Are you interested in shaping the future of museum education? Want to amplify a diverse range of voices through quality professional development? Looking for a way to grow your network and get more involved in NYCMER? Ready to grow as a leader? Nominate yourself for the NYCMER Board!

 

Board Nominations

The New York City Museum Educators Roundtable (NYCMER) is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization whose board members represent our dynamic field. The Board welcomes applicants from across the New York metropolitan area, at all career levels and from diverse academic, professional, and cultural backgrounds. All NYCMER members are welcome to apply.

 

How to Apply

• Review position descriptions and board commitments. 
• Complete the application form, which becomes available on this page each February (applications are due in March).
• Ask a NYCMER member in good standing to complete the reference form, which becomes available on this page each February.
• Make sure that your NYCMER membership is up to date. Not sure? Our Membership Coordinator at membership@nycmer.org. 
• Questions about the process or any of the open positions? Email info@nycmer.org.

 

Additional Board Commitments

All NYCMER Board Members are expected to make the following commitments:

• Monthly Meetings: held once a month (September-May) from 6:15-8pm on a weekday and location determined by consensus at the beginning of the term. Board Members must attend at least 6 of the 9 meetings annually.
• Full-Day Retreat: a one-day retreat scheduled in summer 2025 at a location to be determined. Titled trustees also attend a half-day pre-retreat earlier in the summer.
• Monthly Programs: Board Members plan monthly (September-April) professional development and networking programs. They serve, as a minimum, on either two monthly program teams or on one program team and one committee over the course of the year. In addition, Board Members must attend at least three monthly programs.
• Board Committees: Board Members may also serve on committees that support the management and long term growth of the organization.
• Annual Conference: All NYCMER Board Members assist the Conference Committee in executing the NYCMER Annual Conference in May. Board attendance at the NYCMER Conference is mandatory. 

 

Have questions? We’re here to chat!

Have questions about being on the board or the application process? Email info@nycmer.org, If you’d like to chat about being on the NYCMER Board, please let us know what position you’re interested in when you email, we’ll set up a time for you to talk to a board member one on one.

 

About NYCMER

NYCMER was founded in 1979 and continues to grow with membership from across the tri-state area, representing a variety of disciplines, work settings, roles and career stages. NYCMER provides a forum for museum education professionals to address meaningful issues relevant to our work and to exchange and disseminate current information. We collaboratively produce professional development opportunities for our members and guests such as workshops, roundtable discussions, seminars, symposia, peer groups, and conferences.

 

About the NYCMER Board

NYCMER’s governing body is the Board of Trustees, consisting of current NYCMER Members all serving in non-salaried positions. The Board consists of four Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary & Peer Groups Liaison, Treasurer); five Appointed Trustees (Archivist, Resources & Social Media Coordinator, Membership Coordinator, Event and Job Listings Coordinator and Website Coordinator); and no fewer than eight Trustees-at-Large elected from among the Members. No more than three Trustees may have the same full-time institutional affiliation.

 

The Board's obligation to its members is to govern in a style that embraces and supports diversity on many levels, including but not limited to race, ability, and identity, incorporates a spectrum of perspectives, and emphasizes the importance of equity.

 

The purposes of the Board as set forth in its 501(c)(3) Certificate of Incorporation are:

• to address issues of museum and educational interest;
• to explore and implement cooperative programming opportunities through roundtable discussions, workshops, seminars, symposia, professional development series, and conferences; and
• to pursue related charitable, cultural and educational purposes as permitted under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.