Teaching Artist

About the role

NJPAC Teaching Artists are professional artists and educators who teach a variety of arts disciplines in various environments across the state of New Jersey. Our programs are offered virtually, on-site and to schools, community centers and childcare centers throughout New Jersey. All Teaching Artists are paid for ongoing training opportunities as well as all meeting and planning time. Teaching Artists are on-call employees. Work fluctuates based on season, sales and Teaching Artist availability.

Pay Rates

• Facilitation: $50–$80/hr
• Meetings and Training: $28.35/hr
• Documentation: $13/hr

Prioritized Opportunities

• Dance: Musical Theater choreographers, Creative Movement
• Creative Movement: Use the elements of dance and movement to engage elementary students to support storytelling and literacy development
• World Dance: Grades 3–6; all cultural dance artists welcomed. Lesson planning required.
• Hip Hop: Emcee’ing, Beatboxing, DJ’ing, Music Production, Graffiti, Dance
• Music: Recorder, Beginning Band
• Professional Development Facilitators: All Artistic Disciplines

Responsibilities

• Facilitate workshops, residencies, and/or Saturday and summer classes that are developmentally appropriate, focus on the whole student and build social-emotional learning in addition to artistic learning goals
• Create curriculum outlines and lesson plans that embody the goals of NJPAC’s program(s)
• Share curriculum outlines with NJPAC staff, classroom teachers, and school administration
• Communicate with NJPAC and school staff regarding all aspects of programming
• Participate in paid meetings and training at NJPAC
• Travel to and work in all types of schools, on-site programs, and community settings across New Jersey. Some opportunities may be available for virtual options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in the arts, education or arts-related field, or equivalent experience
• Professional experience in a performing art form and/or as a teaching artist or educator
• Experience working with diverse populations and ages
• Foundational understanding of healing centered, culturally responsive, anti-racist and/or social-emotional learning
• Strong classroom management skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills in order to interact with students, classroom teachers, school administrators, and NJPAC staff
• Willingness to travel to and teach in various school settings in New Jersey
• Willingness to attend meetings, training, and complete paperwork in addition to teaching classes
• Reliable transportation
• Required background check & fingerprinting clearance

Supporting documents required for employment consideration:

• Teaching Philosophy Statement (one page written or three minutes recorded max)
• Headshot (Optional)
• Other Work Sample (Optional)

Selection Process

Candidates selected for audition and interview will receive a verbal or written response including a request for a sample lesson plan. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but interviews are conducted three times a year in an effort to provide cohort training within the first month of on-boarding.