Please excuse cross-postings. The Institute for Learning Innovation offers a three-month, paid internship/professional development opportunity as a Research and Evaluation Assistant. The Fall 2007 Deborah A. Carey Internship begins in September 2007, ends twelve weeks later (start and end dates are flexible), and has a stipend of $1,600 per month. Internships occur at offices near Annapolis, Maryland. The Institute for Learning Innovation is a not-for-profit learning research and evaluation organization that works to describe, assess, and advance learning in free-choice settings such as museums, libraries, community-based programs, and the Internet, as well as in the formal education system. The Research and Evaluation Assistant will work on a variety of projects, which may include evaluation of museum programs or exhibitions, community-based or technology-based programs, or programs at other free-choice learning institutions. Past interns have worked on projects such as a front-end evaluation of an exhibition at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, formative evaluation of exhibitions for the National Children's Museum, audience research at the American Philosophical Society to understand visitor's attitudes about museums' use of reproductions and original artifacts in exhibitions, a summative evaluation of a teacher development program, and a variety of other evaluations conducted at museums and other free-choice learning organizations. Duties are specific to projects that are available at the time of the internship and will include some or all of the following tasks: * Coordinating aspects of evaluation planning and design. The candidate may work with a project manager to formulate the initial design and conceptualization of an evaluation project. * Collecting data in the field. Data collection may involve conducting interviews, observations, or tracking in a museum, community-based organization, or free-choice learning institution. * Reducing and analyzing data. Candidates may code and enter data into the appropriate software program as well as run specific reports/tests. * Writing portions of technical reports that interpret and summarize data. Applicants should be either 1) working on or have completed their master's degree in museum education or a related free-choice learning field and have had some experience and/or course work in evaluation/research or 2) are working on a PhD and have relevant experience and/or course work. Our goal is to provide a mutually beneficial experience in which the intern provides work of high quality for the Institute while learning new skills. The ideal candidate must learn quickly and be able to work simultaneously on several of the many projects with which the Institute is involved. The candidate should have strong analytical and critical thinking skills, excellent written and oral communication, as well as sound interpersonal skills. As much as possible, we attempt to match an intern's goals and interests with relevant projects at the Institute. Applications will be accepted through June 1, 2007. Application for consideration must include all of the following: * A brief cover letter * A current cv/resume * Three letters of reference * In 2-3 pages please provide the following information as best you can: o Briefly describe your interest and/or experience with free-choice learning and visitor studies o Briefly describe any experience or involvement you have had with front-end, formative, remedial, or summative evaluation o Briefly describe your research interests in free-choice learning or visitor studies and steps you have taken to pursue those interests o Share how you see your career or academic goals supported by an internship with the Institute for Learning Innovation o Briefly describe the personal strengths and skills that you would bring to the internship, Application materials can be sent electronically to [log in to unmask] or by mail to: Institute for Learning Innovation, 3168 Braverton Street Suite 280 Edgewater, MD 21037 Attention: Cheryl Kessler, Internship Coordinator For further information, please contact: Cheryl Kessler (410) 956-5144 (410) 956-5148 [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).