MS129 Activity Instructor - Physical Sports, Wrestling, Martial Arts

Reports to: Program Director, MS129
Location: 2055 Mapes Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460

Schedule

Program hours are Monday – Friday, 2 pm – 6 pm
8 – 10 hours per week, non-exempt, September – June

Pay

$19.50 – $25.50 per hour

Responsibilities

• 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’ interest that promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff-led activities as part of the staff team.
• Foster a youth-development, strengths-based environment that creates a sense of belonging, safety, and community for participants.
• Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students’ academic success.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 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.
• Expertise in Boxing, Wrestling, or Striking/Grappling Martial Arts strongly preferred; other team-building sports (Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, etc.) also considered.

Skills

• 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 team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Commitment to work from a strength-based, youth- and family-development, and trauma-informed perspective.