Sarah Coles Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

• Oversee and manage the day-to-day as well as long-term workings of the education department. This includes school programs, family programs, teen programs, adult programs and other special events. Create budgets for all programs and oversee the fiduciary responsibility of all sub-departments.• Plan School and Family Programs. Create programming for groups who visit the institution in conjunction with the School and Family Programs Managers, both in the forms of structured tours and informal gallery experiences. These programs are created to engage the visitors in the space and with STEAM techniques and curriculum.• Design, curate and install exhibitions for core, temporary and traveling gallery spaces.• Form strategic partnerships with other institutions in the Corpus Christi and Coastal Bend area. The museum is a core member of the Coastal Bend Children in Nature collaborative, part of the larger Texas Children in Nature Network. Currently serve as the past chair of the CBCiN group and on the steering committee for TCIN. • Collect and maintain a teaching collection.• Grant writing and program development. Work with teams both within the museum and in other institutions to write both local and national grants and the implementation thereof.• Hire and manage a staff of up to 35, four full-time and thirty part-time workers.

• Created Curriculum. Wrote scripts for educators, worked closely with teachers to create experiences for their students in the museum’s galleries, created activities to engage children in the gallery spaces, created visitor guides, and helped create visitors galleries.• Manager of the Museum Magnet program with HistoryMiami and five MDCPS schools. This program was set up to help improve five underserved schools in Miami-Dade County. In the eight years the program has existed the schools have consistently shown improvement through our work with the students and teachers.• Historic Site Visits Program Coordinator. This grant funded program allowed students from MDCPS to visit the museum, and an historic site and create a book about their experiences.• Scheduled School Groups.• Make Miami History Now Coordinator. Created a question of the week in the Miami Herald and edited the Miami Stories portion of the Neighbors section.• Volunteer and Intern Coordinator.• Accessibility Coordinator.• Maintained teaching collection.• Led tours.

• Taught two US 10 classes, two US 11 classes and one ACT Prep class• Wrote units and lessons for all of United States history from Pre-Colombian history to World War II. • Created interactive and varied lessons that addressed all learning styles.• Created accommodations for students on IEPs and helped plan many BBSST plans.

Full Practicum

• Greeted visitors as they entered the museum. • Worked with the interpretive staff helping to make guest visits as educational as possible.• Arranged group visits and field trips.

Mals, Liberal Studies

Activities and Societies: MALS Graduate Student Council

Med, Secondary Education

Masters, Curriculum And Instruction

Master'S Degree, Curriculum And Instruction

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: Student Government Color Guard Choir

Master'S Degree, Curriculum And Instruction