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Job Title: Curator of Education
Location: Alpine
Department: Museum Operations
Job No.: 400008
Posting Date: 10/08/2026
Until Filled: No
Appointment Date: 11/01/2026
Salary: $56,000 Annual
Required:
- A bachelor’s degree.
- Three years of relevant experience in a particular area such as Museum Science, Art Education, History, Curriculum and Instruction, or another related field.
- Experience developing curriculum and educational programs for museums or other informal learning institutions.
- Experience working with educators, schools, and community partners.
- Experience designing, managing, and implementing educational programs.
- Experience supervising staff, volunteers, or student employees.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree in relevant fields such as Museum Science, Art Education, History, or Curriculum and Instruction.
- Experiences in rural communities is preferred.
Primary Responsibilities:
Summary Professionalize program design, expand curriculum‑aligned school services, and deliver bilingual, accessible public learning opportunities grounded in the museum’s 25,000‑object collection and new McCoy Building exhibition capacity.
Essential Job Functions
- Designing and developing the philosophy and vision for public programming in collaboration with the Director.
- Creating and implementing programs such as lectures, workshops, classes, and symposia at the Museum.
- Creating and implementing gallery talks focusing on the Museum’s collections and exhibitions in collaboration with the Curator of Collections.
- Building and developing a list of potential students, participants, and attendees for programming.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with area schools to see how the Museum can best partner with them regarding field trips to the Museum or outreach programs the Museum can bring to the schools.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with area cultural institutions to continue collaborations, or create new ways to collaboration with other institutions.
- Creating and giving tours for groups of varying interests and ages.
- Recruiting groups to visit the museum for tours.
- Cultivating a strong volunteer group who can help with programming, classes, and tours.
- Creating summer classes for students, as well as weekend workshops and other programming for area children.
- Creating adult programming for community members, as well as Sul Ross State University Students.
- Work with faculty and staff at Sul Ross State University to better serve the student population with programming or enhancement to existing university curriculum.
- Recruiting and training docents in collaboration with the Curator of Collections to conduct educational tours and public programs.
- Training and supervising part-time education staff to assist with educational duties at the Museum.
- Collaborating with all Museum staff in promoting the museum’s goals.
- Assist all Museum staff in all the general day-to-day running of the museum, including fundraising, events, and promoting the museum.
- Must be available to work a non-traditional schedule, including evenings and weekends.
Other duties may be assigned to this position on a regular or occasional basis to respond to the needs of the university.
Key Competencies: (Knowledge Skills and Abilities)
- Proven ability and experience of creating curriculum and educational programs for museums or informal learning institutions.
- Experience working with educators and schools, as well as a variety of stakeholders within a community. Experiences in rural communities is preferred.
- Cultural knowledge of the Big Bend region or similar communities desired.
- Spanish-speaking or the ability to work with translators to create bilingual educational content and programming.
- Experience managing, designing, and implementing educational programs, preferably in a museum, cultural, school, or community-based setting.
- Experience managing staff and volunteers.
- Knowledge of current museum education practices and audience-centered approaches.
- Strong leadership, project management, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience building productive relationships with schools and community partners.
- Experience with program evaluation, audience research, or assessment.
Physical Requirements:
Often be required to stand, sit, walk, reach up, reach out, reach down, bend down, stoop, kneel, crawl, climb stairs and ladders, lift or handle heavy and odd-sized objects. Ability to use hand and power tools, speak or talk loudly, hear, work in confined spaces, have good depth perception, and not be afraid of heights.
Working Conditions:
Eight-hour work day, forty hours per week with some early or late hours weekly depending on workload. Attendance at various University and community activities. Weekend meetings as needed, regular attendance at university activities at night and on weekends. May require evening and weekend work periods, and frequent travel.
Expectation of Quality:
Employee will support the mission of Sul Ross State University by providing high-quality, professional services, timely responses, and solutions to customer requests.
Security Sensitive:
This position is classified as Security-Sensitive and is thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094, which authorize employers to obtain and review criminal history record information for applicants.
Responsible for personal safety and the safety of others; must exercise due caution and practice safe work habits at all times.
Other Information:
Texas Law requires a 60 day waiting period before new state employees are eligible to enroll in health insurance.
About SRSU
Our campuses span a fascinating part of Texas—Alpine, in the heart of the beautiful Big Bend area, and Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Uvalde along the vibrant, bicultural Texas/Mexico border.
What you’ve heard is true – there is something very special about the areas we serve in our great State, and Sul Ross State University is vital to the continued growth and progress of our students and the communities we serve.
Sul Ross State provides students with the education they need to translate their passions into a fulfilling career. This life-changing experience has a multi-generational impact, transforming the lives of our students, their families and positively impacting the communities in which they reside. We value learning and strive to provide high quality education in a welcoming, supportive environment. We take pride in the fact that we serve a diverse population including many first-generation college students as well as non-traditional students, international students, student-athletes and graduate students.
From teaching, coaching and law enforcement, to science, ranch management and the Fine Arts, SRSU offers more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Known as the Frontier University of Texas, Sul Ross encourages each student to explore their own frontiers and to exceed their educational, personal and professional goals.
For more information about how we’re strategizing for the future, I invite you to visit www.sulross.edu.
Working at Sul Ross State University
Called "Possibly the most underrated little university west of the Mississippi" by CBS's Dan Rather, Sul Ross State University in West Texas boasts a combination of small class sizes, an appreciation of both fine arts and the sciences and popular professional programs in a relaxed, friendly environment.
Who Is Sul Ross? Where is Sul Ross?
The university's name honors Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross, the son of a pioneer Waco, Texas, family and a popular soldier, governor, educator and humanitarian. Founded in 1917 as a teacher college, Sul Ross continues to offer teacher education as one of its most popular programs. Others in high demand are business, criminal justice and agricultural and natural resource sciences. Sul Ross achieved university status in 1969.
The university, comprising 647 acres in Alpine, Texas, boasts a beautiful 93-acre main campus of exquisitely-detailed buildings and enjoys perhaps the most temperate climate in the state. Its situation in the Davis Mountains overlooks the center of the city below, yet it remains within easy reach of many local stores and restaurants. The university also has a 468-acre working ranch that serves its animal science programs.
Located in Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde, the Middle Rio Grande Campuses offer upper level and graduate courses. Our professors provide hands on learning in ways that relate to our students and their passion for higher education. Courses are accessible via interactive television, online learning communities, and face to face classes
Sul Ross State University is part of The Texas State University System, the largest college system in the state after the University of Texas and Texas A&M systems.
A Small Size, But Plenty to Do
With an enrollment of about 2,000 students on the main campus in Alpine, class sizes are small, guaranteeing a much higher level of personal attention from instructors and the university's support staff. But there's plenty for students to do in their free time: lots of student clubs and organizations, a thriving arts community and a strong athletic tradition.
The SRSU men's basketball team won the conference championship five times in the past 20 years, including the 1999 American Southwest Conference championship. The women's basketball team has also won five conference championships and played in eight national playoffs, even making it to the Final Four.
Similarly, the Lobos football and baseball teams have won five conference titles each in the past 20 years, including American Southwest Conference championships in the late 1990s. The Lady Lobos volleyball team has won nine conference championships in all.
Rodeo is significant part of the Sul Ross program, and the university is the birthplace of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Many team members have gone on to become world champions, and 1951 graduate Harley May is a charter member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Hall of Fame.
