Susan -- As for salaries, a lot depends on where you are located.? A salary of $25,000 can buy a mansion in the middle-of-nowhere, but only gets you a "nice" sized cardboard box under the freeway overpass in a big city? ~wink~? Rather than post this question on this big-national list, I'd ask around at other museums in YOUR area, what are they paying -- most will tell you.
You might also search the various online museum-job bulletin boards, frequently those want-ads will provide a salary range and most will give you a list of duties and responsibilities. Also, many regional museum associations have "salary surveys" that should help.? I know the Midwest Museum Association? just published their survey last year.? See:? http://midwestmuseums.org/salary_survey.html Good luck - hope this helps. - David - David Lewis, Curator Aurora Regional Fire Museum www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: Susan Fishman-Armstrong <[email protected]> To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' <mcn-l at mcn.edu>; ACUMG-L at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 3:34 pm Subject: [MCN-L] Museum Education Salary Inquiry Sorry for the cross-posting... We are a small staffed university archaeological repository. I am the only full time employee. One of my duties is public outreach and it has grown so big that we are looking at funding for a full time educator. We have multiple traveling teaching trunks and an outdoor on-site mock archaeology pit. We have a very small exhibit (a couple of cases), but this can also grow. Our foundation has asked that we provide a salary range for a full time Museum Educator. The position would start small but we are instructed to dream big. Does anyone have a job description for a small museum education position that you are willing to share? Where should I look to find a salary range (at the beginning level)? Thanks, Susan +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Susan Fishman-Armstrong Laboratory Coordinator Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA 30118 678-839-6303 (office) 678-839-6306 (fax) www.westga.edu/~ajwlab/ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
