The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City is one of the premier science research and cultural institutions in the country. The American Museum of Natural History is seeking five (5) experienced Educators to perform a variety of teaching and program design responsibilities as a part of the Children and Family Learning division of the Department of Education. Responsible for a variety of programs that serve children of ages 2-10 and their caregivers, the CFL division oversees the administration of summer camp programming, after school events, multi-year science enrichment programs, large scale family outreach festivals, and the Museum’s Discovery Room exhibit when needed.

The CFL Educator will deliver informal science programming spanning a wide variety of physical and natural science topics and in a range of learning environments. Teaching in after school, weekend, and camp programs as needed, the CFL Educator must rely on adaptive teaching styles that respond to the needs of a diverse cross-section of program participants and integrate assets of the Museum (e.g using Museum Halls and collections to support learning).

The full-time Biological Anthropology Educator would teach several classes. Examples include introductory courses on evolutionary biology and comparative anatomy to specialized courses such as “Paleo Diets” and “Koobi Fora.” In “Paleo Diets,” students discover how scientists use teeth, skeletal anatomy, genetics, archaeological remains, and even fossilized poop, to reconstruct ancient human diets. Students explore how diets have changed through time and what those changes can tell us about the environments that early humans lived in. in “Koobi Fora,” students will explore the current research being conducted by Museum scientists and their Kenyan colleagues on the early human paleontological site of Koobi Fora in Northern Kenya. This site is a source of unparalleled geological, fossil, and archaeological evidence for all major stages of human evolution over the last five million years and has informed much of what we currently know about the evolution of our own lineage.