Intern, Education Department
Job Type: Intership
Job Location: In-person, Oak Park
Salary: $17.05 - $17.25 per hour, 15 hours per wee
Organization Summary:
Established in 1974, the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust organization has evolved over five decades, growing its historic sites, expanding its communications through technology, and serving wider audiences. Its mission: To engage, educate and inspire the public through interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s design legacy and preservation of his original sites for future generations.
Position Summary:
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Education Department is looking for an intern for an 8-week program at Wright’s iconic Home and Studio this fall. In this internship, you’ll be working closely with the Trust’s education department giving tours to K-12 audiences and creating your own unique project with education staff assistance and helping the education staff with daily duties. Please submit a resume with your school, extracurricular, and/or work experience, as well as a brief writing sample like a school assignment, you’re proud of or something you’ve written for a club or work.
Duties:
- Learn our standard K-12 interpretive tour of the Home and Studio to assist with tours
- Shadow, then become independent in leading tours for groups of up to 15 K-12 students + chaperones
- Help with setup, coordination, and cleanup during the tours
- Work with staff on ongoing education projects
- Assist with content creation (including video and curricula) and research for upcoming programs
- Assist with organizing the office and cataloguing previous projects
- Create your own project or presentation to share with others, such as a video or an art activity for students or families
- Explore Trust resources like books, tour materials, archives, interviews, existing curricula to pursue your curiosity
- Apply pedagogical and content creation strategies you’ve learned to your own project vision
- Workshop your project with Education staff, who can provide feedback and guidance
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Current undergraduate (any major) with an interest in museum public engagement with young people.
- Experience working with K-8 audiences is highly recommended.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience working closely with a diverse public.
- Must have superb organization skills and be able to self-manage and collaborate.
- Knowledge of Adobe Suite or Canva is preferred.
- Fluency in Spanish language (for giving interactive tours to school groups) is desirable.