Education Program Specialist Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Education Program Specialist to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures program webpages are accurate and current;
- Communicates with other offices with the Department, school districts and schools, college programs, and stakeholder groups;
- Maintains program records and documents;
- Prepare correspondence;
- Assist Activity Directors in determining and resolving conflicts of interest;
- Identify and collaborate in expanding the school outreach list, ensuring diverse representation of North Texas schools;
- Create and disseminate pre-visit and post-visit follow-up resource materials for teachers;
- Provides on-site support for Professional Education on-site and live streaming activities as needed;
- Develop and implement strategies for evaluating program impact and expanding education audiences;
- Collaborate and represent the Museum at school outreach events such as school fairs, after school fairs, homeschool days, History Day contests, etc;
- Other duties as assigned;
- Create the development of education-related content, resources and support for exhibits and other interpretive projects;
- Complete applications to third party regulatory bodies, like state-specific boards for Physical Therapy, as required;
- Develop and manage professional development opportunities for teachers;
- Develop new education programs in conjunction with other museum content specialists, as appropriate.
Requirements:
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
- Excellent verbal, written and social media communication skills;
- Ability to work evenings and weekends, as needed, based on scheduled educational programs;
- Experience with data entry and data management;
- Ability to handle data management in Access, Excel or other software systems;
- Strong research skills;
- Ability to organize and manage multiple projects and prioritize workflow;
- Ability to speak, read and write in Spanish, preferred;
- Ability to interact in positive and effective manner with internal and external parties (including educators and students of all ages);
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Masters’ Degree in history, education, museum studies, museum education, political science or related field preferred.