That spreadsheet allowed museum professionals to post their job titles, salaries, and benefits from current and past positions. Many at the PMA added their information. The transparency created by the spreadsheet allowed employees to see salary inequities between employees with the same job title and ...
This library bulletin board was my FAVORITE bit of this whole scene, as it’s SO cheesy — with a bee illustration and the phrase “The Library is the place to ‘bee'”— and SO true-to-life for a public library! I have created bulletin boards like this. In the gallery below, you ...
Any person in the museum, irrespective of level or rank, must be free to go directly to any person in the museum for information or assistance needed to perform his or her job. When appropriate, share aspects of your non-work life, whether it be involvement in an environmental NGO or wor...
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The NHM’sDiplodocus— I can’t bring myself to call it “Dippy” istheicon of the museum. It’s what kids go to see. It’s what the museum used as the basis of the logo forthe 2005 SVPCA meeting that was held there. It’s essentially the museum mascot — the thing that ever...
But also, it’s a matter of understanding that if the classroom is to be in the world and the world is to be in the classroom, it’s our job to pull the two together. It’s our job to help the children see that the things they are concerned with are part of the world outside...
“We have been intentional about making seventy percent of the conversations listening to our co-workers, what they love about their job, what they wish they could change about their job, ways that they feel both empowered and powerless in their job, and relating those concerns to what we ...
My social media post from the day I found out I was leaving my museum job; reflecting on what matters to me, above all else. The Guidance of Key Teachers Through This Process At the same time as I was working on disentangling myself from my identity as a “museum employee,” I was ...
Be prepared to negotiate. Be prepared to say no. A dream job isn’t a dream if your parents are still paying your car insurance and your mobile phone bills. Ask about the TOTAL package not just salary. If you are the trailing spouse and don’t need health insurance butdoneed time, mak...
Elliott, Lissa and Lilit do a beautiful job of emphasizing the importance of movement in museum education in their new book. Andrew: I see this as an extension of the DEAI work that educators in the field have prioritized in recent years. Through scholars like Paulo Friere and bell hooks ...