Planetarium Educator

Planetarium Educator (18-month position)The Role 
Liberty Science Center (LSC) invites your application for an exciting NASA-funded role designed to ignite the love of astronomy learning for young people. This part time Planetarium Educator role will: (1) present and develop NASA-themed content to students in grades 4-8 at weekly after school programs in the Hudson County, NJ, area; (2) operate an inflatable, portable planetarium at our community-based partner sites (3) train students on how to use and create engaging dome programs; and (4) operate equipment and facilitate programming, including live shows, movies, and laser light shows, onsite in all of LSC’s space-related facilities. The Planetarium Educator will work three days a week, primarily between 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM. This role will report to the Planetarium Director and will work closely with members of the STEM Education department. This is an 18-month, grant-funded position, currently scheduled to end September 30th, 2027.  
 
What You’ll Bring 
As a Planetarium Educator, you are passionate about presenting astronomy, space science, and earth science topics. Your formal and informal education experience will help keep students engaged in NASA-based interactive experiences. Your experience as a skilled and dynamic presenter will come to the fore as you train students to create and deliver their own planetarium shows.  Your experience in public presentations will be tapped as you give programs in LSC’s giant Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium and Weston Family Lab for Earth and Space Exploration. What You’ll Do  

The essential functions of the Part-Time Planetarium Educator (18-month) role are as follows: 
 
 

• Supports LSC’s grant-funded program (‘NASA Afterschool Engagement’), in which you will provide NASA-themed afterschool content at public schools and at youth centers to students in grades 4-8.  

• Work with the project team on content to be delivered weekly at after school and summer camp venues.  

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