The Museum of the City of New York fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world’s most influential metropolis. It engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city’s past, present, and future.
The FAO Schwarz Fellow at the Museum of the City of New York will engage directly with students through field trips and support community engagement and new program development.
The FAO Schwarz Fellow will split their time between direct service and strategic project work. In addition, the Fellow will spend about 10 percent of their time on professional development, cohort gatherings, and their Fellowship role.
The Fellow will engage with students through facilitating school and summer field trips.
The Fellow will:
The FAO Schwarz Fellow will focus on bringing an interdisciplinary focus to the Center’s programming as a whole by advancing three key Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) program areas: field trips for new and existing exhibitions, family and community programs, and professional learning opportunities for teachers.
The Fellow will:
In addition to direct service and special project work, Fellows spend about 10 percent of their time on Fellowship professional development, cohort gatherings, and their Fellowship role. Each Fellow spends about two hours per week on Fellowship work in the area of social media, recruitment or professional development planning.
These experiences will help you leave a lasting mark on this program, collaborate closely with other Fellows, and acquire skills that will be valuable in your future educational and professional pursuits.
Founded in 1923 as a private, nonprofit corporation, the Museum of the City of New York serves the people of New York and visitors from around the world through exhibitions, education programs, public programs, publications, and collections onsite at the Museum on Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile and across its digital channels.
Education is at the core of the Museum’s mission. Students, teachers, families, and community members from across New York City’s five boroughs and around the world take part in the Museum’s Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center programming each year. The Museum of the City of New York is a place-based institution that covers a wide range of themes, from social activism to art, fashion to technology, history to science. Working in a supportive environment as a member of a dynamic, creative, and collaborative team, Fellows gain a wide range of skills while contributing greatly to developing and leading social impact programs that further the active educational goal of the Museum: to engage learners in examining the city’s past so that they may understand the present and envision their role in shaping the future.
Between July 2020 and June 2021, the Museum served nearly 111,200 onsite visitors through daily admissions on a reduced Friday-Sunday schedule, select onsite events, and other in-person programming. Virtually, the Museum served nearly 25,000 live attendees and viewers via its live-streamed and produced video programming, offered over Zoom, on Facebook Live, and YouTube, while reaching thousands more through engagement on our social media and the Museum’s website. Through programming designed for students, teachers, and families, the Museum’s Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center served over 66,000 participants, with nearly 34,000 logging on or viewing live or prerecorded content, and an additional 32,000 accessing the Museum’s teacher resources, art-making activities, and more.
Following the Museum’s closure in March 2020 and even after reopening in August 2020, virtual programming has remained a primary vehicle for the Museum to connect with our audiences. For the Schwarz Center, field trips have been reimagined as virtual field trips—individual, paid programs on a specific topic related to classroom learning—and virtual student workshops—large-scale, free webinars on a variety of contemporary topics within historical context—to reach the widest possible audience of students and teachers. In many ways, the virtual model has increased access to the Museum’s programs as entire grade levels and individual classrooms that would otherwise be unable to pay for an in-person field trip can log into webinars for free, and directly connect with Museum Educators through the chatbox and other online-only features.
The Center also lead virtual professional learning programs for teachers to offer support in navigating the virtual and hybrid learning model; posted lesson plans and accompanying resources online for teachers to further classroom learning; and developed a series of instructional videos to provide families with hands-on activities and art-making from home, spearheaded by the Museum’s current FAO Schwarz Fellow.
As the Center looks ahead, both virtual programs and in-person programs will be a priority as the Museum develops a hybrid model for public engagement and learning. The 2022-2024 Fellow will join the team at an exciting moment of growth and transformation as the Museum celebrates its 100th birthday in 2023 and develops new ways to share the stories of New Yorkers’ dedication, community, struggle, and reinvention. The Fellow will develop educational content through the lens of STEAM learning, building on the current Fellow’s programmatic focus and imagining new ways for learners of all ages to explore the past, present, and future of the city.
COVID SAFETY
In compliance with Emergency Executive Order 225 as set forth by the New York City Mayor’s Office, effective August 17, 2021, the Museum requires that all employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine so as to be fully vaccinated as a term and condition of employment.
All employees must attest to and provide proof of vaccination. Proof of vaccination constitutes receipt of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use or licensed for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or authorized for emergency use by the World Health Organization. Proof of vaccination in the form of CDC COVID-19 vaccination record card, or an official immunization record from the jurisdiction, state, or country where the vaccine was administered or a digital or physical photo of such record reflecting the individuals name, vaccine brand and date administered; or New York City COVID Safe Pass, New York State Excelsior Pass shall be provided to the Human Resources Department. For the purpose of this policy, employees include all staff, interns, freelancers, contractors, and volunteers. Employees are to only provide COVID-19 vaccination documentation either through vaccination card, Excelsior Pass, or NY Covid Safe Pass; further medical documentation, including genetic information, should not be provided. Employees not in compliance with the Museum’s policy on September 13, 2021, are subject to disciplinary action up to termination of employment.
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
The Museum of the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all Federal, State and City employment standards. The Museum does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, national origin, citizenship, alienage status, military/veteran status, marital or partnership status, familial status (including caregiver status), sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including genetic predisposition or carrier status), sexual and reproductive health decisions, prior record of arrest or conviction, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking or sex offense, salary history, credit history, unemployment status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state and local laws (collectively, “Protected Classification”).
Location: New York City
Website: mcny.org
Year founded: 1923
Staff: 61 full-time, 30 part-time staff in New York City
To apply, click the apply button to the right. You will be redirected to the application form where you will be asked to answer a few simple questions. We also request that you upload a résumé and cover letter (PDF). Please name your files as follows:
LAST_FIRST_RESUME_MCNY
LAST_FIRST_LETTER_MCNY
In your letter, please describe your interest in working at the Museum of the City of New York and include your responses to the following questions:
How did you learn about the FAO Schwarz Fellowship, and why are you interested in being an FAO Schwarz Fellow?
Why are you specifically interested in being the FAO Schwarz Fellow at the Museum of the City of New York? Why does their mission engage you?
What background and experiences would you bring to the direct service and special project work at this organization?
Applicants must be college seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities at the time of application and be eligible to work in the United States for the duration of the two-year Fellowship.
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS FELLOWSHIP ARE NOW CLOSED.
MCNY will review each application carefully and select its Fellow by April 29th. Thanks for your interest.