Dear Andrea,
                This was sent to one of our staffers who sent it on to me.  "Teaching Museum Teachers"  
2005 AAM Annual Meeting
Survey for Current Museum Educators

1*	Do you have a college undergraduate degree?  YES

2*	If you answered yes, in what subject area?  (for example BA in History, BFA in Painting, etc.)   B.S in Geography/education, M.S. in Counseling, Ed.S. in leadership, Ed.D. in leadership

3*	If you searched for museum education work--including internships or volunteer opportunities--immediately after your undergraduate work was completed, how long did you search before you were successful?   Please choose one: a) 1-3 months    b) 4-6 months    c)7-9 months    d) 9-12 months    e) over 1 year    f) could not find work    g) did not search for museum work upon graduation.  Found it much later.  

4*	If you were successful, what type of position did you find? (for example full-time job, part-time job, internship, volunteering)  Was it paid or unpaid?

5*	Have you earned or are you currently pursuing a post-graduate degree?  As noted, I have three post-graduate degrees

6*	If yes, in what area?  (Please be specific.) As noted:  Counseling and Educational Leadership (two degrees)

7*	What factor most influenced your decision to pursue this degree?  Please choose one:  a) a personal interest in gaining more knowledge    b) to increase the likelihood of getting a museum job    c) to increase the likelihood of receiving a promotion within the museum field    e) to change career fields    d) other--please describe

8*	What experiences offered the most beneficial training for your museum education job?  Please rate in order of importance with 1 being the most beneficial or use N/A for not applicable.
____XX__college education

____XX__post-graduate education

______internship

______volunteering

____XX__previous job experience in a related area (for example: a teacher or artist)

______on-the-job museum training

______Other _________________________________


9*	Do you have any additional comments to share? I am a retired public school teacher/administrator who did not specifically search for a museum job but, once I got it, found that it was a highly desirable place to work.



You may remain anonymous, but please include the following.

Title: Director of Education and Special Projects
Institution: Cincinnati Museum Center
Years in museum education: Two


Thank you for your time and your support of museum education.



 



Peter DeDominici, Ed.D.
Director of Education and Special Projects
Cincinnati Museum Center
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45203
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Office-(513)345-2645
Fax-(513)287-7095

"There is a public curriculum inherent in the orderly images, and in the order in which these images are presented and seen, in art museums.  This voluntary public-access 'curriculum,"'selected differently by each visitor, offers both interesting challenges and useful metaphors for educators working in more structured settings.  School educators, like art museum educators, help to develop students' abilities to see and hear the stories visible and accessible in the world around them; at our best, we develop skills for a lifetime of learning, learning that is sometimes most effective when it is unexpected and informal."
-Educational Researcher, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 4-13


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