Tour Guide Teacher: Salem Kids Tours
Salem Kids Tours offers one-hour outdoor walking tours to children ages 5-14 and their families.
We provide educational history tours of Salem offering a kids-eye view of history in a way that is captivating and meaningful for young learners. As a tour guide for Salem you will be responsible for leading up to 20 guests on one-hour tours to deliver high quality stories and fascinating facts that will help kids learn to love history and to become more curious about the stories that surround us. Children must be accompanied by parent(s) or responsible adult(s). Tours include some entertaining ghost stories.
Right now, we are looking for Tour Guide Teachers for our 7pm-8pm tour starting in April of 2025, for April through October of 2025.
Responsibilities:
Most needed: 7pm-8pm evening spooky history tours. I will guarantee you one tour per week, many more tours if you want! Other tour times: 9:15am, 10:45am, 1pm, 4:50pm. The 7pm tour is new, and I'm primarily looking for someone who can do that time slot at least one or two times per week, plus additional tour times if you wish.
Leading one-hour, outdoor tours following an established route.
Engaging kids and adjusting your presentation in response to the group in front of you
Explaining the history and meaning behind the stops that you present on the tour
Managing unexpected distractions (construction, street performers, traffic issues, weather, other tours, etc.) and adjusting the route and/or presentation in response to such distractions
Keeping your group safe and organized as you navigate sidewalk and street crossings, reminding parents to keep their children close, checking in the group to make sure everyone has a ticket.
Presenting stories with passion, humor, enthusiasm, and flair!
You will need to obtain Tour Guide certification with the City of Salem to lead a tour in Salem. I will help you and advise you on obtaining your certificate in Salem, and I will pick up the fee.
Hot take: get your steps in, and get paid. The fitness advantages are built in.
Requirements:
You must be a teacher, retired teacher, tour guide, actor, or graduate student (preferably in History, Humanities, or Education)
We’ll consider undergraduates with relevant experience, working with children, tourism, tutoring, etc.
We'll consider applicants with a relevant skill set.
Passionate about history, and happy to study and learn about Salem.
Able to present material in an enthusiastic and engaging manner that will sustain children’s attention
Able to walk at least two miles easily, climb stairs, navigate over bricks and cobblestones
Excellent leadership and teaching skills
Ideally, you live near Salem, so you can pick up last-minute tours. I have a parking space on my property if you need it, but then it's a 25 min. walk to the tour site.
There are opportunities to lead field trips during the school year as well. TBD.
$75/hour plus tips. You keep all of your tips, which can be in cash or Venmo In general, I get between $20 and $100 per tour in tips, so please factor that in when considering this opportunity.
$100 per hour for October of 2025 plus tips
Please include your resume and a brief email about yourself and your skills as they pertain to this offer.
Looking forward to hearing from you!