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Job description
Service Summary: Engagement Guide Volunteers meet and greet museum visitors, supply information, and conduct site overviews for visitors in the Museum’s galleries. Initiate interaction (i.e. conversations about artifacts) and answer questions for visitors in the museum’s various galleries. Engagement Guide Volunteers may also facilitate crafts, outreach presentations, and programs about topics such as archaeology, life in the Southwest, and the canals. Assist with assembling education kits for programs.
Duties:
Stay up to date with upcoming programs and events
Proactively welcome guests with a smile and a friendly greeting
Maintain a broad understanding of the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People’s culture and way of life as it is currently understood
Listen and learn from staff and Master Docents to stay up to date on current interpretations
Conduct individual research in topics that interest you
Facilitate interpretation for multi-generational group
Utilize techniques of dialogue and inquiry, role play, and storytelling that encourages guests to explore
Assist in the development and testing of educational program
Maintain a tidy exhibit space and monitor artifact usage to prevent breakage; inform supervisor if exhibit elements or objects become overly worn or broke
Assist in general housekeeping of supplies and exhibits
Engagement Guide Opportunities:
Engagement Activities - Detective Archaeology, Discovery Backpacks, Artifact Cart, Crafts, Activities Prep
Docents - Outside Stations, School Group Introductions, Teen Mentors, DLAGT
Outreach - School Groups, Special Events, Adult Groups
Gallery Guides
Required Skills:
Must be enthusiastic, cheerful, and willing to learn
Must be responsible, reliable and punctual
An interest in working with people, especially students
Willingness to learn new skills
Have flexibility and be able to adapt to different situations and needs
Comfortable engaging with diverse groups
Additional Helpful Skills:
Experience or education in history, anthropology, archaeology, and/or teaching
Benefits to Volunteer:
Gain an understanding of the purpose and activities of the Museum
Acquire new skills related to teaching, public speaking, and program facilitation
Increase your professional development skills
Access to resource publications, lesson plans, exhibit guides, and background materials on the Museum and exhibitions
Opportunities to participate in workshops and attend continuing education classes, lectures, exhibition openings, and trips
Access to conduct research in the S’edav Va’aki Museum’s Research Library
Opportunities to develop friendships with others who share similar interests
Free admission to the Museum For only the Volunteer
Participate in the annual Volunteer Recognition event each spring
Discount in Museum Store
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Worksite address
phoenix, AZ, 85003, US
Who can apply
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