Background

• Coordinate Family Programmes, including workshops, guided tours, and gallery activities, with particular reference to:
  • Monthly Family Learning workshops that take place on the last Saturday of each month March, July, September and December School Holidays
  • Assisting with organising quarterly/as needed Members and Adult workshops
  • Coordinating and teaching the annual MOCAA Art Club alongside the Educational Institutions Museum Educator
    
• Schedule Family Programmes on the Education digital calendar
• Conceptualise and plan family tours and workshops for diverse age groups
• Support guided educational tours during large group visits in collaboration with the Educational Institutions Museum Educator
• Develop teaching and learning resources aligned to exhibition
• Deliver varied visitor engagement activities, including workshops, tours, facilitated dialogues, and art-making
• Conceptualise, plan, and facilitate practical and theoretical workshops for learners, families, adults, and teachers
  

• Recording of all programming numbers for the Family Programme
  
• Compile art material and resource lists for Family Programme workshops
• Coordinate transport with the Education Administrator for the MOCAA Art Club
• Report on all Family Programmes for the annual report
• Maintain digital records of Family Programme lesson and workshop plans
• Coordinate and order catering for Family Programmes
• Assist the Education Administrator with monitoring and replenishing CFAE stock (consumables, art materials and food)
• Submit a weekly payment schedule to the Education Administrator and Education Manager
• Document Family Programmes and archive photos on the CFAE Sharepoint
  
• Liaise with the Institutional Advancement team on Family Programme coordination
  

• Correspondence with parents, schools, tertiary institutions, art community, education departments, organisations concerning the planning, booking and scheduling of Family programmes
• Assist in the development and implementing new resources linking museum exhibitions to families and the MOCAA Art Club
• Liaison with key stakeholders, including parents, members, schools, education departments, and educational institution
• Distribution of holiday and family programme information to schools and CFAE network groups
  

• Attendance of weekly CFAE meetings (compulsory)
• Participation in weekly alignment meetings across the museum departments as required
• Conceptualising and planning of all holiday programming and family learning workshops as well as facilitating
• Regular display of artwork in the CFAE classrooms
• Assistance with the annual MOCAA Art Club exhibition

What you will need to be successful in the role

Qualifications

• Completed degree or diploma such as a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in art history, or an equivalent qualification
• An art teaching qualification.

• Demonstrated passion for and commitment to art education, with an openness to ongoing learning
• Strong interest in contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora
  
• Fluency in isiXhosa and/or Afrikaans is strongly recommended
• Willingness to work flexibly, including occasional weekends and after-hours, in line with museum operating hour

• Minimum of 3 - 5 years of art/design teaching experience in formal or informal arts education sector
• Museum education experience is advantageous
• Teaching across primary and high school age groups is strongly recommended
• Working with learners or adults with Special Educational Needs is strongly recommended
• Extra-mural or non-traditional learning environment experience is advantageous

Core Skills and Competencies

• Good communication skills and the ability to impart knowledge in the context of a guided tour and workshop to learners, children, adults and teachers at various levels
• Confidence in addressing and working with diverse groups in an educational context
• Practical and theoretical art teaching skills in a variety of mediums and techniques
  
• The ability to write and design lessons and workshops related to exhibitions for a variety of different audiences
• Strong administration and coordination skills. This role involves extensive administration so you need excellent organisation skills
  
• Excellent research skills
• Ability to work independently and deliver work within the agreed timeframes
• Effective, high level of problem-solving skills
• Dynamic and energetic teacher with effective classroom management skills
  
• Collaborates effectively with diverse museum audiences to create engaging tours and educational experiences
  
• A co-operative team player and people’s person
  
• Ability to prompt conversation, questions and dialogue
• Strong computer skills, including the use of Microsoft Office applications
  

• Practical art teaching methodology for small and large groups
• Knowledge of art history
• Knowledgeable about contemporary art from Africa and its Diaspora
• A working knowledge of the National Curriculum Statement of South Africa and the CAPS curriculum in Visual Art and Design at GET and/or FET level or equivalent
• Knowledge of the IEB Visual Art Curriculum or other international Visual Art curricula is a recommendation  
  

• SACE (South African Council for Educators) registration is a strong recommendation.