Experience as a teacher is required for a job as a museum teacher. Aspiring education directors must have at least several years of experience in education-related positions in museums or cultural centers to be considered for this top-level position.
Excellent communication skills are essential in this field. Your primary responsibility will be to interpret and present collections to a broad public audience. The ability to motivate and teach many individuals from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, age groups, and educational levels is necessary. You should also be organized and flexible. You will be at a great advantage if you know a foreign language, American Sign Language, and first aid. Education directors need strong leadership, managerial, communication, and organizational skills.
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- Anthropologists
- Archaeologists
- Archivists
- Art Teachers
- Artists
- Athletic Directors
- Biophysicists
- Book Conservators
- Book Editors
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Computer Trainers
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Cooking Instructors
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Demographers
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Driving School Owners and Instructors
- Economists
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Ethnoscientists
- Exhibit Designers
- Flight Instructors
- Futurists
- Gallery Owners and Directors
- Genealogical Researchers
- Genealogists
- Geographers
- Grant Coordinators and Writers
- Guidance Counselors
- Health Educators
- Historians
- Historic Preservationists
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Journalism Teachers
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Lexicographers
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Linguists
- Mathematics Teachers
- Medical Ethicists
- Museum Attendants
- Museum Directors and Curators
- Museum Technicians
- Music Teachers
- National Park Service Employees
- Nursing Instructors
- Physical Education Teachers
- Political Scientists
- Preschool Teachers
- Real Estate Educators
- School Administrators
- School Nurses
- Secondary School Teachers
- Sociologists
- Special Education Teachers
- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Statisticians
- Taxidermists
- Teacher Aides
- Tour Guides
- Tutors and Trainers
- Zoo and Aquarium Curators and Directors
- Zookeepers
- Zoologists