Today museum educators are playing expanded roles that contribute to institutional change. At the heart of museum education are the core values of accessibility, relevancy, and inclusiveness, which are critical for developing the museum's civic engagement endeavors. As educators practice these values in their work and pursue community engagement initiatives, they are expanding their roles to become community liaisons, cultural brokers, and experimenters. These roles lead to a deepening and widening of civic engagement that needs to involve the entire institution. The educator is in the crossroads of promoting collaborations--both internally across museum departments and externally with different communities--for advancing the museum as a publicly valued resource that contributes to building healthier communities. (Contains 2 notes.)