Education and Outreach Coordinator | Richmond, TX

Texas Association of Museums; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 54,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

The Education and Outreach Coordinator at Fort Bend Museum in Richmond, TX develops and oversees TEKS aligned educational programs, school tours, on-site experiences, and community outreach, while coordinating volunteers and training staff. This role collaborates with staff to achieve FBHA’s strategic goals and ensures program quality across all offerings.

Responsibilities include supervising docents, creating field trip marketing, leading tours when needed, building partnerships with schools

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, museum studies, history or related field.
• Minimum 2 years in education and/or museum field or related experience.
• Experience working with a nonprofit museum or other educational institution.
• Experience developing and delivering educational experiences/programs for a variety of age groups.
• Experience developing lesson plans that include learning objectives and assessment procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develops TEKS aligned curricula and special programming for educators and students.
• Supervises and trains docents, staff, interns, and volunteers; preserves tour quality.
• Creates marketing for field trips and promotes educational opportunities.
• Leads historic house tours and school programs when volunteers are unavailable.
• Books and coordinates day-of plans for groups seeking educational experiences.
• Maintains self-guided gallery guides for visitors and supports community partnerships.
• Manages departmental budget and assists with annual budget requests.
• Performs duties as a trained collections staff member when needed.
• Prepares monthly activity reports and metrics for the Director of Programs.

Skills

Education program development

Public speaking

Team collaboration

Volunteer training

Problem-solving

Time management

Creativity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in education, museum studies, history or related field

Teaching certification (preferred)

Job description

Education and Outreach Coordinator| Richmond, TX

Title: Education and Outreach Coordinator

Facility: Fort Bend Museum

Pay Scale: $54,000-56,000, Salary non-exempt, Full-time including benefits; Must be able to work a flexible schedule occasionally including some evenings and weekends Supervisor: Director of Programs, Fort Bend Museum

Position Overview

The Education and Engagement Coordinator develops, implements, and oversees all educational programs and curriculum for the Fort Bend Museum, focusing on TEKS-aligned school tours, on-site experiences, and bringing museum programs out to the community. This role also involves recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers to deliver public education and collaborating with staff to achieve the Fort Bend History Association's Strategic Plan goals.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Develops and implements TEKS aligned educational curricula and special programming, as well as educator and student resources.
• This role supervises and trains museum docents, staff, student interns, and volunteers, ensuring the quality and accuracy of historic house tours and school programs. It also emphasizes training educational personnel in the preservation philosophy of FBHA .
• Creates marketing for field trips, encourage and remind educators about educational opportunities at the museum.
• Leads historic house tours and school programs when volunteers are not available.
• Connects with, books, and creates day-of plans for groups interested in educational and historic experiences such as the Historic Richmond Walking Tour, Museum Complex Tour, Morton Cemetery Tour or any combination of these.
• Develops and maintains self-guided gallery scavenger hunt and guides for everyday visitors.
• This role cultivates and strengthens community education partnerships by building lasting relationships with local resources like schools, libraries, museums, and city/county entities. The goal is to promote history and preservation through collaborative programs.
• Maintains budgetary compliance for departmental operating budget; prepares and recommends annual budget requests in conjunction with the Director of Programs
• Serves as a trained collections staff member on behalf of the Museum collection as needed.
• Prepares a report on Education and Outreach Coordinator activities at the beginning of each month and provides any other metrics related to educational programs as required for Director of Programs ’s monthly report

Other Duties

• Performs yearly inventory of programs collections objects in historic homes and school programming
• Maintains effective storage and cleanliness of programs supplies and spaces
• Serves as staff for special FBHA and FBM events as needed, such as exhibit openings, on-site community events, Candlelight Tours, Bites & Brews and other fundraising or programmatic events.
• Coordinates publicity and promotion of educational programming with FBHA staff, and contributes to education-based social media and marketing projects
• Maintains timely and accurate program statistics and prepares reports as needed
• Updates Museum master calendar with newly booked school programs and adult group tours, as well as co-coordinates separate school schedule for docents and volunteers
• Improves and modifies existing programs and events
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Programs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Positive attitude, mature interpersonal style, and an out-going demeanor
• Demonstrates initiative, problem-solving skills, time-management, creativity, flexibility, analytic skills and follow through

  Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in education, museum studies, history or related field with relevant professional experience; teaching certification and classroom experience preferred
  • Minimum 2 years in education and/or museum field or related experience
  • Experience working with a team of professionals in a nonprofit museum or other educational institution
  • Experience developing and delivering educational experiences/programs for a variety of age groups
  • Experience developing lesson plans that include learning objectives and assessment procedures