The Walters Art Museum is among America’s most distinctive museums, forging connections between people and art from cultures around the world and spanning seven millennia. Located in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood, the Walters is free for all. The museum’s campus includes five historic buildings and 36,000 art objects.

Today, the Walters serves Baltimore and Maryland by embracing its role as educators and storytellers, using the collection as a vehicle of knowledge and cultural expression to support learning, dialogue, and community engagement. The museum is committed to public education, offering essential programs that help people to connect art to their lives. The Walters’ Visitor Promise aligns staff and volunteers across the museum to preserve and share the works in our care for future generations, partner with communities, and create welcoming, accessible experiences for visitors. The museum offers challenging and creative work opportunities by promoting collaboration, teamwork, and a culture that celebrates the diversity and inclusion of all.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

The School Communities Educator is a part time role primarily responsible for coordinating and teaching collections-based art and arts-integrated lessons to PreK-12 students, especially single-visit programs onsite and online, with the aim of advancing arts and arts-integrated learning throughout Baltimore City and the state of Maryland. The Educator works closely with the Manager of School Communities to ensure a positive experience for school groups who visit the museum both in a guided and self-guided capacity.

The Educator will report directly to the Manager of School Communities. As an educator in the Learning and Community Engagement (LCE) department, the Educator plans, administers, and teaches in programs across the department. LCE strives to increase curiosity, agency, and well-being in our community through creative and thought-provoking experiences. LCE’s work is grounded in the museum’s commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, coordinate, and teach inclusive and inquiry-based PreK-12 lessons that connect to the Walters’ collections and exhibitions onsite, online, and offsite. Collaborate with PreK-12 teachers and Visitor Experience and LCE teams to coordinate guided and self-guided school group visits, including troubleshooting logistical challenges, and administrative duties as assigned related to school groups.
• Liaise with school groups onsite and serve as the first point of contact to Visitor Experience and Security teams for day-of challenges and logistics.
• Coordinate college readiness and career development opportunities for PreK-12 students.
• Support outreach and promotion of School Communities programs.

• Actively contribute to the work of the School Communities unit and LCE department as a whole. This includes, but is not limited to, staffing all departmental large-scale events, attending meetings, participating in program development and reflection, and organizing supplies.
• Support LCE’s outreach and promotion, such as by distributing flyers offsite and through email communication.
• Participate in trainings and other professional development opportunities to deepen knowledge about the Walters’ exhibitions and collections, museum education, gallery teaching pedagogy, audience engagement, lesson planning, inclusive and culturally responsive teaching, and other topics needed to engage PreK-12 school audiences.
• Other duties as required to be assessed before assigned.

Qualifications

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• HS or GED diploma required. AA or BA in education, art history, or studio art preferred.
• At least 1 year of experience teaching youth in informal or formal educational settings.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English strongly preferred.
• At least 1 year of coursework or professional experience in art history, art education, or museum education preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and public speaking skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students and adults of diverse ages and backgrounds.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
• Working knowledge of Google Suite, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and digital communication platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in art and working with youth.
• Knowledge of PreK 12 developmental stages, arts education, and or local and national education standards preferred.
• Experience planning and executing events preferred.
• Availability for a Monday through Friday workweek and weekends as needed.