On Call Educator, Education and Family Programs Department

The Skirball Cultural Center seeks skilled On Call Educators to facilitate school and public programs within various Skirball spaces and galleries, including Noah's Ark at the Skirball, the Skirball's award-winning interactive children's and family destination. 

On Call Educators are part of a collaborative team that facilitates participatory programs for visitors, especially those with young or school-age children. These include programs for Noah's Ark at the Skirball and adjacent Bloom Garden, Art Studio, Archaeology Dig, Visions and Values exhibition, selected changing exhibitions and a variety of seasonal Family Programs offerings. On Call Educators facilitate school and family learning through activities such as puppetry, movement, percussion, cooperative games, storytelling, gallery learning and hands-on art making activities. They impart key Skirball and Noah's Ark messages and help to maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming environment.

On Call Educators are part of the Education and Family Programs Department and report to the Associate Director of Noah's Ark and Family Programs.

Compensation

• $19.50 per hour
• Hours are scheduled on an as-needed basis, primarily on weekends and holidays.

• Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to deliver consistently excellent gallery experiences for the public, and occasional school groups, which may include performances of memorized cultural flood stories, puppetry, art-making activities, and participatory movement and music making.
• Demonstrate mastery of assigned tour content and facilitation strategies; when scheduled, team-teach experiential, gallery-based programs and sustain high performance standards.
• Convey key Noah's Ark messages and content through programs and positive visitor interactions.
• Help maintain a friendly, clean, and safe environment, proactively address customer service and operational issues, and troubleshoot as needed.
• Integrate and apply feedback from supervisors to achieve program goals and standards. Incorporate notes quickly and show measurable improvement between shifts.
• Reset and maintain Noah's Ark galleries, and other spaces as assigned including daily prop cleaning.
• Assist in preparing, keeping inventory, and organizing materials for programs. 
• Perform related administrative work as assigned.
• Contribute to new gallery, garden, amphitheater, and family festival programs, school tours, drop-in performances, visitor interactions, and educator trainings as assigned.
• Co-train and mentor fellow colleagues as assigned, modeling best practices and reliable classroom leadership.
• Commitment to a respectful, supportive team culture; collaborate with colleagues and supervisors with kindness and professionalism, fostering trust, welcoming interactions, and constructive responses to feedback.

Qualifications, Experiences, and Attributes

• Background and experience in arts education, museum education, early childhood education, acting, storytelling, and/or related field
• Outstanding public speaking and interpersonal skills; warm, welcoming, professional manner, ability to discern visitor needs and engage positively with people of different ages and abilities
• Demonstrated ability to lead participatory educational experiences for people of all ages in an informal education setting.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following specialized areas:  gallery teaching, puppetry, acting, movement, music, percussion, storytelling, improvisation and visual arts
• Team player with a collaborative work style; ability to accept and support change, and work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and work styles
• Ability to work long hours in both indoor and outdoor settings that require physical agility (kneeling, crouching, lifting, sitting on floor, etc.) and sustained energy
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, highly sensory environment while maintaining composure and visitor focus.
• Proven ability to exercise good judgment, take initiative, and manage a changing and varied workload
• An active interest and understanding of the Skirball Cultural Center mission and essential values
• Basic knowledge/understanding of Jewish cultural practices desirable
• Fluency in spoken Spanish preferred but not required