Part-Time Dance Instructor; Pool Job San Mateo area,California USA,Creative Arts/Media

Position: Part-Time Dance Instructor (Pool)

Part-Time Dance Instructor (Pool)

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Salary

Schedule:

Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Pending any course assignment, initial placement can range as follows:
Lab Course (Salary Schedule HB) - $89.20 up to $130.94 per hour. Lecture Course (Salary Schedule AJ) - $103.85 up to $151.07.

Months Per Year:
Semester assignments as needed

Mandated Reporter:
Yes

Campus Security Authority:
No

Duties and Responsibilities

Teach with significant ability in specific areas of dance: modern dance, choreography, hip‑hop, and jazz dance

Maintain expertise in modern dance, choreography, hip‑hop, and jazz dance

Collaborate with other dance faculty and create a team environment

Be involved in curriculum revisions and new dance course development

Be involved in the College Dance Performance organized at the end of each semester

Consult with students during regularly scheduled office and lab hours

Maintain expertise in technology, such as web‑based educational platforms and digital media

Perform other professional duties as required by contract and general institutional needs

Contemporary Modern Dance:
Teach fundamentals of contemporary modern dance technique. Emphasis is placed on developing body awareness, alignment, musicality, and self‑expression through movement. Students develop physical strength, flexibility, coordination, and movement memory. Dance combinations are taught sequentially, becoming more challenging and culminating in a group performance.

Dance Composition – Theory and Choreography:
Provide students with basic skills and knowledge of choreographic principles. Through discussion and practical experience, students develop a basic understanding of dance as a performing art form.

Maintain expertise and teach with significant ability in specific areas of dance (the curriculum below is specific to Cañada College):

Argentine Tango:
Teach basic, intermediate, and/or advanced Argentine tango dance technique. Emphasis is placed on developing body awareness, alignment, lead and follow, musicality, and self‑expression through movement.
Mexican Folkloric Dance:
Teach the skills of Mexican Folkloric dance while improving students’ technique, poise, self‑confidence and creative ability as well as deepening their appreciation for the rich heritage each dance represents.
Social Dance:
Teach basic, intermediate, and/or advanced social dance vocabulary, technique, body placement, and musicality. Includes lead and follow techniques and dance etiquette.

Employment Standards (acquired through education, training, and/or experience) Knowledge of

Contemporary modern dance and choreography at the college or high school level, including successful experience in teaching or evidence of preparation to teach in the discipline

Argentine tango, Mexican folkloric dance, and/or social dance at the college or high school level, including successful experience in teaching or evidence of preparation to teach in the discipline

College coursework, professional dance studio, and workshops with a background in choreography

Skills and Abilities

Evidence of two original choreographed dance performances at the regional and professional level (submit a web link of the choreographed dance work performed by students or yourself)

A minimum of four years of teaching and professional dance experience in the specific area: modern dance, Argentine tango, Mexican folkloric dance, and/or social dance

Teach various dance classes (hip hop, modern dance, choreography, Argentine tango, Mexican folkloric dance, and/or social dance)

Motivation, energy, enthusiasm, and a commitment to excellence in teaching

Willing to choreograph and encourage students to participate in the Dance Performance organized toward the end of the semester

Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with other dance instructors in a team environment

Computer skills, including writing reports, word processing, creating presentations, spreadsheets, and using database applications

Willing to work with students with a wide range of skills, varying abilities, motivations, and academic or career goals

Use instructional strategies…


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