Art Education Manager

The Art Education Manager will be dedicated to managing art education programs and activities including schools, community partners, youth, teens, and visitors, with a passion for arts and culture, and the ability to manage relationships with our diverse community.

ABOUT PAFA

Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is America's first school and museum of fine arts. Located in the center city of Philadelphia, PAFA is intimate in scale with a strong sense of community. PAFA offers several non-degree and certificates in studio art and art appreciation programs. PAFA's museum has an outstanding collection of American art, and the museum actively collects and exhibits contemporary art, including work in new media. Additionally, PAFA is home to the Brodsky Center, a print and papermaking center focused on the creation of innovative editions by contemporary artists.

PAFA is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment that welcomes and encourages recruiting and retaining qualified candidates from diverse groups. PAFA provides equal opportunity to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

POSITION: Art Education Manager

This employee reports to the Chief Academic Officer and coordinates a variety of initiatives related to PAFA's work with school and community programs and partnerships. Primary duties will be to schedule and coordinate K-12 museum tours, outreach lessons, teacher professional development programs, pre-college programs, summer camp activities, and art-making programs for PAFA's school and community audiences. This employee will coordinate one of PAFA's flagship programs - School and Community Partnerships (SCP) that provides supplemental educational programming supporting student learning and parental engagement, for predominantly bilingual audiences for various neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

This position will involve traveling to outreach locations and collaboration with staff at PAFA and community partner sites. It requires excellent communication skills, creativity, and flexibility to coordinate and deliver these programs in person, virtually or hybrid setting. The manager must have a desire to work with diverse audiences and engage in art appreciation and art making. They must be able to work under pressure in a fast-changing environment, problem-solve, be flexible, imaginative, and innovative. This position will supervise museum educators, summer camp employees, and teaching artists.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate communication, schedules, and facilitation of K-12 programs. Process field trip requests, bus reservations, evaluation surveys and provide general administrative support for the program.
• Coordinate communication with partner schools and school districts, ensuring timely contract renewals and submission of support documents with all partners.
• Participate in development of K-12 museum tours, pre-visit materials, outreach lessons, teacher professional development programs and family art-making programs in accordance with best museum practices.
• Coordinate School and Community Partnership programs including but not limited to the following:
  • Outreach classroom lessons in participating schools
  • Outreach Workshops with Community Partners (afterschool programs, adult community workshops, and others)
  • Parent Workshops in all participating schools and community organizations
  • Professional development workshops for teachers in participating schools
  • Field Trips and Art Lessons at PAFA including overseeing the logistics of transportation scheduling.
• Actively engage in professional development related to teaching art and literacy, 21st century skills, museum education, PAFA's collection and special exhibitions, curriculum development, diversity, and inclusion, and other.
• Coordinate translation of necessary educational, promotional and evaluation materials
• Participate in planning and delivery of the End of Year Celebration at PAFA (Spring Festival)
• Maintain School and Community programs files, attendance and financial records, schedules, evaluation reports, and administrative reports for all aspects of the program.
• Oversee Pre-College program and Summer Camp activities.
• Other duties as needed

REQUIREMENTS:

• A. is required, a Master's degree is preferred, but not required.
• 1-3 years of administrative experience
• 1-2 years of teaching experience
• Proficiency in Spanish is strongly preferred
• Must have a valid driver's license and clear driving history
• Working knowledge of MS Office (especially PowerPoint, Outlook calendar, Excel)
• Familiarity with virtual learning and/or desire to learn
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with a proven ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities, plan and anticipate and articulate program needs
• Effective communication skills and ability to be a team player and work collaboratively
• Experience working with children is a strong plus
• Experience working in a museum setting is a plus
• Ability to create a safe, inclusive, supportive, and creative environment for children, youth, and adults.
• Ability to integrate traditional and new techniques and technologies in classroom setting
• Candidates with existing clearances preferred

Working with Minors

Background checks, including Child Abuse Clearances and FBI Clearances, are required for all PAFA staff working with minors, as well as the completion of mandatory virtual staff training sessions through Vector Solutions. Applicants with valid Child Abuse History Clearances will have priority. Additional background checks may be required and will be administered by PAFA.

The work of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is made possible through the generous support of committed individuals and institutions.