The FAO Schwarz Fellow at the Museum of Science

FAO Schwarz Fellowship in Social Impact at the Museum of Science

ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE The Museum’s mission is to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone. Through delightful exhibits, programs, curricula, and professional development offerings for educators, staff make science and scientific thinking accessible, engaging, relevant, and endlessly fun for people of all backgrounds, ages, and abilities. Our vision is a world in which science belongs to each of us for the good of all of us. FELLOWSHIP DESCRIPTION For their direct service work, the Fellow will be a Museum Educator in Museum programs serving the Greater Boston community. As part of their special project work, the Fellow will also play a lead role in re-imagining and re-envisioning our engagement and youth development/mentoring programs and producing a large-scale museum event for youth. DIRECT SERVICE WORK The FAO Schwarz Fellow will work directly with schools, families, and public audiences of all ages onsite and in the community as a part of the education team. Onsite work includes teaching inquiry-based interpretations in the Hall of Human Life and the Yawkey Gallery Field Station, facilitating engineering design challenges in the Engineering Design Workshop, and developing and presenting live presentations to museum visitors. Community work will include participating in outreach events and working directly with local high schools and youth organizations. The Fellow will: Work as part of the education team teaching science and making presentations at the Museum to visitors. Teach offsite in our programs in the community and at schools. Engage in the Museum’s youth programs, such as the Summer Youth Internship Program and our youth Professional Development workshops, as an educator and as a mentor. Partner with staff to support teens as part of our school partnership programs and impart career, STEM, and communication skills in less formal education settings. SPECIAL PROJECT WORK The Fellow will help re-envision the Museum’s youth/teen engagement and development programs. As part of this work, the Fellow will play a major role in planning large-scale events for youth, first by shadowing, listening, and collaborating, and then by playing a leadership role in producing a youth event at the Museum. The Fellow will: Shadow education staff through the coordination of events such as Computer Science Education Weekend to learn the many facets and processes of large-scale event planning. Incorporate insights gained from active listening and working with youth into planning for these events by being their voice. Develop a culminating youth event related to Museum content, special topic or themed heritage month. Apply best practices in planning to improve and deliver summer workshops alongside education and human resources staff. TYPICAL WORK SCHEDULE The Fellow will work Tuesday-Saturday (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) with occasional holidays and evenings to support the education team throughout the calendar year. This will primarily be an onsite role with the ability to work from home up to one day per week as agreed upon with the manager. Approximately 90% of our Education staff work schedules that are not Monday-Friday. WAGES AND BENEFITS $50,000 USD in first year of Fellowship (includes $2,000 start-of-Fellowship bonus) $55,000 USD in second year of Fellowship (includes a $3,000 end-of-Fellowship bonus) Fellows receive the same benefits as entry-level employees. Benefits include: Free parking, T accessibility, 23 vacation days, 12 holidays, 10 sick days, medical, dental, and vision insurance, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, retirement and savings plan, health care/dependent care flex spending plan, employee discounts, employee referral program, tuition assistance, professional development, direct deposit, free admission, free Duck Tours, discounted movie passes, and much more!