Education Specialist

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled . Specialized experience is defined as experience: Designing and facilitating professional development programs for educators at the K-16 level that includes best practices for integrating primary resources and archival material into classroom instruction OR developing curriculum materials for museum exhibitions and/or hands on educational components for integration into museum exhibitions; AND Delivering K-12 educational content using archival or museum collections to promote the use of those collections to the widest audience possible; AND Assisting various audiences with research and instructional methods. OR EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Only graduate level education in excess of the first two years (36 hours or more) can be combined to meet the experience. One year of full-time graduate education is considered 18 semester hours. Example: Six-months of appropriate specialized experience equivalent to GS-9 and 36 semester hours of appropriate education, equal 100% qualifying experience. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled . Specialized experience is defined as experience: Delivering K-12 educational content using archival or museum collections to promote the use of those collections to the widest audience possible; AND Assisting various audiences with research and instructional methods. OR EDUCATION: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master’s degree or master’s or equivalent graduate degree. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. The total percentage of education and experience must equal 100% to qualify. In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-09 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-09, you must have been at the GS-07 level for 52 weeks.
This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration, John F. Kennedy Library. Incumbent serves as an Education Specialist responsible for the development, organization, coordination and implementation of the librarys class visit program for students; programs for senior citizens; and professional development programs for teachers.