Live and work in the Hudson Valley, two hours from New York City. 
Cedar Grove, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, NY, 
seeks applicants for new Education Coordinator position.

Overview: 
The Education Coordinator is responsible for all activities relating to volunteer 
needs for the organization, and manages the docent program including 
planning, recruitment, training, monitoring, scheduling and recognition.  The 
purpose of Cedar Grove’s docent program is to provide the most meaningful 
interpretive experience to over 8,500 visitors annually through guided tours 
and public programs. The position reports to the Executive Director. It is four 
days per week and requires weekend work.

Responsibilities: 
* Recruits, trains, mentors and coordinates docents for use in guided tours 
and other volunteers for other site needs
* Develops ongoing docent training and enrichment program and supporting 
materials including a formal docent manual 
* Organizes and implements volunteer recognition events 
* Works with the Operations Manager to develop docent database and 
maintain docent time records
* Schedules docents for daily and special tours
* Ensures that docents are properly informed about Cedar Grove and their 
duties through orientation, group sessions, manuals, emails and phone calls
* Works with Cedar Grove staff and docent committee to identify ongoing 
docent program needs in accordance with program goals, site interpretive 
goals and other long-range initiatives
* Assist with coordination of educational programs for the public

Hours and working conditions:
Hours for the position are four days per week. During May-October, when the 
site is open for walk-in tours, hours will be Thursday through Sunday, 9am to 
5pm. During November-April, the hours will change to Tuesday through Friday, 
9am to 5pm. The candidate must be able to maintain a flexible schedule with 
some evening work. The position requires moderate physical activity including 
climbing stairs and moving about the historic site in hot summers and cool 
spring and fall weather. 

Qualifications: 
Qualified candidates possess excellent leadership and interpersonal and 
communication skills.  Required is the ability to manage projects and volunteer 
personnel; familiarity with computerized scheduling; ability to coordinate 
priorities and execute a work plan.  Bachelors degree (Masters preferred), with 
four years related experience; excellent writing skills; ability to work with the 
public and manage deadlines with grace, professionalism and ease; and ability 
to work independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will 
have an enthusiasm for art and/or history and an affinity for working with 
people. 

Compensation:   will depend on the candidate's experience.

To Apply: Send cover letter, resume and references to:  Cedar Grove, Attn: 
Education Coordinator search, PO Box 426, Catskill, NY 12414 or email to 
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About Cedar Grove

Cedar Grove is the site where the artist Thomas Cole lived and was married, 
where he created some of his most beloved paintings, and where he died in 
1848 at the age of 47. Today the site consists of the Federal style brick home 
(c. 1815), as well as Thomas Cole's original studio building, on a 5 acre parcel 
of land with a magnificent view of the Catskill Mountain range. In recent years 
the house and studio have undergone a major restoration, and now contain 
both furnished rooms and gallery rooms with changing exhibitions. Current 
exhibitions and public programs are listed on the website www.thomascole.org.

About Thomas Cole

Long regarded as the founder of the Hudson River School of Art, Thomas Cole 
(1801-1848) is a central figure in the development of American culture. When 
Thomas Cole made his first trip up the Hudson River in 1825, thought-leaders 
in America were searching for something distinctly American to establish the 
nation's own culture as separate from that of Europe. Thomas Cole found it in 
the Catskill Mountain wilderness, which came to symbolize the unspoiled 
character of the new nation. Thomas Cole's early paintings of nature 
untouched by human development reinforced notions of America as a new 
Eden. Lionized during his lifetime and mourned by a generation of artists 
following his death at a relatively early age, he has been "rediscovered" in 
recent years after suffering nearly a century of neglect. Interest in the 
Hudson River Valley itself recalls that of the 19th century when artists flocked 
to New York's Catskill Mountains to experience the wilderness firsthand and to 
emulate Cole's remarkable vision, creating America's first indigenous art 
movement.

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