Career - Public Education Officer

Public Education Officers will design and prepare education programs to suit the needs of different groups and will design and prepare education programs to raise community awareness on different issues or the services of different organisations. They will lead educational tours and present topics in classroom settings. They will research special interest topics in their field and develop educational resources such as study books, pamphlets, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs and website products. They will organise special guests, experts or other staff members to deliver education programs and promote the organisation or institution's education services to schools and community groups. They will provide support to teachers and other education professionals with the integration of special issues or topics into the school curriculum and will talk to management, curators, scientists and other professionals to organise access to different areas of the institution or services. They will speak at teacher conferences and public events to educate participants about topics related to the work of museums, galleries, zoos or other institutions and will run workshops at teacher conferences to promote the teaching and learning resources of the institution.

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