Activity Instructor - Dance (PS 297)

The Activity Instructor - Dance (PS 297)

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

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

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-plan activities; 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' interests. Activities should promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• 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.
• A High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Experience and/or training relevant to the position is 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.