Activity Instructor - Dance; PS

Position: Activity Instructor - Dance (PS 297)
The Activity Specialist teaches and facilitates a youth centered class tailored to their specific expertise. Candidates with the following expertise are encouraged to apply:
Dance

Reports To:

Program Director, PS297

Location:

700 Park Ave Brooklyn, NY 11206

Hours:

8 - 10 hours / week;
Non Exempt, September - June

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 2 pm - 6 pm

Salary: $19.50 / HR - $25.50

* Dance (All Styles)

* Dance Instructors are responsible for teaching assigned weekly classes, choreographing recital routines, and following a standardized curriculum.

Major Duties:

* Prepare and develop age, and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that fuse the arts and academic competencies to be reviewed by supervisors before being taught.

* Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.

* Pre-planning of activity; activities are to provide students with structure, purposeful use of activity and self, including beginning and ending rituals.

* Facilitate a variety of scaffolded activities based on students interest. Activities should promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.

* Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff lead activities as part of the staff team.

* Foster a youth development, strengths-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.

* Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students academic success.

* Attend and participate in staff meetings.

* Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

* Must be at least 18 years old.

* High School Diploma or GED required.

* Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.

* Candidates with some college, experience with adolescents and teaching/coaching youth are encouraged to apply.

* Flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people

* Excellent planning, organization and time management skills

* Ability to engage youth, while setting structure and limits in a group setting.

* Energetic, motivated self-starter and a team player

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

* Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.