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**Lead Educator**

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The Bay Area Discovery Museum is seeking a **Lead Educator** to join our School and Community Programs team This dynamic role facilitates and activates play-based learning programs, experiences, and environments, both onsite at the museum and in school and community settings. Lead Educators play a leadership role in guiding and catalyzing playful learning across the museum, with a focus on school and community programs. On a limited basis, this role will also support exhibits and festivals, camps and general visitor experiences at the museum.

Lead Educators bring a commitment to catalyzing and guiding playful learning that supports young children and their families to grow and thrive. They provide an exceptional and memorable experience for all children, teachers and caregivers who visit the museum or participate in our programs in school and community settings. The position requires a passion for, and experience in, children’s education, a highly motivated and outgoing attitude, and exceptional interpersonal communication and customer service skills.

This position pays a rate of **$26.32*/hour**. This is a full-time position, working 5 days per week onsite at our gorgeous 7.5-acre campus in Sausalito, CA. This position works Monday - Friday, with the possibility of one remote day a week based on programming needs. This role spends about 80%+ of work time in a public-facing capacity. All positions require proof of up-to-date COVID vaccination.

**KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Facilitating Playful Learning and Engagement**
- Leads the facilitation of onsite and offsite school and community programs including motivating and guiding playful learning; ensuring learning outcomes are met; activating teacher and parent engagement in program, as appropriate; coordinating and collaborating with teachers and other group leaders; modeling best practices in early childhood playful learning; adapting program plans to meet specific needs and contexts; directing other educators supporting facilitation; and participating in program evaluation and documentation.
- Assists with the activation of the museum campus and exhibits to create memorable and meaningful learning experiences for families with young children, leading the facilitation of special drop-in onsite programs such as festivals, as necessary.
- Participates in the development of, and delivers, special seasonal and year-round programs, such as summer camp workshops; also leads school break camps.
- Facilitates programs in Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese, including translation of materials and communication (bilingual staff only).

**Customer Service**
- Ensures every visitor and program participant has an enjoyable experience, and feels welcome and taken care of, by providing exceptional customer service and communications centered in empathy, inclusion, and flexibility.
- Adheres to, communicates, and enforces museum policies and protocols around visitor safety and behavior.

**Program Support and Administration**
- Supports programs with setup, cleanup/breakdown, and classroom materials management.
- Participates in. program ideation, prototyping, planning and evaluation, as required.
- Participates in regular training sessions and conducts program training for other educator staff through shadowing, co-teaching, and other means.
- Supports program administration and documentation with tasks such as tracking passes, data collection and entry, distribution of museum collateral, and organization of program supplies.
- Anticipates and problem solves day-of scheduling and other challenges, as appropriate.
- Drives Try it Truck, the museum’s mobile engineering lab.
- Works in partnership with other educators and the Facilities team, ensures that indoor and outdoor spaces are set up and maintained to be appealing, clean, and safe for all participants; the museum is closed and opened in a complete and timely manner; identifies and communicates material needs and exhibit/equipment repairs.

Additional duties as assigned.

**SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS**
- 3+ years of experience working with children ages 0-8 years in formal or informal educational settings. Experience in education, arts education, early childhood education, museum studies, or relevant field preferred.
- Understanding of early childhood development, pedagogy, and developmentally appropriate practice is preferred.
- Ability to speak Spanish, Mandarin, or Cantonese is a plus.
- Professional commitment to Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion; thoughtful and open about the role of a workplace and a cultural institution in creating a sense of welcome and belonging for staff and visitors.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to take initiative, work independently, and troubleshoot in a fast-paced work environment.
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, dependability, flexibility, and an outgoing and friendly per