Senior Manager of School and Family Experiences
- Job Type: Full-time
- Job Category: Education, Program Management
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Address: 1300 S. DuSable Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, 60640
The Adler Planetarium is seeking a Senior Manager of School and Family Experiences to join our dynamic team located on Chicago's Museum Campus. The Senior Manager will supervise and coach School and Family Experiences staff, lead cross-institution teams in developing school and family experiences aligned with Adler's goals, serve as an audience and content expert on project teams, and build collaborative relationships with external partners.
The Senior Manager of School & Family Engagement is Adler’s resident expert and advocate for school and family audiences. They are experienced, innovative, and audience-centered, keen to develop and refine engagement strategies, programs, and initiatives for school groups and families. The Senior Manager is an exceptional collaborator and communicator with strong time management skills. They can ideate readily and shift focus between multiple projects.
This position is responsible for:
Experience Development:
- Leading design, development, evaluation, and revision of onsite and digital school and family experiences (e.g., onsite and virtual learning experiences, curriculum development, and Park Voyagers*, an after-school outreach program facilitated at Chicago Park District Sites) including large-scale, multi-year projects with cross-institution project teams.
- Acting as the school and family audience expert for cross-divisional experience development.
Strategy, Leadership, and Administration:
- Developing goals and strategies for school and family programs aligned with Adler's mission, brand, and values.
- Hiring, training, and managing School and Family Experiences staff and mentoring other Adler staff in best practices of experience development and implementation for school and family audiences.
Partnership and Community Building and Dissemination:
- Representing the Adler at local and national conferences and local multi-partner working groups.
- Maintaining communication with the school audience (e.g., educator portal, newsletter, and developing social media content with Marketing).
Audience Research & Experience Evaluation:
- Organizing and implementing Adler’s Teacher Evaluator Group and Teacher Advisor Group to pilot test and solicit feedback from school-based educators on proposed school experiences.
- Collaborating with external evaluators to develop and implement program evaluation tools and protocols for school and family experiences.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or five years of professional work experience.
- Five or more years of teaching or program implementation experience within classrooms or informal learning environments.
- Four or more years of developing audience-centered informal STEAM experiences.
- Three or more years of training staff to implement informal STEAM experiences.
- Two or more years of evaluating informal learning experiences.
- Two or more years managing or mentoring staff.
- One or more years of developing and overseeing departmental budgets.
- Knowledgeable of human development and museum/science education theory.
- Able to pass a Chicago Public Schools background check.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree with specialization in education, museum education, STEAM, or another related field.
- Master’s Degree.
- One or more years of working with young people from diverse backgrounds.
- Five or more years of developing audience-centered, informal, STEAM experiences.
- Five or more years of training staff to implement informal STEAM experiences.
- Experience collaborating with Chicago Public Schools or another large urban school district.
- Possess a valid Illinois driver's license and ability to pass a motor vehicle record (MVR) check.
- Understanding of how to incorporate NGSS standards into informal education programs and resources.
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