens Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits Working at Cornell
- Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell:Total Rewards Working at Cornell.
Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.
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