The Susan Flint Cooper, Director of the Cranbrook Institute of Science
Cranbrook Educational Community | |
life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays | |
United States, Michigan, Bloomfield Hills | |
39221 Woodward Avenue (Show on map) | |
Nov 08, 2024 | |
Description
The Susan Flint Cooper, Director of Cranbrook Institute of Science Cranbrook Institute of Science is Michigan's premier science and natural history museum situated on the campus of Cranbrook Educational Community. The Institute fosters in its audiences a passion for understanding the world around them and a lifelong love of learning. Through its broadly-based educational programs and partnerships, its permanent and changing exhibits, and its collections and research, the Institute helps develop a scientifically literate public able to succeed in today's knowledge-based society. Extraordinary, transformational experiences in STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math) are its primary focus. The Institute is home to outstanding mineral and earth science collections, a research quality observatory, and the top botany, anthropology, and related life-sciences collections in the Midwest. Its programming enhances scientific curiosity in learners of all ages. Outreach, which includes watershed education and the cross-curricular study of art and science, supplements PK-12 education particularly in underserved schools in regional cities and rural areas and at Cranbrook Schools. Programs emphasize partnership whether with educators, families, and school-aged learners, with external funders or with colleagues and peer scientific institutions. Through its focus on STEM programming, the Institute helps all learners develop skills that are essential to succeeding in the 21st century. The Institute's permanent collection contains objects distributed across nine areas of study: anthropology/archaeology; botany; entomology; herpetology; malacology; mammalogy; ornithology; paleontology; and mineralogy. The collections are particularly strong in objects that relate to Michigan, the Great Lakes, and the Midwest. Each year the Institute of Science provides experiences to over 134,000 visitors, of which half are PK-12 students, and supports numerous ongoing, exemplary PK-12 STEM initiatives. The Institute staff steward extraordinarily robust relationships with a wide variety of regional and local grant-funders, including Ally Financial, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, the Consumers Energy Foundation, the DTE Foundation, DeRoy Testamentary Foundation, the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, Huntington Bank, Ideal Group, the Kresge Foundation, Masco, Michigan Arts & Culture Council, PNC Bank, Pure Oakland Water, the United Way for Southeastern Michigan, and Waste Management. Combined, these initiatives impact thousands of students, nearly all attending public schools, throughout lower Michigan. As part of its ongoing commitment to enrich underserved and economically challenged communities, the Institute of Science builds partnerships with underserved, low-income school districts throughout the region (including the Detroit Community District Public Schools, Flint Public Schools, Hamtramck Public Schools, Hazel Park Public Schools, and the Pontiac School District) and provides outreach STEM education to PK-12 students, and free or low-cost experiences at the Institute, with its programs and collections. The Institute offers a variety of programs specifically tailored to meet the needs of urban students, their families and teachers, including outreach programming in PK-12 schools, community centers, and other venues, and regional Family Days at the Institute with free admission. Cranbrook Institute of Science:
The Institute of Science is open Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Fridays 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays, 12 noon to 4:00 p.m. The Institute features a Reflection Cafe and Science Shop onsite. The Susan Flint Cooper Director of Cranbrook Institute of Science is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and administration of the Institute. This role involves overseeing educational programs, research initiatives, world-class exhibitions and programming, and community outreach efforts. The Director works closely with staff, volunteers, and the community to promote scientific literacy and foster a passion for science. As a member of Cranbrook Educational Community's senior leadership, the Director is integral in building and strengthening the unique, place-based, interdisciplinary educational experience that Cranbrook Educational Community provides. The Director reports to the Community's President and works closely with colleagues at Cranbrook's Academy of Art, Art Museum, Schools, Horizons Upward-Bound, and Center for Collections and Research. The Director's Key Responsibilities include:
The Opportunity: Cranbrook seeks a visionary leader who:
Director's Qualifications:
Cranbrook welcomes applicants for the Institute Director's position and anticipates the successful candidate to commence their tenure July 1, 2025. Cranbrook offers competitive compensation and benefits that include medical, dental, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability, and retirement programs with employer contribution. We also offer generous paid time off, 11 paid holidays and 3 floating holidays, employee discounts, and a unique environment in an educational setting that values collaboration. Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae or resume and a cover letter detailing interest in the position and relevant experience. For additional information on the mission and values of Cranbrook Educational Community: https://www.cranbrook.edu/about/mission For additional information about all the programs of Cranbrook Educational Community: https://www.cranbrook.edu/ |