MS129 Activity Instructor- Music (Band)

Reports To: Program Director, MS129

Location: 2055 Mapes Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460

Hours: 8 – 10 hours / week; Non‑Exempt, September – June

Schedule: Program hours are Monday – Friday, 2 pm – 6 pm

Salary: $19.50 / HR – $25.50

Expertise Areas

• Modern Youth Ensembles: Pop, Rock, Hip‑Hop/R&B live bands, and Latin/World percussion groups.
• Percussion & Drumlines: High‑energy snare, bass, and tenor drum ensembles that build unity and focus.
• Instruments: Electric/Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Digital Keyboards, Acoustic/Electronic Drum Kits.
• Accessible Brass & Winds: Trumpets, Trombones, Saxophones, or entry‑level brass/woodwind instruments.
• Audio Hardware: PA systems, multi‑channel mixers, amplifiers, and microphones.
• Anything interesting that isn’t mentioned on this list!

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 that 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, promoting teamwork, mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Facilitate purposeful activities during community hour and participate in other staff‑lead activities as part of the staff team.
• Foster a youth‑development, strengths‑based environment that promotes a sense of belonging, safety, and community.
• 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.
• Commitment to a strength‑based, youth and family development, and trauma‑informed perspective.