Activity Instructor

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 27,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Good Shepherd Services, Ltd in Bronx, NY is seeking an Activity Specialist to teach and facilitate youth-centered DANCE expertise. Candidates with the DANCE expertise are encouraged to apply.

Reports To: Senior Program Director, Beacon MS 45. Location: 2502 Lorrillard Ave, Bronx, NY 10458. Hours: 10–12 hours/week, non-exempt, September–June. Schedule: Monday–Friday, 2 pm–6 pm. Salary: $19.50/hr–$25.50/hr. Join us to cultivate artistic, educational, and leadership growth in youth through dance.

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.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.

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-planning of activity; 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’ interest. Activities should promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff lead activities as part of the staff team.
• Foster a youth development, strength’s-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.
• Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students’ academic success.
• Execute dance performances pieces with participants for community cumulative events.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Dance instruction

Youth engagement

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

The Activity Specialist teaches and facilitates youth-centered DANCE expertise. Candidates with the DANCE expertise are encouraged to apply.

Reports To: Senior Program Director, Beacon MS 45

Location: 2502 Lorrillard Ave, Bronx, NY 10458

Hours: 10 - 12 hours/week; Non-exempt, September - June

Schedule: Program Hours are Monday - Friday, 2 pm - 6 pm

Salary: $19.50 / HR - $25.50

• Dance (All Styles)

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-planning of activity; 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’ interest. Activities should promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff lead activities as part of the staff team.
• Foster a youth development, strength’s-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.
• Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students’ academic success.
• Execute dance performances pieces with participants for community cumulative events.
• 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.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.