POSITION TITLE: Teaching Resource Developers [Part-Time (50% FTE), Temporary]

JOB PURPOSE: Three teaching resource developers will contribute to the American Historical Association’s Teaching Things: Material Culture in the History Classroom, a twelve-month project funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The primary responsibilities of these historians will include the creation of an Object Library and two sets of Teaching Toolkits, one geared toward use in secondary schools and another for college classrooms. These resources will include a range of topics accessed through material culture, featuring object-based lessons across fields, time periods, and geographic spaces. Types of resources may include lesson plans, object analyses, videos, discussion questions, assignments, assessment guides, and activities. All materials will be accessed digitally through a new site built on Omeka. The period of employment will be February 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022. The researchers will report to the project director, Dr. Sarah Weicksel, the AHA’s director of research and publications.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

• Participate in a collaborative research team that will produce resources that employ material culture for use in secondary and college level history classrooms. Teaching Things toolkits might include detailed teaching guides, lesson plans, object analyses, videos, discussion questions, assignments, assessment guides, and activities.
• Work closely with the project director to identify topics and objects for inclusion in teaching resources.
• Work with the project director and the AHA’s digital communications coordinator to design and launch new site built on Omeka.
• Assist project director in identifying resources that could become the basis for teaching-focused webinars or inform other aspects of the grant project. 
• Attend staff and department meetings and report on the progress of the project, as needed. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• PhD in history and/or demonstrated expertise in material culture studies.
• As of February 1, 2022, unemployed or underemployed. 
• Teaching experience at the high school and/or college level, ideally with expertise across a range of historical fields, topics, and geographies.
• Collegial, self-motivated individual capable of working with minimal day-to-day supervision, yet collaborative and committed to advancing project goals as a team. 
• Access to computer and internet; ability to attend videoconference meetings. 
• Must have the legal right to work in the United States.

Preferred

• Familiarity with web publishing platforms, especially Omeka. 
• Familiarity with the scholarship of teaching and learning.
• Familiarity with the variations of secondary and higher education institutions and the variable needs of instructors and students. 
• Familiarity with the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards

APPLICATION: Submit cover letter, cv/resume, list of two references, sample teaching material (less than 5 pages) that incorporates material culture (e.g. lesson plan; syllabus; assignments), and an object description or analysis (one page or less) to historians.org/myaha

BENEFITS: Benefits package includes competitive medical and life insurance.

FLSA STATUS: Exempt.

DATE POSTED: December 3, 2021. Review of applications will begin on December 27, 2021 and continue until the three positions are filled.

For more information about the AHA visit www.historians.org. Questions should be sent to Sarah Weicksel, director of research and publications, sweicksel@historians.org.

*This job description is not intended to describe every job duty or responsibility that the AHA requires of the person in this position.

*The AHA is an equal opportunity employer.

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE: Entirely remote, Part-Time (50% FTE), Monday through Friday