Description

Overview

• Application Deadline: September 11, 2026
• Location: Remote 
• Position Type: Contract
• Position Term: 1-year renewable contract
  • Minimum of two online course sessions held per calendar year
  • First session beginning spring 2027 (March 22, 2027)
• Online Course Pay: $1,200 per course session of 20 students (+$50 each additional student over 20)

Background
AASLH’s Project Management for History Professionals has guided hundreds of participants to understand how project management principles can be applied to history organizations for everything from exhibit design to collections inventories and beyond.

The course is valuable training for staff at all levels. Whether their work involves exhibitions, education and programs, planning, fundraising, collections, historic preservation or the many other tasks staff at history organizations address every day, participants will gain new skills, ideas and tools for effectively managing projects.  This is a basics course and is not intended for those whose primary role is as a project manager.

This course consists of four modules that include videos, readings, assignments and other activities. A live weekly session provides the opportunity for students to interact with the instructor and each other, and optional group and one-on-one sessions provide additional support.

AASLH seeks an instructor to facilitate at least two virtual sessions per year. Through a combination of readings, assignments, quizzes, and discussions, the Project Management instructor will administer a self-paced course supported by AASLH’s Professional Development department, who will help guide the curriculum development and provide technical support as needed.

Current Project Management Course Description
Session Length: 4 weeks

Project Management is a specific approach to managing projects that breaks the process into four phases and uses a variety of tools to move a project from start to finish.

This online course will share introductory aspects of Project Management that can best be applied to history organizations for everything from exhibit design to collections inventories. Over the course of four-weeks, participants will learn about broad concepts and tools used in Project Management and will have the opportunity to apply the course content to a project of their own.

This course will guide participants in:

• Conceptualizing and practicing different approaches to managing projects
• Accessing a variety of tools to aid in planning and execution of projects
• Engaging with others working in history organization to discuss and apply course concepts

Even though the online course is self-paced, you still have access to a facilitator who is available to answer your questions. Don’t forget to connect with your peers in the discussion forums, too!  

Students should expect to spend five to seven hours per week on the course. 

Application Process
Required Application Materials
Submit the following materials by September 11 to Aja Bain, Director of Professional Development and Publications, via email at abain@aaslh.org:

• A one- to two-page cover letter explaining your interest in instructing this course and your project management experience
• A resume/CV
• A list of three professional references

Applicants should submit materials as a single pdf. 

Application and Selection Schedule

Interviews will begin this fall, with the goal of debuting the new course in spring 2027.

About AASLH
Since 1940, AASLH has provided leadership and support for its members who preserve and interpret state and local history to make the past more meaningful. AASLH is a not-for-profit professional organization of individuals and institutions working to preserve and promote history. From its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH works to advance knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of local history in America. AASLH publishes books, technical publications, a quarterly magazine, a monthly newsletter, and maintains numerous affinity groups and committees serving a broad range of constituents across the historical community. The association also sponsors online continuing education training, regional and national training workshops, and an annual meeting.

AASLH has a unique perspective on the challenges the discipline faces in the twenty-first century, serving a membership that directly reflects the kaleidoscopic demographics of the field itself. Members range from the smallest all-volunteer house museum to county and state archives to history museums as large as Williamsburg and the Smithsonian. It also includes the professionals and volunteers that work for them. For this diverse membership, with its many various circumstances, needs, and wants, AASLH offers programs and services that are meeting member needs and progressively advancing the goals and standards of the field.

AASLH has an exemplary reputation for successfully administering complicated national initiatives and programs. Over 80 years after its creation, AASLH remains the only comprehensive organization dedicated to state and local history.

Requirements

• Experience working with small to mid-size history organizations
• Extensive experience with project management
• Teaching or curriculum design experience, online or in-person
• Experience using Zoom, including its breakout rooms, whiteboard, and other meeting room features