Afterschool Activity Instructor: Arts, Tech & Leadership

Good Shepherd Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Good Shepherd Services in the Bronx invites applicants for a part-time Activity Instructor position at Creston Campus. The role focuses on teaching and facilitating youth-centered classes across arts and creative disciplines, with a schedule of Monday through Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Responsibilities include developing age- and skill-appropriate curricula, guiding students through projects, promoting teamwork and leadership, and collaborating with staff to support positive youth development in

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience or training relevant to the position.
• 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.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Dance (All Styles)

Theater/Acting

Music & Lyricists

Spoken Word and Poetry

Graphic Design

Podcasting

Art/Animation/Painting

Photography/Videography

Robotics

Coding/Computer Programming

Audio/Sound Engineering

Fashion and Cosmetology

Boxing

Martial Arts

Cooking/Culinary

Anything Interesting

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Experience and/or training relevant to the position

Job description

Good Shepherd Services in the Bronx invites applicants for a part-time Activity Instructor position at Creston Campus. The role focuses on teaching and facilitating youth-centered classes across arts and creative disciplines, with a schedule of Monday through Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Responsibilities include developing age- and skill-appropriate curricula, guiding students through projects, promoting teamwork and leadership, and collaborating with staff to support positive youth development in