Youth Audiences Manager.  Hillwood Museum & Gardens, an art collector's
estate museum located in Washington, DC, seeks an experienced,
imaginative, and motivated museum education professional. This manager
will work with current and potential youth-aged visitors and their
parents/teachers/leaders, staff throughout the museum, leaders in the
community, and colleagues at other institutions to enhance current
programs and create new and creative learning opportunities that support
the institution's interpretive messages and methodologies. These
programs will attract and retain youth audiences (including families,
schools/camps, and after-school groups including scouts) as mandated by
the museum's strategic plan. Requires an advanced degree in museum
education or a related field; eight or more years of leadership
experience conceptualizing, developing, implementing, and evaluating
learning experiences for youth audiences, preferably in a museum
setting.  Additional requirements include a dynamic teaching presence
and significant experience in curriculum development; strong management,
communication, organizational, and planning skills; the ability to
establish and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with program
partners; the ability to see and present work in the context of the
theories and practice of museum learning; and the ability to work
effectively as a team member and leader. For additional information:
www.hillwoodmuseum.org/opportunities.htm.  To apply, submit letter of
interest and resume to: e-mail: [log in to unmask];
fax:202.966.1623; mail: Human Resources, Hillwood Museum & Gardens, 4155
Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20008.  AA/EOE. Deadline for
Application: September 30, 2005.

 


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