Senior Educator for Formal Programs at Adler Planetarium
The Adler Planetarium in Chicago, IL (USA) is seeking a Senior Educator for Formal Programs to work with teachers and other educators to facilitate course participants' experiences. This position will work with and report to the Associate Director for Curriculum and Instruction to design and to deliver professional development for teachers.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• administer course participants' field trip experiences
• design, develop, administer and assist Summer Astronomy Connections teachers schedule, their field trip and videoconference
• recruit teachers to participate in piloting field trip material kits
• distribute and maintain the field trip material kits
• distribute evaluations to the teachers participating in the pilot programming of the field trip material kits
• assess and complete data analysis for ACCESS programming
• work with ACCESS team to develop and deliver programming for teacher professional development
Education and Experience Requirements:
• a Bachelor's Degree in education, science education or administration
• a Master's Degree in the above topics is preferred
• a minimum of two years' experience in science education, working with adults, and classroom teaching, particularly late elementary school or middle school
• a strong understanding of science pedagogy
• a science teacher with experience at multiple age levels, particularly middle elementary and/or middle school, is preferred
• experience writing curriculum, activities, and experience with peer professional development is also preferred
The salary for this position is commensurate with education and experience.
To apply for this position
Please email a cover letter, resume and salary history to:
Multimedia Developer at Adler Planetarium
The Adler Planetarium in Chicago, IL (USA) is seeking a Multimedia Developer to develop and to maintain multimedia projects, ensuring that all projects work together in a cohesive, user-friendly manner. The primary responsibility is for web-based projects, but work also entails exhibition, CD-ROM and similar development. This position reports to the Associate Director for Interactive Educational Media.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• work with staff as appropriate to develop or manage the development of the Adler's website as well as other web projects as assigned
• ensure that web server is up-to-date with appropriate security patches and install other software on the web server as required
• work with staff as appropriate to develop or manage the development of multimedia projects, including exhibition and CD-ROM projects
• serve as an ad hoc advisory member on exhibition teams as required
Education and Experience:
• a Master's Degree with two years of experience or a Bachelor's Degree with five years of experience in a related field
• five years of experience developing multimedia projects with an emphasis on website development
• two years of experience maintaining web servers; Linux/Apache preferred
• extensive experience with HTML, CSS and a minimum of one scripting language, such as Python, Perl or PHP
• database development experience using, for example, My SQL
• experience with Adobe Creative Suite in relation to multimedia development
• experience with Microsoft Project or similar project management software is preferred
• experience working with Zope/Plone or Drupal content management systems is preferred
• must have the ability to coordinate and facilitate teams
• must have strong communication, organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills
The salary for this position is commensurate with education and experience.
To apply for this position
Please email a cover letter, resume and salary history to: