Pioneer School Experience Costumed Interpreter

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A Midway Costumed Interpreter serves as the schoolteacher (Marm or Master) for a pioneer school day in the Midway Schoolhouse. Midway Costumed Interpreters lead elementary aged students through a period correct school day via existing curriculum for both lessons and recess.

Requirements:

* The ability to set up the classroom prior to the arrival of students and return classroom to exhibit status after the school day is complete if necessary.

* Must be comfortable creating a persona and portraying this character throughout the entire shift, flexible to the changing needs of a group, and responsible for the purchase or making of period-correct costumes.

* Be prepared to use classroom management skills throughout the entire shift.

* Have general knowledge of or be open to learning the history of pioneer schools from the late 1800s a with focus on the early schools of the Peninsula.

* Shifts range from 9:30 am-2:30 pm Wednesdays - Fridays.