April 7, 2006
Organization of staff and volunteers in museum education 

Hello,
I am writing a piece on staff and volunteers in museum education and am
interested in (1)the place of museum education within your institution's
organizational chart and (2) how the museum education department (or the
department by whatever name that oversees museum education) itself is
structured. Either a copy of your organizational chart or a simple list
would be most appreciated. If the information is available online,
please just send the URL.

I am familiar with the material on planning for museum human resources
(staff and volunteers) overall and have searched the museum-l archives.
But the info I am looking for is pretty specific. See below for
examples. 

Thank you for any help you may be able to offer! I will be happy to
share a brief summary of my findings with the list.

Cheers,
Chris

M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Consultant and Educator
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8P2X6
905-521-4847
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For example, in a smaller institution, your organizational chart might
look like this:
FULL TIME EMPLOYEES:
Executive Director
Development Director
Education Director
Museum Educator
Director of Operations (vacant)

PART TIME EMPLOYEES:
Operation Manager
Floor Manager
Contract Teachers*

In a larger institution, there might be 
(1) an overall org chart:
Corporate Services
Collection Services
Conservation
(and so on)
Community Services (encompasses museum education)
(and so on)
Human Resources

(2)Org charts for each department 
Community Services
- Manager
- Supervisor, Guest Services
- Supervisor, Rentals & Events
- Asst. Manager, Educational Programming
- Public Programs Coordinator
- School Programs Coordinator
- Contract teachers

Human Resources
- Volunteer Coordinator - Volunteers

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