• Location: 1103 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
• Base Pay: $23.00 / Hour
• Relocation Expense Covered: No
• Employee Type: Part Time
• Required Degree: 2 Year Degree
• Manage Others: No
• Minimum Experience: 2 Years

Job Description

Position Overview:

Teaching Artists working within Perez Art Museum Miami’s Youth Tours Programs play a crucial role in utilizing modern and contemporary art to facilitate genuine human connection. Through the Knight Schools, PAMM in the Neighborhood, and PAMM Teen Arts Council programs, Teaching Artists develop curriculum, facilitate tours, lead art making experiences, provide mentorship, and support community engagement for K-12 student and educator audiences and beyond.

During the academic school year (September – May), Teaching Artists work primarily on site at the museum to lead tours and art activities for students participating in field trips through the Knight Schools program. Occasionally, Teaching Artists visit schools to lead activities or participate in Career Days and other activations. During the summer months (June – August) Teaching Artists lead on-site and off-site art making and gallery experiences for summer camps and community groups serving youth in grades K-12, with frequent (two times a week or more) off-site travel to multiple locations across Miami-Dade County. With these tours and activities, Teaching Artists equip some of our youngest audience members with the skills for close looking, critical thinking, and making connections between modern and contemporary art and the broader world.

Teaching Artists also conduct museum and off-site programs for pre-K students, teens, families and intergenerational audiences. Teaching Artists must be available Monday through Friday, from 9am to 3pm. This is a hybrid role. Teaching Artists typically work on campus when the museum is open and have opportunities for remote work when the museum is closed to the public with some exceptions. Occasional evening and weekend in-person engagements are also required.

The starting hourly rate is $23/hr.

Requirements

Required Degree: 2 Year Degree + 2 years of equivalent experience required OR 4 Year Degree preferred in Fine Arts, Education, Museum Studies, OR equivalent  

Qualifications:

• • Effective communication and public speaking skills
  • Flexibility and ability to improvise
  • Works well in a team-setting 
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Preferred experience 1 year of teaching in a classroom or an informal learning environment
• Prefer candidates to have an active art-making studio practice
• Priority will be given to candidates who professionally write and speak multiple languages: preferred Spanish, Creole, and Portuguese
• Candidates with experience working with persons with disabilities preferred
• Preferred Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator)

Teamwork Skills:  

• Be an enthusiastic, helpful and positive member of the team  
• Be professional, responsible and mature in conduct and behavior  
• Be understanding of, encouraging to and friendly with all co-workers  
• Be self-motivated and use time wisely  
• Maintain open line of communications with each department on pertinent information 
• Maintain effective communication by means of meetings and memorandums  
• Adhere to all work rules, procedures and policies established by the company including, but not limited to those contained in the employee handbook.  

Physical Demands: 

• Walk, bend, lift (up to 15 pounds) files, office supplies and electronic equipment.  
• Finger dexterity to pick up paper and use computer keyboard. 
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.   
• Ability to hear in normal tones including telephone and face-to-face conversation. 

Summary

Essential Functions included, but are not limited to:  

• Develop lesson plans to be used internally and distributed to educator audiences using student-focused pedagogical frameworks such as Universal Design for Learning and constructivism that center critical thinking and authentic dialogue
• Stay informed about new exhibitions and the current state of the contemporary art field through museum-led exhibition walkthroughs and independent learning
• Lead gallery tours for school, family and youth audiences on a set weekly schedule with occasional evening and weekend commitments
• Conduct offsite educational experiences, including artmaking at summer camp locations and engagements at schools such as career days and STEAM fairs.
• Co-plan and co-facilitate programming for the PAMM Teen Arts Council, with guidance from the lead facilitator, as the need arises
• Support work across the education department by contributing to digital interpretive content, providing support during programs such as Second Saturdays and PAMM Story Time, and participating in fundraising events that raise funds for education programming
• Promote all PAMM education programs by sharing information about opportunities for continued audience engagement at on- and off-site activations
• Work as part of a team to advance the mission of the museum
• Perform other tasks that pertain to the responsibilities of the Education Department

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PHOTO CREDIT: ELF-MOONDANCE

DATE POSTED: DECEMBER 10, 2024