Exploratorium

The Exploratorium will build its capacity to attract and retain diverse staff with new strategies for recruitment and retention. The museum will engage a diversity recruitment expert to develop strategies aimed at attracting racially and ethnically diverse candidates and offer a series of trainings for human resources staff. To retain diverse staff, the museum will work towards a more culturally competent workplace and culture by providing in-depth cultural competence training tailored for five key staff groups, and also by creating mentorship opportunities for new staff. To create workforce development opportunities for diverse young adults, the museum will pilot paid internships in a variety of its professional departments along with training for supervisors around creating and managing on-the-job learning experiences. A project evaluator from the museum's in-house research and evaluation department will measure affective and behavioral impacts and conduct formative assessments and summative evaluations to inform project iterations and understand levels of success.