Education Manager - Windsor, United States - American Precision Museum

Description

About the American Precision Museum
The American Precision Museum (APM) inspires new generations of innovators
by connecting immersive programming with the rich history of manufacturing in America.

The museum combines the atmosphere of an original 19th century factory building with a world-class collection of historic machines side-by-side with working 21st Century machine technologies found in today's advanced manufacturing environments.

Housed in a National Historic Landmark building in Windsor, Vermont, APM's 4,000-square-foot exhibit space, education programs, events, and online resources explore industrial history and the evolution of manufacturing technology in the context of innovation, creative problem solving, and the impact of precision manufacturing on American history and culture.

Position Overview:

APM is seeking a skilled, experienced, and passionate STEM educator to lead the museum's efforts in implementing and broadening its portfolio of programs while maintaining an active teaching role.

This position will manage and supervise staff and contract educators while overseeing all program development and delivery.

The Education Manager will also have the specific charge to implement new programs serving youth in out-of-school times, develop and coordinate programs for adult learners and educators, and collaborate with others to create museum-wide special events and festivals.

In addition, this position will be responsible for managing large educational projects, including the museum's current STEM+M (STEM+Manufacturing) Pathways Project, and collaborating with the Director of Development and Communication on proposal development and program marketing needs.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

APM Education leadership and team management

• Create programming that broadens the museum's audiences by supporting new and emerging audiences and other programmatic initiatives in alignment with the Museum's strategic plan.
• Collaborate with museum communications team for program marketing and promotion, including use of social media and other communication channels as needed.
• Develop and monitor budgets for programs and sponsored projects.
• Represent the museum to both internal and external stakeholders in a positive and professional manner, including participation in board meetings, donor cultivation and stewardship events, and industry outreach events.
• Cultivate relationships and partnerships with community leaders and organizations that serve youth, adult learners, and families to ensure program relevance and impact.
• Provide supervision and coaching of staff and contract educators, and support staff professional development and growth.
• Oversee implementation of education programs outlined in museum's fiveyear strategic plan and threeyear education plan.

Position the museum within the regional STEM ecosystem

• Support the museum's current and future STEM education offerings serving the region's schools, students, and teachers. This includes coleading and facilitating APM's school field trip and student workshop programs, STEM outreach programs in schools, and teacher professional development programs.
• Create and manage a teacher advisory group composed to regional teachers, STEM educators, and educational leaders.

STEM+M Pathways project leadership

• Manage and oversee all aspects of APM's STEM+M Pathways project, including coordinating collaboration meetings with national partners, ensuring timely completion of project deliverables, and tracking project budget.
• Manage project evaluation and reporting needs.
• Participate as APM lead in collaboration management meetings, and project dissemination activities at regional and national meetings and conferences.

Project management

• Track and maintain data related to assigned project areas, including budget, participant information and contacts, program evaluation data, etc.
• Monitor all grantfunded education programs to ensure compliance with standards, reporting meetings, and tracking deliverables as outlined in proposals and contracts.

Expanding program portfolio

• Lead development and growth of new program areas, specifically for youth in outofschool time settings—including after school programming, vacation week programming, and summer STEM programming.
• With museum team, lead implementation of active adult programs and engagement opportunities.
• Collaborate with other members of the museum's education team to conceptualize, develop, and facilitate learning experiences for museum visitors and program participants.
• Coordinate and implement an annual calendar of special event programs and festivals at the museum.

Development and organization-wide responsibilities

• Support DDC with corporate relationships and business development needs as requested.
• Perform actions and support broader museum team and needs as requested.

Essential Experience and Skills:

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