Tour Educator (Part Time)

About Weeksville Heritage Center

Weeksville Heritage Center (WHC) is a historic site and cultural center in Central Brooklyn that uses education, arts, and a social justice lens to preserve, document and inspire engagement with the history of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America, and the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses. Founded in 1838, Weeksville was the second largest of approximately 100 independent African-American communities established before the Civil War.

When a group of community activists rediscovered three remaining original homes 1968, they purchased, rehabilitated, and restored the Hunterfly Road Houses, re-opening its doors as the Weeksville Heritage Center in 1973. In 2014, WHC opened its new Cultural Arts and Education Center and campus, including a visual arts gallery, performance space, resource center, and administrative offices. WHC is now poised for a bright new era, with the resources and vision in place to fully activate our history and expand our education, preservation, and public programming.

About the Opportunity

The Tour Educator conducts historic house tours for school groups and other visitors. In addition, the Tour Educator provides valuable administrative support related to program development, implementation and evaluation. This position represents WHC to a broad range of audiences and stakeholders through tours and wider community engagement.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate tours for multiple audiences with a range of learning styles
• Work collaboratively to design and execute tours
• Assist with creation of appropriate education/information materials for audiences, workshops, and youth programs
• Conduct outreach efforts to schools and local communities
• Participate in regular planning meetings

Qualifications and Skills

• Superior communication skills and high level of comfort with directly engaging a broad range of audiences/public
• Experience in tour facilitation and/or teaching education programs preferably in museum or historic settings
• Knowledge of classroom management techniques, education pedagogy and teaching methods including inquiry and object-based learning
• Intellectual curiosity about Weeksville’s history and current work and knowledge of African American and New York City history
• Experience with MS Office, Google Suite, and shared information platforms

Education

• Bachelor of Arts or related experience in Education, African American Studies, History, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Museum Studies, or a related field