The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is recruiting group educators to teach visitors of all ages about historical events of the 17th- and 18th-century Virginia at its hands-on living-history museums, Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
There will be a recruitment fair at Jamestown Settlement’s Education Wing, at 2110 Jamestown Road, on Thursday — two sessions, 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., according to a news release from the foundation.
Applicants are encouraged to bring resumes, cover letters and references, and staff will be on hand to conduct interviews with qualified candidates.
Group educators are part-time positions that engage visitors in America’s colonial history through hands-on, active teaching techniques.
Training is provided in historical content and methodology to prepare group educators to present interactive tours of the museums, inside exhibition galleries and in outdoor living-history areas, according to the foundation.
“Group educators have an important role in making critical moments in our nation’s past and its diverse history come to life and relevant to students and adults who visit both living-history museums,” said Felicia Abrams, interim manager of On-Site Education at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
Both museums are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily year-round and closed on Christmas and New Year’s days.
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For more information on the recruitment fair, call 757-253-4732.