Gallery Educator

About the job

Gallery Educator

Position Overview and Why This Role Matters

As Gilcrease Museum prepares for reopening, Gallery Educators will develop and facilitate educational programs that support school visits, camps, and other museum initiatives. As frontline educators, they create meaningful learning experiences that connect visitors with Gilcrease Museum’s collections, exhibitions, stories, and communities. Reporting to the Manager of School and Family Programs, they serve as the primary facilitators of educational experiences across the museum.

What You’ll Do

• Educational Program Facilitation

• Facilitate inquiry-based gallery tours, object-based learning experiences, reflective discussions, hands-on artmaking activities, and other educational experiences for school, youth, family, and public audiences

• Lead and support educational programs, camps, and community engagement activities independently or in collaboration with others

• Adapt experiences to meet the needs of diverse audiences while fostering meaningful connections between visitors, collections, and exhibitions through conversation, creativity, and active learning

• Educational Program Development

• Develop and refine tours, educational activities, lesson plans, curriculum resources, and interpretive materials connected to museum collections and exhibitions

• Contribute to the creation, implementation, and ongoing improvement of school, youth, family, camp, and public programs

• Pilot new educational initiatives and incorporate audience feedback into program design

• Program Operations

• Prepare, maintain, and inventory educational materials, supplies, and program equipment

• Support program logistics, participant supervision, safety procedures, setup and cleanup, and camp operations, including extended care and participant transitions

• Ensure educational spaces and resources are organized and program ready

• Assessment, Collaboration, and Professional Practice

• Participate in planning, training, evaluation, and professional development activities

• Collect participation data and feedback and provide recommendations to strengthen educational initiatives

• Collaborate with museum staff, volunteers, interns, teaching artists, educators, and community partners to advance the museum’s educational mission and serve as an ambassador for Gilcrease Museum

• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage diverse audiences

• Ability to adapt educational experiences to meet the needs of learners of di􀆯erent ages, backgrounds, abilities, and learning styles

• Demonstrated initiative, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in educational or public-facing setting

• Equivalent Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in education, art, history, humanities or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

• Experience teaching, facilitating, or working with children, youth, families, or public audiences in educational, museum, cultural, community, or informal learning environments preferred

• Physical Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively in classroom, gallery, and public program settings

• Ability to stand, walk, and move throughout museum and campus spaces for extended periods while facilitating tours, programs, and activities

• Ability to lift, carry, set up, and transport educational materials, supplies, and equipment weighing up to 25 pounds

About Us

The University of Tulsa is a student-centered research university that cultivates interconnected learning experiences to explore complex ideas and create new knowledge in a spirit of free inquiry. Guided by our commitment to service and inclusion, we prepare individuals to make meaningful contributions to our campus, our community, and our world.

The University endeavors to create and nurture an informed and inclusive environment in its workplace and educational programs. Affirmative action and equal employment opportunity are integral parts of the University not just because they are legally mandated, but because we recognize that the present and future strength of the university is based primarily on people and their skills, experience, and potential. The University does not discriminate in access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, ancestry, or marital status. The University seeks to recruit, select, and promote students, faculty, and all other employees on the basis of individual merit.

Additional Information

• Job Identification: 697
• Job Category: Academic Affairs
• Posting Date: 2026-11-04
• Job Schedule: Part time
• Locations: 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Rd, Tulsa, OK, 74127, US