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Summary
The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Undersecretary for Museums and Culture.
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Duties
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The Education Specialist is responsible for overseeing the planning and direction of education programs at CFCH, developing and delivering engaging and relevant educational content for prek-12 educators and their students, such as digital and in-person teacher professional development orkshops, digital lesson plans and classroom resources, establishing and maintaining partnerships with stakeholders external and internal, and supervising education program staff and contractors.
In this position, you will:

• Plan and produce sophisticated educational programs for pre-K through 12, and informal education in various settings, using learning theory and teaching methods such as inquiry, role playing, and use of primary sources. These are used in designing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs and in developing original materials, including presentations, web resources, and printed materials.
• Provide vision, leadership, and strategies for the management of educational services including the development and delivery of engaging and relevant content for prek-12 educators and their students, such as curriculums, digital lesson plans, in-person and digital professional development workshops.
• Use techniques, such arts integration, place-based learning, and project-based learning to promote and expand the visibility and use of CFCH content in a variety of formal and informal learning environments.
• Supervises staff.

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Conditions of employment

• Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment
Qualification requirements, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date. See the 'Required Documents' section for additional information.
For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position.
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2. Combination of education and experience courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in A above.

In addition to the basic qualification requirement above:
Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as serving as an Education Specialist in a cultural, educational, historical or museum-related organization. It includes experience planning and producing educational presentations for two pre-k-12 grade levels using arts integration.
Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.
In an effort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series (SPECIFY) and who are in a (Federal competitive or excepted service appointment) as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package. However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position.
Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).
Education
You must meet the basic education requirements listed above.
Additional information
This position is not included in the bargaining unit.
Recruitment Incentive: Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives are contingent upon various availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period.
Note: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid.
Selections may be made for vacancies across the Smithsonian Institution (SI). By applying to this position, you agree to allow your application and other personal information to be shared with one or more SI hiring officials for employment consideration for same/similar positions within the location(s) identified in this announcement.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
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The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, vacation and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.
Please see Benefits at https://www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description.
Flexible Spending Accounts - https://www.fsafeds.com/
Health Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp
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Life Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp
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Retirement Program - https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/